ASSOCIATION OF JOURNALISTS OF IQUITOS GIVES A PRIZE TO ILE

July 9th, 2007

Lima, Perú.- In acknowledgement to the important contribution of the Free Enterprise Institute in solving political and financial problems in Loreto, by spreading proposals based on a liberal system model, Iquitos Regional Council of the Peruvian Association of Journalists honored such organization in special ceremony where personalities from intellectual circles and distinguished businessmen of Iquitos attended.

Oscar Olavaría Saldaña, President of Loreto Regional Council of the Peruvian Association of Journalists, stressed in his speech the spreading of viable alternatives leading to actual, sustained support in that region by the Free Enterprise Institute.  In this sense, he said, people living in Loreto will appreciate this significant contribution.

“The journalist guild of Iquitos is pleased to honor such an important organization engaged with the advance and welfare of we all who live in this part of the country, thus our institution is willing to join efforts in order to achieve that goal,” he emphasizes.

“In the name of the journalists from Iquitos whom I represent, I give this simple but significant diploma to the Free Enterprise Institute represented by its distinguished General Director, the economist Jose Luis Tapia Rocha, as well as I admonish them to continue with this positive task,” he expressed in the main moment of the ceremony.

Then, Jose Luis Tapia Rocha expressed his gratitude for such deference and made a brief account of the labor ILE carried out in Loreto.  In that regard, he said, we are very grateful for the receptivity which compels us to improve and extend our spreading coverage.

He added the task of ILE is to further the free enterprise system in accordance with private ownership principles and values, free market and a limited government focused on fundamental functions of a state permitting to reduce taxes, to liberate economical activities from administrative obstacles, improper collections and laws.

By the end of the honoring ceremony where the whole board of directors from Loreto Regional Council of the Peruvian Association of Journalists participated, Jose Luis Tapia and Miryam Ortiz, director of ILE, gave the book “The Exit” to the audience.  Later, it was offered a dinner on the occasion of that event.

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