THREE investigative journalists fromthe daily La Nación were lauded on bothsides of the Atlantic this week for theirwork in uncovering corruption scandalslast year that implicated three ex-Presidents and other public officials.Mauricio Herrera, Ernesto Rivera andGiannina Segnini won the prize for bestinvestigate journalism in a corruptioncase for Latin American and theCaribbean, after their work competedagainst 125 other submissions from 19countries.Transparency International and thePress and Society Institute – an organizationof independent Latin American journalists– are the co-sponsors of the$25,000 prize, presented Monday inMexico City.Rivera accepted the award Monday inthe name of all three journalists, sinceHerrera and Segnini were en route toMadrid, Spain, to receive another prize:the 2005 Ortega and Gasset JournalismAward for best investigative work orreport. The Spanish daily El País presentedthis award on Tuesday.La Nación reports played a crucialrole in uncovering alleged illegal paymentsto Costa Rican public officials byforeign companies. Former heads of stateRafael Ángel Calderón Jr. (1990-1994)and Miguel Ángel Rodríguez (1998-2002)are among those who were placed in jailand house arrest while public prosecutorsinvestigate the allegations.
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