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The Archive's Peter Kornbluh Receives O'Higgins Prize
The Archive's Peter Kornbluh receiving the Bernardo O'Higgins prize
Published: Oct 2, 2017
CHILE: Bachelet Government Awards Archive Senior Analyst Peter Kornbluh Prestigious Bernardo O'Higgins Prize
Washington D.C., October 2, 2017 - The National Security Archive's senior analyst, Peter Kornbluh, has been inducted into "the order of Bernardo O'Higgins." Chile's Ambassador Juan Gabriel Valdes presented the award, which the Chilean government gives to foreigners who have made a special contribution to Chilean society, during a Sunday ceremony at the Chilean Embassy.
In presenting the award, Ambassador Valdes recognized Kornbluh's leadership role in decades of efforts to obtain the declassification of secret documents on the coup and the Pinochet regime. In his acceptance speech Kornbluh noted that the documents were invaluable to "speaking truth to power" because there "was no better way to reveal the truth than to reveal the words those in power spoke and wrote."
More:
http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/news/chile/2017-10-02/archives-peter-kornbluh-receives-ohiggins-prize
