Chilean student leader Camila Vallejo, person of the year for The Guardian
Wednesday, December 21st 2011 - 02:22 UTC
Chilean student leader Camila Vallejo, person of the year for The Guardian
Chile’s 23-year-old student leader Camila Vallejo, has been chosen as the person of the year in a poll of readers of British newspaper, The Guardian. Vallejo, the international face of 2011’s student protests in Chile, topped the poll with an overwhelming 78% of votes.
The result came a week after Vallejo was awarded the same title in a survey by Chile’s Radio Cooperativa in conjunction with a polling company and local university.
The Guardian, one of the United Kingdom’s most influential publications, played a key role in the publication of thousands of un-redacted United States State Department cables released by Wikileaks.
The paper was also at the forefront of investigations into the News of the World phone hacking scandal. The paper, well known as a major progressive voice in the British media, has already written extensively on Vallejo.
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http://en.mercopress.com/2011/12/21/chilean-student-leader-camila-vallejo-person-of-the-year-for-the-guardian
