Lifecast of CEDICE’s 25th Anniversary in Venezuela

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CEDICE's director, Rocio Guijarro, being interviewed.

Atlas’s Allegra Hewell, along with several other members of the Atlas staff, are currently in Caracas, Venezuela for CEDICE’s 25th Anniversary. Allegra will be posting images (maybe even video) and updates about what’s taking place at the conference to Atlas’s Tumblr site. You can view a program of the conference and festivities here.

Starting at 9am, CEDICE inaugurated their week long events with a special mass followed by a reception in their headquarters based in downtown Caracas. It was during this opening ceremony that we were informed of the possible cancelation of the Cato University taking place in the outskirts of city. The minister of education along with military force and police entered the private property where the Cato event was taking place. They threatened to shut it down as Cato was using the UNIVERSITY, and since this was not verified by the minster, it was violating the law. The event was allowed to continue, as long as the word “university” was removed from the Cato website… Read More

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