International Simón Bolívar Prize serves to recognise activities of outstanding merit that, in accordance with the ideals of Latin American independence hero Simón Bolívar, “contribute to the freedom, independence and dignity of peoples and to the strengthening of a new international economic, social and cultural order”.
The International Simón Bolívar Prize serves to recognise activities of outstanding merit that, in accordance with the ideals of Latin American independence hero Simón Bolívar, “contribute to the freedom, independence and dignity of peoples and to the strengthening of a new international economic, social and cultural order”.
The Prize is awarded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) every second year, on 24 July (the anniversary of Bolívar’s birth).
International Simón Bolívar Prize Winner List
Year |
Recipient |
Country |
1983 |
Juan Carlos I of Spain | Spain |
Nelson Mandela | South Africa | |
1985 |
Contadora Group | Colombia, Mexico, Panama, Venezuela |
1988 |
Vicariate of Solidarity | Chile |
1990 |
Václav Havel | Czechoslovakia |
1992 |
Aung San Suu Kyi | Burma |
Julius Nyerere | Tanzania | |
1996 |
Muhammad Yunus | Bangladesh |
1998 |
Mário Soares | Portugal |
Milad Hanna | Egypt | |
2000 |
Samuel Ruiz García | Mexico |
Julio Sanguinetti | Uruguay | |
2004 |
Nadia Al-Jurdi Nouaihed | Lebanon |
Casa de las Américas | Cuba |
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