A profile of 2008 Milton Friedman Prize Recipient Yon
Goicoechea.  May 14, 2008 Venezuela’s student movement emerged
in May of 2007 in response to a government-ordered shutdown of
the nation’s oldest private television station, RCTV. In the
face of ongoing death threats and continual intimidation due to
his prominent and vocal leadership, 23-year-old law student Yon
Goicoechea, recipient of the 2008 Milton Friedman Prize for
Advancing Liberty, plays a pivotal role in organizing and
voicing opposition to the erosion of human and civil rights in
his country. In his commitment to a modern Venezuela, Goicoechea
emphasizes tolerance and the human right to seek prosperity.