In Spain, they compare the "notebook search" with the Watergate case

MADRID.- "Every reporter has dreamed of the Watergate affair, it can be said that with the investigation on the notebooks, the reporter
Diego Cabot and his team and the newspaper LA NACION had theirs. "

With these warm words, the president of the Spanish news agency EFE, Fernando Garea, anticipated the meaning of the delivery, tomorrow, of the
International award of journalism of the king of Spain to Cabot in the category "press".

This is the most important award for Spanish language journalism. Tomorrow at noon, Cabot will receive it from the hands of King Felipe VI for his famous investigation of corruption cases in our country "
bribebooks ".

A recognition to which the Embbady of Argentina and President Mauricio Macri added through the words of the ambbadador of our country in Spain, Ramón Puerta.

"It is a source of pride that speaks of the quality of Argentine journalism, which has overcome the attacks of power without losing its rigor and quality and reinforces its commitment to democracy," Puerta said in a statement. message. He added that he was speaking "on behalf of the president" thanking the kingdom of Spain for recognizing the journalist of LA NACION, "which we also consider to be one of the Argentine democracies".

Celebration at the Embbady

More than fifty people attended the Embbady of Argentina at a ceremony presided over by Minister Counselor Eduardo Michel.

"It is a message of transparency and anti-corruption," said the diplomat, who also stressed the quality and sense of price. "The most important for the media in our language".

The authorities of the Spanish Chancery, the media of the peninsula, as well as diplomats and colleagues from other media have toured Cabot to hear the details of the investigation that shook the political clbad and the companies of our country.

"We are living this tribute to this journalist as a symbol of the reaction of our societies to this costly plague that is corruption," said Rafael Garranzo, director of policies for the Ibero-American region of the Spanish Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Foreign Affairs, on behalf of the Spanish Government.

Hot moment

Accompanied by his wife and three children, Cabot thanked "this honor and this moment of joy," to make sure that it was an "emotion" unusual in the investigative journalism ".

Then, and a little in response to the "public demand", more than one colleague was touched to remember the most difficult moments of the long investigation and commitment, shared and badumed by
THE NATION, transmit the collected data to the courts before making them public. "I remember that meant it might mean that we were jeopardizing the best scoop the newspaper has had in over 140 years, but the decision was still to risk allowing Justice to do its job. silence, "he said.

The audience has heard tell the story of eight months of work in the shadows, silencing the call of the profession that strives to "publish" before losing the scoop. "It was a responsible and methodical task," he said.

The King of Spain Prize Jury rewarded the research on "corruption notebooks", in which Cabot and his team reconstructed bribe payments from millionaires to Cristina Kirchner's previous government from personal notes, had a driver responsible for collecting these funds.

In addition to King Felipe, the presence of the Vice President of the Government, Carmen Calvo, is scheduled for tomorrow; Congress President Ana Pastor and Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Borrell.