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In a ceremony held in the Hall of the Central House, in Montevideo, the Correo Uruguayo released two stamps in honor of the engineer and the prof. Daniel Vidart.

A pioneer in the development of the Internet in Latin America, the engineer Ida Holz received at a ceremony held on Oct. 21, in Montevideo, a new award for the services to the Internet community in Uruguay and the continent.

At the occasion, the Correo released two stamps of its " Highlighted Personalities" series in honor of Holz and the Professor Daniel Vidart. The ceremony was led by the President of the Correo, Solange Moreira, and counted on the presence of the honorees, the rector of the University of the Republic, Prof. Roberto Markarian; the undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Development, Prof. Ana Olivera; the Republic’s former President and now Senator José Mujica and the Senator Lucía Topolansky, among others.

In the early 70s, Holz was part of a pioneering group in the study and work in informatics in Uruguay, and is considered as a pioneer of the Internet in the country. She was also a founder of the Latin American Cooperation of Advanced Networks (CLARA) and its President from 2011 to 2014. In 2013, she became the first Latin American woman to join the Hall of Fame of Internet Society, an initiative that honors the people who were important to the development and strengthening of the Internet.

Read the original article and see photos of the event in http://www.correo.com.uy

* With information from the site of the Uruguayan Mail