{"id":12823,"date":"2019-12-04T12:34:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T18:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fundacioncarlosslim.org\/english\/?p=12823"},"modified":"2019-12-04T12:45:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T18:45:00","slug":"mr-carlos-slim-helu-receives-the-2018-national-engineering-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fundacioncarlosslim.org\/english\/mr-carlos-slim-helu-receives-the-2018-national-engineering-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr. Carlos Slim Helu receives the 2018 National Engineering Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mr. Carlos\nSlim Helu received the 2018 National Engineering Prize awarded by the Mexican\nAssociation of Engineers and Architects during an event held in the National\nPalace and led by the Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the\nevent, Mr. Slim Helu said: \u201cWe urgently need a shake-up, a transformation, a\nchange, which allows us to start to see the growth our country deserves\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added\nthat, for decades, economic growth implied the need for major infrastructure;\nnow, Mexico can exploit low-cost financing opportunities to develop\ninfrastructure investment and, consequently, generate greater economic\nactivity, along with more and better jobs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Slim\nHelu said that he had the privilege of being born into a family that gave him\nthe foundations, principles and values that meant he was always very aware that\nprivileges oblige us to work and live responsibly and committedly. He went on\nto say that, in the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), he\ndiscovered the diversity and plurality of our country, the freedom to think and\nto express himself, to socialize and make life-long friends, to live his youth\nat the end of the 1950\u2019s, independently, but without rejecting authority; it\nwas this great freedom, but with responsibility, that characterized that time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarlosslim.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Foto1_1-1024x535.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fundacioncarlosslim.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Foto1_1-1024x535.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/fundacioncarlosslim.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Foto1_1-600x314.jpg 600w, https:\/\/fundacioncarlosslim.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Foto1_1-250x131.jpg 250w, https:\/\/fundacioncarlosslim.org\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Foto1_1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the\nfield of technology, he stated: \u201cNationwide connectivity and at the best prices\nin the world of telecommunications services will make it possible for the entire\npopulation to access digital culture and that\u2019s our commitment, that the\nso-called digital gap becomes a bridge allowing a faster transition to this\ndigital culture, with the inclusion of practically the whole population. The\noffering of free job training and educational courses using this digital\nnetwork, as well as other cultural contents, is a great area of opportunity,\ninclusively for maintaining national values and Mexican culture, with intensive\nexploitation of this type of contents rather that others, which tend to be very\nnegative\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized\nthe honor of being awarded the 2018 National Engineering Prize: \u201cI receive it\non behalf of the thousands of engineers, technicians and workers in general of\nthe Carson Group, whose daily work allows us to carry out the numerous projects\nwe are undertaking, today, in 35 different countries around the world\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When\nawarding the 2018 National Engineering Prize, President Lopez Obrador stressed\nthat Mr. Carlos Slim Helu is an entrepreneur with a civic and social vision: \u201cI\ncan vouch for it, as I turned to him to rescue the Historic Center of the\nnation\u2019s capital\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In turn,\nEnrique Riva Palacio Galicia, chairman of the Mexican Association of Engineers\nand Architects, mentioned that Mr. Slim Helu has shown that, when things are\ndone properly, they generate prosperity and help to transform the destiny of\nthousands of people and of the country as a whole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mr. Carlos Slim Helu received the 2018 National Engineering Prize awarded by the Mexican Association of Engineers and Architects during an event held in the National Palace and led by the Mexican President, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. 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