Likewise, the president of CEAPI has insisted that “it is an award different from the others, for the generosity of his majesty to invite us to experience it in family and in the Palace and the generosity of Carlos to share the award and his life with those he loves”. She also confessed that “it was very easy for the jury to deliberate. Engineer Carlos Slim is an example in the business world. His commitment to technology has led him to the point that his telecommunications companies are in Latin America, Europe, Africa and the Philippines”. She also took the opportunity to welcome the businessman as a member of CEAPI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition, in the absence of CEAPI’s honorary president, Enrique V. Iglesias, Vilanova read a few words on his behalf: “Few Ibero-American businessmen could be more deserving of this recognition than Carlos Slim, who has honored me with his friendship for many years. I was thus able to follow and learn how his companies support the economic and social development of Mexico and Ibero-America”.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n For his part, Carlos Slim emphasized that “poverty, marginalization and ignorance have always been ethical and social justice problems, but today they are an economic necessity, so the best public and private investment is to fight poverty and incorporate the marginalized population into education, health and increasingly better paid jobs\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In his speech, Slim expressed his gratitude for this award: “I am grateful for the honorable distinction that CEAPI has been so kind to grant me, which bears the name of my dear and admired friend Enrique V. Iglesias, an award that I receive on behalf of myself, my family, 69,000 FCC employees in Spain and in numerous countries, as well as on behalf of the Group’s 290,000 employees, which began in Mexico in 1965 with eight people”.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Carlos Slim was chosen by unanimous decision of the jury as the winner of this award, promoted by the Business Council Alliance for Ibero-America (CEAPI). The award ceremony for the ‘Enrique V. Iglesias Award’ took place at the Palacio de La Zarzuela, in Madrid, in a ceremony attended by high-level institutional and business representatives, including the previous winner and president of Banco Santander, Ana Bot\u00edn, as well as Andr\u00e9s Allamand, Ibero-American Secretary General (SEGIB); Esther Alcocer Koplowitz, President and Marquise of Casa Pe\u00f1alver; Jos\u00e9 Luis Bonet I Ferrer, President of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce; Ana Botella, Founder and President of the Santander Group; Juan Luis Cebri\u00e1n, Honorary President of El Pa\u00eds; Mireya Cisneros, President of Unidos en Red; Antonio Fern\u00e1ndez-Galiano, President of the Advisory Board of Atrevia; Isidoro Fain\u00e9, Chairman of Fundaci\u00f3n la Caixa; Antonio Garamendi, Chairman of the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE); Felipe Gonz\u00e1lez M\u00e1rquez, former Prime Minister of Spain; Mariano Jabonero, Secretary General of the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI); Esther Koplowitz, vice-president and Marquise of C\u00e1rdenas de Montehermoso; Gina Magnolia Ria\u00f1o Bar\u00f3n, secretary general of the Ibero-American Social Security Organization (OISS); Quirino Ordaz, Mexican ambassador to Spain; Max Trejo, secretary general of the International Juvenile Justice Observatory (IJJO); and Ignacio Ybarra, president of Vocento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since 2014, this award has recognized business figures from the Ibero-American Community who stand out for their relevant and extraordinary contribution to the development of the countries in the region and the promotion of ties between the nations of the Community through economic activity, investment and trade promotion, as well as the forging of a more inclusive and sustainable region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The distinction is also a recognition and tribute to the figure of Enrique V. Iglesias, honorary president of CEAPI and tireless fighter for the Ibero-American cause during his long career, first as president of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and later as the first Ibero-American secretary general.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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