Humanitarian of the year.JUAN CARLOS BLUMBERG Juan Carlos Blumberg is an Argentine textile entrepreneur, father of the late Axel Blumberg, an engineering student kidnapped and murdered in March 2004. [1] Juan Carlos Blumberg publicly referred to himself as an "engineer" graduated in Röttingen, Germany, although a Founder, Cruzada Axel ACHIEVEMENTS: When his only son Axel was kidnapped and killed at age 23, in March, Juan Carlos Blumberg dedicated his life to mobilizing Argentine society to fight a rising crime wave. Through the foundation Cruzada Axel, Blumberg has led three marches with hundreds of thousands of Argentines. He has also gathered 5.2 million signatures on a petition urging for judicial and police reform. "In Argentina, 80% of the people that are in jail are processed but are not tried and convicted. Less than 1% of them are ever convicted." BACKGROUND: A textile engineer, Blumberg has participated in projects in Argentina, Colombia, Brazil and Switzerland. FOCUS: Works 10 hours a day at his foundation and six hours a day at his textile consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a . "The idea is that [the foundation] goes beyond the promise I made before Axel's grave." FUTURE: "Our mission is to reinforce institutions and to unite ourselves with other victims. There are other committees that our studying education issues and health issues. Later, will take on those subjects." BIGGEST CHALLENGE: "There are police, lawyers and politicians involved in this gang," Blumberg says of the criminals who killed his son. "That's why we are working hard. We want to get to the bottom of this. "Today, 13 have been arrested in the case. ABOUT AXEL: Axel Blumberg Axel Blumberg (March 2 1981–March 2004) was an Argentine engineering student at the Technological Institute of Buenos Aires, who died at the age of 23, after being kidnapped for several days in March 2004. was about to graduate with a degree in industrial engineering from Technological Institute of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (bwā`nəs ī`rēz, âr`ēz, Span. bwā`nōs ī`rās), city and federal district (1991 pop. . He took second place in a contest to design an all-terrain vehicle all-ter·rain vehicle n. Abbr. ATV A small, open motor vehicle having one seat and three or more wheels fitted with large tires. It is designed chiefly for recreational use over roadless, rugged terrain. . He had wanted to study at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, . |
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