Ninth Annual Latin Trade Bravo Business Awards.More than 300 business and government leaders from the Americas honored winners of the Ninth Annual LATIN TRADE Bravo Business Awards at a formal gala hosted by LATIN TRADE held at the historic Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables. Inter American Development Bank President Enrique Iglesias gave the opening remarks at the prestigious black-tie ceremony that pays tribute to leaders for their contributions to progress and development in Latin America. LATIN TRADE, the No. 1 pan-regional business magazine in the Americas, hailed Economy Minister of Argentina Roberto Lavagna as the Most Innovative Policymaker. Also present to receive Bravo Business Awards were IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) Latin America General Manager Bruno Di Leo, Visa International President Eduardo Eraha, Oracle Senior Vice President Luiz Meisler, Grupo Carso Director Roberto Slim--on behalf of Chairman Carlos Slim Helu--Brazilian Biodiversity Fund Executive Secretary Pedro Leitao, World Health Organization HIV/AIDS HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Department Director Paulo Roberto Teixeira and Brazilian Ambassador Lucio Amorim--on behalf of Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. "These remarkable leaders have faced crisis with intelligence, dedication and hard work and overcome it," said Mike Zellner, publisher of LATIN TRADE, which organized the event along with lead sponsors IBM, InterContinental Hotels Group InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) (LSE: IHG NYSE: IHG) is a multinational company which operates several hotel brands. The largest hotel company by number of rooms (556,000 as of March 2007 [1]), its headquarters are in Windsor just outside Greater London and and Espirito Santo Plaza Espirito Santo Plaza is a mixed-use skyscraper in downtown Miami, Florida that was designed by the renowned architectural firm of Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF). The 505-foot (168 meter), 36-story building is located on the southern end of Brickell Avenue in the Financial . The event was covered by international media, such as CNN CNN or Cable News Network Subsidiary company of Turner Broadcasting Systems. It was created by Ted Turner in 1980 to present 24-hour live news broadcasts, using satellites to transmit reports from news bureaus around the world. , El Clarin, La Nacion, AP-Dow Jones, Reuters and The Miami Herald. Bravo winners and several guests also attended a CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Roundtable to discuss social and business issues affecting Latin America. Guests included Stephen Flowers, UPS president of Latin America and the Caribbean, and Carlos Baruki, InterContinental Hotels Group director of sales and marketing for Latin America. Nearly 400,000 LATIN TRADE readers worldwide helped select the 2003 Bravo Business Award winners by nominating candidates in the areas of government, business, finance and technology, in addition to humanitarian and environmental causes. LATIN TRADE editors then narrowed the list, consulting with executives, government officials and leading academics. This year's recipients of the Bravo Business Awards are: TRADE LEADER OF THE YEAR: Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, President of Brazil The President of Brazil is both the head of state and head of government of the Federative Republic of Brazil. The presidential system was established in 1889, upon the proclamation of the republic in a military coup d'etât against the Emperor Dom Pedro II. . MOST INNOVATIVE POLICYMAKER: Roberto Lavagna, Minister of Economy of Argentina The Minister of Economy is the head of the Ministry of Economy of Argentina, concearned with finance and monetary matters. The position within the Government of Argentina is analogous to the finance ministers of other nations and the United States Treasury Secretary. . CEO OF THE YEAR: Carlos Slim Helu, Chairman of the Board, Telefonos de Mexico; America Movil; Grupo Carso and Grupo Financiero Inbursa. INTERNATIONAL CEO OF THE YEAR: Bruno Di Leo, General Manager, IBM Latin America. FINANCIER OF THE YEAR: Eduardo Erana, President of Visa International, Latin America and Caribbean Region. TECHNOLOGY EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR: Luiz Meisler, Senior Vice President of Oracle Latin America. HUMANITARIAN OF THE YEAR: Paulo Roberto Teixeira, Director of the HIV/AIDS Department of the World Health Organization. ENVIRONMENTALIST environmentalist a person with an interest and knowledge about the interaction of humans and animals with the environment. OF THE YEAR: Pedro Leitao, executive secretary of the Brazilian Biodiversity Fund. |
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