The new Ambassador of Ecuador in Portugal, Diego Aulestia, was received by IPDAL. The presidents of the Board and General Assembly and the Vice-President of IPDAL were present at the protocol meeting. The meeting served to identify common points of interest between IPDAL’s Objectives and Initiatives and the new ambassador’s mission. Ecuador thus reopens the Embassy in Lisbon, closed many years ago. However, Ecuador has – since last year – a General Consulate in Lisbon. The meeting between Ambassador Diego Aulestia and IPDAL took place on April 30th. The new ambassador presented his Letters of Credentials to the President of…
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The IPDAL Board, General Assembly and Supervisory Board were elected unanimously. On April 12th, the IPDAL General Assembly was held, the main item on the agenda was the election of the governing bodies for the 2012-2014 three-year period. The Board is made up of: Dr. Paulo Neves, President; Dr. João Barreiras Duarte, Vice-President; Dr. Filipe Domingues, Secretary General; Dr. Alexandre Barata and Dr. Pedro Dias, members. The General Assembly is made up of: Dr. Carlos Rito, President; Dr. Catarina Pontes, Vice-President; Dr. Gonçalo Corrêa d’Almeida, Member. The Supervisory Board is made up of: Dr. Maria Antonieta Galvéz Kruger, President; Dr.…
The President and Secretary General of IPDAL attended the round table “The Challenges of the European Union–Latin America Relationship in the Current International Economic Situation”, organized by the Ibero-American General Secretariat. On April 23rd, in the SEGIB auditorium, in Madrid, Paulo Neves and Filipe Domingues followed the work of the panel made up of the Ibero-American Secretary General, Enrique Iglesias, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Chile, Alfredo Moreno, and the Secretary of State for International Cooperation and Ibero-America of Spain, Jesús Gracia. In this initiative, investment was defended as a central element in relations between the two regions, which,…
The President and Secretary General of IPDAL were present at the VI International Conference organized by the Spanish newspaper ABC and the Euroamérica Foundation. On the 23rd and 24th of April, Paulo Neves and Filipe Domingues traveled to Madrid, to attend the event whose theme was “The Financial Sector, Key to Economic Recovery”. Speakers at this event were the President of the Euroamérica Foundation, Benita Ferrero Waldner, the President of BBVA, Francisco González, the President of the ABC newspaper, Catalina Luca de Tena, the Minister of Industry, Energy and Tourism of Spain, José Manuel Soria, the Secretary of State for…
IPDAL offered a Port of Honor, on April 16th, at the Grémio Literário de Lisboa, on the occasion of the 1st Hispanic Linguistics Conference. Collaborating in the organization of the event, which took place between the 16th and 18th of April at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon, IPDAL was represented by the President, Paulo Neves, and the General Secretary, Filipe Domingues. ambassadors from Uruguay and Argentina, the organizers of the Days and the vast majority of participating academics, including the prestigious Prof. Dr. Humberto López Morales, internationally recognized as the greatest figure in Hispanic linguistics, and…
The Secretary General of IPDAL, Filipe Domingues, was invited by the Ambassador of Argentina in Portugal, Jorge Faurie, to a dinner in honor of the next Ambassador of Portugal in Buenos Aires, Henrique Silveira Borges At the dinner held at the official residence of the Ambassador of Argentina, the Ambassador of Chile, Fernando Ayala, and Madam, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador António de Almeida Ribeiro, and Madam, among other diplomats and senior officials of the MNE.Henrique Silveira Borges left his post in South Korea to now take on the role of head of the Portuguese…
IPDAL joined the Faculty of Arts of the University of Lisbon to support the I Jornadas de Linguística Hispanica initiative, which will take place on the 16th, 17th and 18th of April.
IPDAL assumed responsibility for the online edition of news about Portugal on the Ibero-America information website www.infolatam.com Thanks to this new partnership, already in force, IPDAL claims a position of international visibility for Portugal and ensures that the most relevant information about the country reaches Latin America. The portal www.infolatam.com , which brings together the most pertinent and rigorous Ibero-American current affairs, received more than 600,000 visitors in 2011, accounting for close to one million visits. The countries that most use this news platform are Mexico, Argentina, Colombia, Spain, United States of America, Venezuela, Peru and Chile. Infolatam is a…
The President of IPDAL made a working visit to the United Nations, Haiti and the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis. In Port-au-Prince, Paulo Neves visited the area most affected by the January 2010 earthquake. He held a meeting with the Cuban Medical Brigade – the largest external medical support organization in Haiti. The person responsible for this relief operation for the victims of the earthquake, Dr. Lorenzo Somarriba López, gave a detailed presentation of the health situation in Haiti and what is being done to support the population. It should be noted that IPDAL supported the Haitian Red Cross…
IPDAL was represented at the colloquium “The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States – CELAC”, organized by the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs. On March 28th, Professor Nancy Gomes, member of the IPDAL Advisory Board, gave a presentation about CELAC, where she explained the historical background and political context in which the most recent regional integration mechanism in Latin America emerged. In the Senate Room, of the Assembly of the Republic, Professor Nancy Gomes said that CELAC seeks, for the first time in the history of Latin American regional integration, “its own solutions for its own problems”. At the…
IPDAL joined the Conference “Jobs in Brazil for Foreigners”, held this Sunday, March 25th, at Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Around 300 people were present at this information session, which sought to answer questions from everyone interested in going to work in Brazil. A presentation of the Brazilian market and the cost of living was made, which economic and business sectors were experiencing the greatest expansion and immigration figures were presented. The issues of visas and legal obligations for those arriving in Brazil were addressed, it was explained how to prepare a CV and how companies hire and it was presented…
On March 13th, the IPDAL Advisory Council met to review the past year and analyze future initiatives. For around two hours, the IPDAL consultation body spoke about the Institute’s short, medium and long-term objectives, presented comments regarding the challenges – close and immediate – and examined the achievements of 2011. The Board presented the Schedule of activities. IPDAL GATHERS ADVISORY BOARD Last March 13th, the IPDAL Advisory Council met to balance the past year and analyze future initiatives. During the next two hours, the IPDAL consultation body pronounced itself on the Institute’s objectives in a short, medium and long term,…