IPDAL Vista Alegre Award
The IPDAL – Vista Alegre award serves to honor entities and personalities who distinguished themselves in promoting Latin America and strengthening its relations with Portugal, as well as those who demonstrated greater enthusiasm and commitment to the Institute’s activities. This distinction also rewards Latin American Ambassadors who the Institute considers to have been exceptional in carrying out their duties in Lisbon.
List of Portuguese personalities and institutions honored with the IPDAL – Vista Alegre Award:
2024
- Dr Adriana Drago, House of Latin America (Lisbon)
- Ambassador Julio Duarte Van Humbeck, Paraguay
- Ambassador Pablo Garrido, Panama
- Dr Leonídio Ferreira, Deputy Director of Diário de Notícias
2023
- Deputy Eurico Brilhante Dias, Leader of the PS Parliamentary Group
- Ambassador Álvaro Malmierca, Uruguay
- Ambassador Rodolfo Gil, Argentina
2022
- Ambassador Carlos Alberto Simas Magalhães, Brazil
- Ambassador Pedro Pablo Díaz, Chile
2021
- Francisco Ribeiro Telles, Executive Secretary of CPLP
- Ambassador María José Argaña, Paraguay
- Ambassador Maritza Puertas de Rodríguez, Peru
2020
- BBVA, in the person of Luís Castro e Almeida, CEO for Portugal at BBVA
- COSEC, in the person of Maria Celeste Hagatong, President of COSEC
2019
- Ambassador Alfredo Pérez Bravo, Mexico
- Ambassador Luiz Alberto Figueiredo Machado, Brazil
- Monsignor Rino Passigato, Apostolic Nuncio to Portugal
- Ambassador Carmenza Jaramillo, Colombia
- Maria do Carmo Silveira, Executive Secretary of CPLP (Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries)
2018
Mota-Engil, in the person of the President of Mota-Engil Latin America, Carlos Mota Santos
2017
- Miguel Frasquilho, President of AICEP
- Ambassador José Augusto Duarte, Consultant to the President of the Republic for International Relations
- Ambassador Johana Tablada de la Torre, Cuba
- Ambassador Jaime Durán, Dominican Republic
- Ambassador António de Almeida Lima, Head of State Protocol
- Ambassador Lissette Nalvarte, Peru
- Cascais City Council, in the person of its President Dr. Carlos Carreiras
- Fundación Iberoamericana Empresarial, in the person of its founder D. Luís de Carlos
2016
- Iberoamerican Secretary General, Dr. Rebeca Grynspan
- Literary Guild, Dr. José de Alarcão Troni
- Portuguese Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies, Dr. Pedro Costa Ferreira
- Ambassador Mário Vilalva, Brazil
2015
- TAP – Eng. Fernando Pinto
- Ambassador Benito Andión, Mexico
- Ambassador João Ribeiro de Almeida, Ambassador of Portugal in Bogotá
- Professor Doctor Carlos Malamud
- Ambassador José Ignacio Korzeniak, Uruguay
- Ambassador Renato Varriale, Italy
- Ambassador Jorge Argüello, Argentina
- Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Dr. Luís Campos Ferreira
2014
- Deputy Prime Minister of Portugal, Dr. Paulo Portas
- Advisor for International Relations to the President of the Republic, Ambassador Luísa Bastos de Almeida
- Ambassador Patricio Damm, Chile
- Ambassador Luis Fretes, Paraguay
- Ambassador Federico Richa, Panama
2013
- Royal Elcano Institute – Professor Doctor D. Emilio Lamo de Espinosa
- Camões – Institute of Cooperation and Language – Professor Ana Paula Laborinho
- Alentejo Tourism – Dr. António Ceia da Silva
- Ambassador Jorge Faurie, Argentina
- Ambassador Nestor Popolizio, Peru
- Ambassador Eduardo González, Cuba
- Ambassador Diego Aulestia, Ecuador
2012
- Caixa-Geral de Depósitos – Dr. Nuno Fernandes Thomaz
- Ambassador Ana Silvia Reynoso, Dominican Republic
2011
- Ambassador Gastón Lasarte, Uruguay
- Ambassador Luzmila Zanabria, Peru
- Ambassador Antonio Rivas, Paraguay
- Autonomous University of Lisbon – Professor Miguel Faria
- AICEP – Dr. Basílio Horta
2010
- President of the Order of Engineers – Eng. Fernando Santos
- Inforpress – Dr. Margarida Ximenes
- Iberoamerican General Secretariat – D. Enrique Iglesias
- Minister of State and Foreign Affairs – Dr. Luís Amado
