Cities flooded, streets washed away, rivers overflowed. And at least 52 dead. The DANA that continues to ravage the Peninsula, and in particular the Valencian Community and Castilla-La Mancha, has left a chaos that no one can ignore and that we cannot and will not ignore from EL ESPAÑOL. Thus, and in solidarity with the victims and the missing, our newspaper has decided to postpone the presentation of its annual awards.
At the Four Seasons Hotel in Madrid and starting at 8:00 p.m. this Wednesday, EL ESPAÑOL was going to organize the awards ceremony. The Lions 2024. A ceremony during which Antonio HuertasCEO of Mapfre; Rudy Fernándezalready a former basketball player; the walkers María Pérez and Álvaro Martin; and the ProFuturo Project They would receive prizes in four categories: business management, professional career, sport and solidarity.
The events of last night, however, impose a call for responsibility. From the EMU deployment on the ground in rescue efforts, to offers of help from neighboring autonomous communities or to the suspension of the control session in the Congress of Deputies. This Wednesday is not a day of celebration.
Today, we can only think about saving those who are still in a vulnerable situation, recovering the bodies of the deceased, finding the missing, helping those who have lost their homes…
EL ESPAÑOL, focused on informative work, has therefore also decided to postpone the presentation of its awards, which will take place on a date still to be determined during the month of November.
The EL ESPAÑOL Lions have existed since 2015 and, since then, they have rewarded the best of our society in three main categories: economic management, sport and solidarity. In this last category, the director of Open Arms Oscar Campsthe young Ignacio Echeverría -posthumously-, Fernando Raigal -the Spanish diver who collaborated in the efforts to rescue trapped Thai children-, Francisco Luzon -former banker and creator of the Foundation that bears his name to fight against ALS, now deceased-, of the La Caixa Foundation, of the Armed Forces -for their work during the coronavirus crisis-, the Spanish Embassy in Kabul and the women of Mariupol, in addition to the organization Woman Action Sustainability (WAS).
In business, the winners were Pablo Island (Index); Florentino Pérez (ACS); Francisco Gonzalez (BBVA); Ignacio Sánchez Galán (Iberdrola); Francisco Reynes (Naturgy); the pharmaceutical companies Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Janssen and Moderna for their vaccines against Covid, José Manuel Entrecanales, president of Acciona; and, already in 2023, José María Álvarez-Pallete (Phone).
In the field of sport, the winners were Caroline Marin, Rafael Nadal, Sergio RamosSpanish women’s sport, Pablo Laso, the paralympic athlete Marta Fernández, Carlo Ancelotti and world champion with Spain Olga Carmona.
