Businessman Olegario Vázquez Raña, visibly moved, yesterday collected the Ourensania Prize 2024an award given each year by the Provincial Council to exceptional individuals for their contribution to society from a professional point of view. In this case, he recognizes the businessman residing in Mexico “for his special connection with Ourenseparticularly with the commune of Avion. Roots to which the winner also referred.
“My life has been a reflection of love and understanding and I am lucky to live between the two countries that I love deeply, Spain and Mexico,” said Vázquez, who confessed his “ deep emotion” when receiving the prize, mentioning his family, his colleagues. and friends, as well as “constant work” as “the true value of life”. “Discipline makes you dream”underlined the president of the Ángeles Business Group, one of the most successful conglomerates in Mexico, born from local business Almacenes Vázquez.
The president of the Xunta, Alfonso Rueda, also participated in the event, highlighting the role of emigration and its contribution through personalities such as Vázquez Raña. “He and so many others from this emigrant Galicia sent us the message we needed, where they were working hard: If we could, in a country that was foreign to us at the beginning, everyone could“, emphasized Rueda, who also highlighted how, thanks to entrepreneurs like him, Galicia has transformed into a modern land with opportunities to do business and work.
For his part, the president of the Provincial Delegation of Orense, Luis Menor, valued the work of Vázquez Raña as an example of “the audacity, the effort, the sacrifice and the work of those who were forced to leave their lands to seek a future.” And, in addition to finding it, “They never forgot their roots.”. Likewise, he highlighted the link between the province and emigration, which is why this edition of the award “connects to the deepest part of the idiosyncrasy of Orense”.
