He Northern Castile This Wednesday, he celebrated his 170th anniversaryduring a gala organized at the Miguel Delibes Cultural Center in Valladolid, where he was supported by the Valladolid society, and during which he presented three prizes that the newspaper wishes to institutionalize, and which on this occasion were awarded to the Teatro Calderón, the People’s Foundation and Protos.
The event, hosted by comedian Leo Harlem, began with a minute of silence and loud applause in memory of the victims of the tragedy in Castile-La Mancha and Valencia, which has already reached almost a hundred dead and dozens of missing, these awards aim to strengthen the bond and commitment that, throughout this period, have kept the newspaper faithful to its readers, as was evident during the gala, which was not attended assisted the President of the Council Administration, Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, as part of the cancellation of the entire agenda by members of the Regional Executive in favor of the victims of Dana.
So, the rewards 170th anniversary of El Norte They awarded the Territory Prize to Bodegas Protos, the first in Ribera del Duero, as “a sign of a land that, through wine and agriculture, has managed to become an emblem of quality and respect for the natural environment around the world. . Its president, Edmundo Bayón, accepted the award to loud applause and offered his “deepest condolences to the victims” of Dana.
He congratulated the newspaper and acknowledged that the award “has great sentimental value.” “We are convinced that when we make wine, we enhance the territory,” he commented, adding that celebrating 170 years of existence It’s “worthy of celebration”. “Protos looks forward to the horizon, with 2027 as the date, God willing, on which we celebrate our hundredth anniversary,” he said.
No less exciting was the presentation of the Personas Prize for the 170th anniversary of the Personas Foundation, which “bears in its name, in its spirit and in its desire this united dedication to the human being which has a splendid showcase in the March of Asprona, the oldest in Spain of its kind. An award that was received by the president of the Foundation, Ángeles García, who said that it was an “honor” to receive an award from “the newspaper with which they were born.”
“The first association that was born was that of Valencia, today we are with them with all our hearts,” he said. It was then that the journalist Lorenzo Martínez Duque sent more than 30 letters in 1961 and it had an echo, so that in January of the following year Asprona was born. “We have had our ups and downs and El Norte has always supported usas with the Asprona March, which put disabled people at the center and made them known. We don’t have to be afraid of disabilities, they are strong, stronger than us,” he said goodbye.
Against pseudomedia
Loud applause also accompanied the artistic director of the Calderón Theater, José María Viteri, who went on stage to receive the Culture Prize for this 160-year-old infrastructure and which is, underlines the newspaper in its justification, “a symbol of this culture which, in the 19th century, dreamed of having the most complete theater and it continues today to represent Valladolid’s commitment to culture.
Viteri explained that the two institutions, Calderón and El Norte de Castilla, are “symptoms of the maturity of Valladolid society” at that time. “Programming changes, with technologies, but we continue to witness words, dance and theater“, he commented, in a speech in which he mentioned the people affected by Dana. He highlighted the “magnificent team” that surrounds him daily at Calderón, created 160 years ago with the rpresentation of ‘The Mayor of Zalamea’.
He defended the “freedom of creation” theater, which “puts words through artists”. Finally, he indicated that in 2024 it will be 25 years since the reopening of the Calderón, in 1999, and since then he had a memory for all the mayors. “I will wait for you all at the Calderón,” he said goodbye.
The president of the Board of Directors, Iñaki Arechabaleta, criticized the figure of “pseudomedia » and it’s ugly that part of society puts all the media in the same bag. And El Norte, he says, “is the opposite.”
“This evening serves to remember where we come from and our commitment, to applaud and reward the value of the land, culture and solidarity, and to look to the future. with enthusiasm and optimism; and humility of someone who, at 170 years old, is in the best moment, younger than ever.
Likewise, the director of El Norte de Castilla, Ángel Ortiz, defended the “iron and constant freedom” of the “oldest newspaper in Spain”, with 170 years “of searching for the truth since the free and honest journalism.
Ortiz spoke of the “change” that has taken place in the journalistic profession during this period and considered that “despite the difficulties and new challenges, it is worth it.” “If El Norte didn’t exist, we’d have to invent it. It must be protected like a jewel. It is the heritage of Valladolid and Castilla y León. Good press, and the North is the best, must be defended,” he commented, adding that it is a “permanent work in progress”, “sometimes a cry, a whisper, the agitation of power, the rest, the detail.” a pride, a house, a refuge or a hold”, and sometimes, he added, it is “the tragedy” if, like today, “you look at Valencia”, where the newspaper has a “sister” newspaper, The Provinces. “That’s life, dear friends,” he said.
