Life and Culture
Life and Culture
The BBVA Microfinance Foundation (BBVAMF) has taken part in the United Nations’ High-Level Panel on the economic empowerment of women in Latin America. This event served as an important first step on the road for working together to create a planet without discrimination.
The Social Entrepreneurship Program of the Ruta BBVA 2016 already has a winning project –Campon-line by Jorge Ochoa, a website that puts agricultural businesses in contact with employees, and offers legal and administrative advice.
Soccer isn’t just played on a green pitch in Houston – it’s also played in a green stadium.
For the second consecutive year, BBVA Foundation and the Royal Spanish Mathematical Society (RSME in Spanish) have granted the Vicent Caselles Mathematical Research Awards. This year, six young Spanish mathematicians (under 30) received 2000 euros in recognition of their innovative work.
Chile has changed. It grew up, matured. It’s no longer that barely autonomous young boy who looked around, borrowing others’ techniques and input. It has even evolved from that adolescent with too much talent but poor judgment.
BBVA Chile has a collection of 60 paintings acquired throughout its history. On this occasion, the paintings of 23 distinguished artists have been selected. They come from different periods of time and the artists were either Chilean by birth or painted in Chile, influencing o inspired by the country’s artistic world.
Some of the artists who stand out include Pedro Lira, Johann Moritz Rugendas, Juan Francisco González, Thomas Somerscales, Arthur Gordon, Onofre Jarpa, and Renzo Pecchenino, among others.