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                    <title>Judit Polgar: ''The infinite possibilities of a chessboard''</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/sustainability/podcast-judit-polgar-the-infinite-possibilities-of-a-chessboard/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2022 06:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Alexandra Rojas Rodríguez]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Active life]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<strong>Judit Polgár</strong> is a retired Hungarian chess player. She is considered the best female chess player in history. In 1991 she won the International Grand Master title at the age of 15 years and four months, thus becoming the youngest person to obtain that title at the time and breaking the record previously held by former World Champion Bobby Fischer.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[<strong>Judit Polgár</strong> is a retired Hungarian chess player. She is considered the best female chess player in history. In 1991 she won the International Grand Master title at the age of 15 years and four months, thus becoming the youngest person to obtain that title at the time and breaking the record previously held by former World Champion Bobby Fischer.]]>
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                    <title>Mindfulness as a tool to accompany a company’s cultural transformation</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/enterprises/mindfulness-as-a-tool-to-accompany-a-companys-cultural-transformation/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 00:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[cristobal.baeza]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Human capital]]>
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                                <![CDATA[To be fit]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Mindfulness is not a passing trend. Its impact and potential go beyond a mere meditation and stress management technique, as it also encompasses a key managerial skill. Mindfulness is something that is being harnessed for both personal and professional reasons on an individual level, but also from the perspective of organizations. This is the case at BBVA, where mindfulness is producing positive results in employee productivity, well-being and leadership, while also supporting the bank’s corporate culture.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Mindfulness is not a passing trend. Its impact and potential go beyond a mere meditation and stress management technique, as it also encompasses a key managerial skill. Mindfulness is something that is being harnessed for both personal and professional reasons on an individual level, but also from the perspective of organizations. This is the case at BBVA, where mindfulness is producing positive results in employee productivity, well-being and leadership, while also supporting the bank’s corporate culture.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Ambassadors: I trust others</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-ambassadors-i-trust-others/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2018 01:38:02 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Blanca González del Fresno]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climbing]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mountaineering]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Sport]]>
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                            <![CDATA[It started as a seemingly impossible challenge that only became more daunting along the way. Four coworkers from CIB, hanging from one of the most mythical mountains for climbers in Spain, exhausted and nearly frozen. Three of them had never climbed before. The easiest way out was to turn around, but they didn’t quit.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[It started as a seemingly impossible challenge that only became more daunting along the way. Four coworkers from CIB, hanging from one of the most mythical mountains for climbers in Spain, exhausted and nearly frozen. Three of them had never climbed before. The easiest way out was to turn around, but they didn’t quit.]]>
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                    <title>Carlos Soria arrives at the Annapurna Base Camp</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/carlos-soria-arrives-annapurna-base-camp/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2016 09:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[No utilizar]]>
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                                <![CDATA[BBVA world]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climbing]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Communication]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Communications]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Climber Carlos Soria, leader of the BBVA <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/mountaineer-carlos-soria-will-attempt-reach-summit-two-eight-thousanders-age-77/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Expedition</a>, is already at the Annapurna Base Camp. The team spent the past two weeks trekking to acclimatize, getting ready to take on Earth’s tenth highest peak in the best possible conditions. “The preparatory process we’ve completed in the past days will be key to our attempt to summit the Annapurna as quickly as possible. We’re ready to seize the first chance we have,” said Carlos Soria.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Climber Carlos Soria, leader of the BBVA <a href="https://www.bbva.com/en/mountaineer-carlos-soria-will-attempt-reach-summit-two-eight-thousanders-age-77/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Expedition</a>, is already at the Annapurna Base Camp. The team spent the past two weeks trekking to acclimatize, getting ready to take on Earth’s tenth highest peak in the best possible conditions. “The preparatory process we’ve completed in the past days will be key to our attempt to summit the Annapurna as quickly as possible. We’re ready to seize the first chance we have,” said Carlos Soria.]]>
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                    <title>Acclimatization: how the body prepares for an eight-thousander</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/acclimatization-how-the-body-prepares-for-an-eight-thousander/</link>
                    <pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2016 14:53:06 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[julia.ortega]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Active life]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climbing]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Leisure and Travel]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mountaineering]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Did you know that the oxygen level at 8,000 meters of altitude is <strong>one third the amount of oxygen available at sea level</strong>? When the goal is to reach 8,000 meters it is important to be aware that only Mother Nature exists up there. However, the body can go through acclimatization, which is <strong>an</strong> <strong>adaptation process </strong>to survive in the conditions of the new environment.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Did you know that the oxygen level at 8,000 meters of altitude is <strong>one third the amount of oxygen available at sea level</strong>? When the goal is to reach 8,000 meters it is important to be aware that only Mother Nature exists up there. However, the body can go through acclimatization, which is <strong>an</strong> <strong>adaptation process </strong>to survive in the conditions of the new environment.]]>
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                    <title>BBVA Annapurna and Dhaulagiri Expedition 2016</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/bbva-annapurna-dhaulagiri-expedition-2016/</link>
                    <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2016 16:13:28 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[No utilizar]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Adults]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climbing]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Leisure and Travel]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Life style]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mountaineering]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Pension funds]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Retirement]]>
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                                <![CDATA[The elderly]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In spring 2016, the <strong>BBVA Expedition</strong> led by <strong>Carlos Soria</strong> will help the seasoned climber to take on one of the most ambitious challenges in his career: the<strong> “double goal”</strong> of crowning the summits of the <strong>Annapurna and the Dhaulagiri.</strong>]]>
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                            <![CDATA[In spring 2016, the <strong>BBVA Expedition</strong> led by <strong>Carlos Soria</strong> will help the seasoned climber to take on one of the most ambitious challenges in his career: the<strong> “double goal”</strong> of crowning the summits of the <strong>Annapurna and the Dhaulagiri.</strong>]]>
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                    <title>The mountaineer Carlos Soria will attempt to reach the summit of two eight-thousanders at the age of 77</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/mountaineer-carlos-soria-will-attempt-reach-summit-two-eight-thousanders-age-77/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[No utilizar]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climbing]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Communication]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mountaineering]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Carlos Soria will set off next February 25 for Nepal with the new BBVA Expedition to tackle the <strong>Annapurna</strong> (8,091 m) and the <strong>Dhaulagiri</strong> (8,167 m). The veteran climber is optimistic about this challenge: “These two mountains are quite difficult, particularly the Annapurna, but, as always, we'll try it with much enthusiasm and this year we'll succeed”. If he does, he would become the oldest person to achieve it and would be <strong>one step away from completing the 14 eight-thousanders</strong>, pending the main summit of the Shisha Pangma.]]>
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                            <![CDATA[Carlos Soria will set off next February 25 for Nepal with the new BBVA Expedition to tackle the <strong>Annapurna</strong> (8,091 m) and the <strong>Dhaulagiri</strong> (8,167 m). The veteran climber is optimistic about this challenge: “These two mountains are quite difficult, particularly the Annapurna, but, as always, we'll try it with much enthusiasm and this year we'll succeed”. If he does, he would become the oldest person to achieve it and would be <strong>one step away from completing the 14 eight-thousanders</strong>, pending the main summit of the Shisha Pangma.]]>
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                    <title>Brand Ambassadors</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/brand-ambassadors/</link>
                    <pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2015 10:41:41 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Blanca González del Fresno]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Basketball]]>
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                                <![CDATA[BBVA world]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climbing]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Corporate information]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mountaineering]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Tennis]]>
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                    <title>The 11 summits climbed by Carlos Soria: Nanga Parbat</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/the-11-summits-climbed-by-carlos-soria-nanga-parbat/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 10:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Blanca González del Fresno]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climbing]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Leisure and Travel]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Mountaineering]]>
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                    <title>The 11 summits climbed by Carlos Soria: Lhotse (2011)</title>
                    <link>https://www.bbva.com/en/the-11-summits-climbed-by-carlos-soria-lhotse-2011/</link>
                    <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2015 10:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
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                        <![CDATA[Blanca González del Fresno]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Climbing]]>
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                                <![CDATA[Leisure and Travel]]>
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