women-from-argentina

"Your dreams are worth fighting for. Never give up on what you truly want in life."

"The journey to success may not be easy, but it's always worth it in the end."

"Don't be afraid to take risks. Sometimes you have to step outside of your comfort zone to achieve greatness."

"The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today."

"Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible."

"To succeed, you need to believe in yourself and your abilities."

"Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful."

"The ReefLine is a seven-mile underwater eco-sculpture park in Miami that’s free and open to the public. It serves as an artificial reef, which is needed right now for several reasons. One reason is coastal resiliency, but another is that we need something to serve as a marine sanctuary — there is a need for this type of underwater civic infrastructure to protect marine life after the reef heads previously in that area were smothered."

"The beauty of it is that it’s visible from the shore — it’s only 900 feet away — so people can see it too. This idea was born in my living room from a conversation with my cofounder, Colin Ford. He was telling me a story about how the city passed an ordinance in 2020 declaring that this was an area where an artificial reef can be deployed. We got to talking about doing really cool art there, an underwater sculpture park with the best artists of the world that could present an artistic solution for helping to address challenges associated with climate change."

"The museum is under construction. My interest for the fine arts began in the year 1978. I started to bring culture and whenever I bought a painting I have always succeeded!"

"We are now building four dining rooms for a school that is very near here. The children are staying all day at school. We have invested 5,600 million pesos on Education and this figure represents the 27% of the total budget. Then, other 29% are for Health and 31% go to non-profit organizations. We want to help the most humble people. The people that decide to feed poor and hungry children in their dining rooms usually use to enlarge their homes in order to be able to do it every day. I contribute with them because I think that these are the real non-profit organizations. There are newspapers that offer a free space in which these organizations can communicate its necessities and also their phone numbers if the readers want to help or contribute with them. We prefer to deliver the money directly. I gave 500,000 dollars to the United Nations when they were collecting for the hungry children from Bosnia. On the other hand, I bought lots of houses for the homeless people. Loma Negra employs people that fought in Malvinas. We also work with disabled people. We teach them how to do the work."

"I am still one of the principal industrial voices. I have lots of friends that belong to the actual administration and I was also very close to the politicians that belonged to the previous one. The ex president, Carlos Menem appreciated me a lot. It has been a long time since I know De la Rúa."

"Petrol is a global factor... A.B: We have not thought about an expansion into the petrol sector, but into the cement industry, in order to add value to our operations. The cement quality will be smoothed in the future. That is why the difference is in the logistics and in the field of IT, matters that occupy the distribution channel. We are now seeing that the competence is not only between the big cementing groups but it also includes the distribution channels. That is why we are aiming to build a logistic network. We built a very important logistic network that is based on strategic alliances with transports. On the other hand, we count on intelligent software that is a leading case in Latin America because it operates with an advanced distribution system."

"The objective of the expansion plan is to complement a macroeconomic risk of an emerging country and a developed country. That is how we will be able to balance the incomes and the cash flow avoiding- in this way- the cycles that we have as an emergent economy. It is also necessary to increase the access to capital. The Loma Negra´s plants are operating in world class. The operational levels are the same or even better than the most advanced plants of the world. We use self-conducted equipment that compares us to the best practices. We know how to produce cement and we are adding services to that. We consider that the information technology is very important too. Our customers are able to consult their accounts, order and buy through their pages using the Lomanet technology."

"We do not know it yet because we will be starting this project in one or two years from now. We have now to inaugurate this new plant that produces very well. We have just tested it. On the other hand, we want to maintain our personnel because we have almost a mythical relationship with them. We respect each other. This is not the first economic crisis that Argentina has suffered but, certainly, this is the worst one. A.B: This is the longest one and we suppose that the end of this crisis will not have such a tall peak as the Tequila had. One year after we got over this crisis, we sold 25% more. The end of this one would be more gradual with a development of 4 or 5 %. A. L. de F: The increase could be higher; perhaps it would reach the 8 or 10%. During the previous crisis, the country needed constructions. And again, the construction industry will play an important role in reducing the unemployment rate. The actual presidential secretary, Nicolás Gallo, created a General Infrastructure Plan that meant an important source of employment. A.B: This plan requires an investment of 25, 000 million dollars in a proportion of 5,000 million dollars per year. This was a very aggressive plan that covered the entire country and summed more than 150,000 work posts."

"It could be."

"I cannot tell you this by now."

"I do not want to say it because this is a secret that only three people know."

"We are optimists because this is the first time that we are thinking about building a factory outside the country."

"We have made a joint venture with ANCAP, an Uruguayan company that produces petrol and cement. This association is very convenient for us because we are going to manage this plant and also sell cement in Brazil or in Buenos Aires. A.B: On the other hand, we have some investment projects with ANCAP because we want to update the plants. We have also thought about exploiting the Uruguayan zone of the Treinta y tres orientales that has great beds of limestone. Then, we are thinking about expanding to the Brazilian South from there. Our alliance with ANCAP also has a regional expansion objective. On the other hand, we also have international expansion plans."

"Yes, we continued with our investment plans. This plant will be ready by March. This is a young country that needs infrastructure. The construction is the mother of all the industries and it also promotes a lot of work posts. This is also a large country. That is why we need transports. We have built this plant thinking about the future. Once the political reliability settles down, Argentina will be able to receive investments from all over the world because this is a peaceful country without any cataclysms."

"We have lived these last three years with more dynamism than the previous ones. My grandson and I built a factory that will produce 2,500,000 tones of cement per year. We invested 250 million dollars in this project. Alejandro Bengolea (Vice President of Loma Negra): We decided to build this factory in the year 1997. From 1997 until now, the investment projects and the plant cost nearly 450 million dollars. This will be the most modern plant of the entire Southern Cone. A.L. de F: On the other hand, this project includes a factory that we built in Ramallo in association with the Techint Group. This is a milling plant and its dimensions are smaller. It also has an information center for the constructors. We have clients of all sizes and also particular people that want to build their houses. This is also an experimentation center with trucks that go trough the entire country. We have some factories in Catamarca, two in Olavarría, and five in Barker. The company has also other ones in Zapala, San Juan and Paraná."

"“As a businesswoman, I feel responsible for the people around me. I feel a great social responsibility for all I have been given, and I believe it’s my obligation to give it back.”"

"Winemaking takes a lot more patience because you have to blend the wines before they make a really great wine and that’s 10 to 15 years. You also must research and study and wait for a while to see if the wines can age well. I loved medicine because it felt like I was making a difference all the time, every day, every minute that you’re working. I actually said to my father, ‘Papa, why didn’t you tell me wine was so great?’ Because it’s science and there’s people. He said that if he’d told me to go and work with him then I wouldn’t be working with him now. It was important that I came on my own. That’s something I’ve discussed with other family wineries. You should wait for people to come on their own."

"I like science and I like people. It’s a great profession because you have instant gratification. You also see a lot of suffering but you can make a big difference to people’s lives. Also, I did emergency medicine so you’ll have a parent that brings in a child who is hurt. The parent is terrified, the child is crying and within an hour I’ve fixed the child. I’ve fixed the parent. Everybody’s happy. It’s the most incredible feeling."

"I remember being in my booth and people walking by and seeing Argentina and just being ignored. Back then in the mid 1990s, it was all France and Italy and Spain. I saw my father’s dream of putting Argentina on the wine map as almost impossible! I called him and said, ‘Papa, I have to come and help you because you need so much help.’ Of course, my arrogance as a young person came through and my father was thrilled! I think he pretty much would’ve put me in charge of the winery right there and then."

"But today I manage our winery which provides jobs that elevate Argentine wines, and we are helping our whole region with all the research that we do and share. Then there’s the joy that wine brings to people. I honestly think that I’m making a greater impact as a winemaker than as a doctor. Back then I thought I would drink the family’s wines rather than make them. However, the moment that I decided that I wanted to work with my father was when I started going to France with him because he wanted to check out the competition. I had studied French since I was quite young and in the wine world it can be quite useful. He invited me as his translator, and I fell in love with drinking wine. I still thought that I was going to be a doctor. Finally, my father asked me to go to this wine event, the New York Wine Experience. He said, ‘Laurita, nobody here speaks English, you have to go.’ So I managed to trade some shifts at the hospital and I showed up in New York where we were the only South American winery."

"I honestly had no intention of going to work for the family winery. I studied medicine and I wanted to be a travelling doctor helping people all over the world, which I got to do somewhat. I did have a career as a doctor but always part-time because I was also working for the winery. When I was going to school, I didn’t think that people making wine were making a big difference in the world because, to me, those jobs were as a teacher, as a doctor – you had to be in service."

"I grew up going to the winery with my father and grandfather; I remember that winemaking was a man’s world. My father always equally encouraged myself, my sister, and my brother to study hard and there were no greater expectations for boys over girls, which was rare. At that time in Argentina the idea was that if you were a man, you needed a good job that paid a lot of money, and if you were a woman, you needed a good husband. And it’s not that long ago! But my father had great expectations. In the end my grandfather was more likely to take my brother to the vineyard and I would take care of the dogs. That was my ‘side-door’ into the winery, to hang out with my grandfather. But the winemaking was reserved for the men, and in my generation that was my brother."

"Victoria Has your family been involved in wine for a long time?"

"I would tell them to never lose their hopes and to love their fellow men. This is what my live is based on. NOTE: World Investment News Ltd cannot be held responsible for the content of unedited transcriptions."

"“We make sure everyone is thinking about it all the time.”"

"Sometimes things happen You ship the wrong wine, or the label was scuffed. The people I work with in Argentina care so much. I say, ‘Let’s figure out how it happened and not let it happen again. Then we have to move on.’ It’s the perspective you get from being a doctor. Was a small child hurt? No"

"I think that the Florida Wildlife Corridor is our sister above ground, with the ReefLine being underwater. The Wildlife Corridor is the green veins that will keep our planet and its environment connected. These are the types of projects that ground us."

"What the organizations supporting the Florida Wildlife Corridor have been able to achieve is so impressive and important. I really take my hat off to them to see how much they have managed to protect, and how to lead by example — and to show that it’s doable. A 501(c)3 can’t do it alone: We all need to come together to protect the Corridor, and it’s a mix of government, corporate and individuals. This convergence of what they’ve been able to bring together is the scale and pace that we all need."

"In the Corridor itself, I go on walks and am in awe of the amount of wildlife that’s there. It really feels wild. On walks, I watch for whatever appears there and feel that energy."

"As I continued to grow up and became conscious, I found a purpose in being a connection, a bridge between us and our civic responsibilities and nature, showing how we can all do something about it."

"Growing up on a ranch in Argentina, I was lucky — nature was all around us and always such an inspiration. Nature is such a master and teacher. In that way, Florida is so blessed. Nature weaves across the state — nature is very strong here."

"If we do a good job and tell the story properly, people really bond with it. If you can tap into the public sentiment with a good story, further explanation can add but it isn’t necessary. That is the type of art that I try to create: It’s high art but it’s super pop too, something a grandmother and her grandson can both “get” and enjoy. If it’s too conceptual, people can get lost, so I try to use art that is immersive, participatory, accessible, equalitarian — something that everybody can connect too. Otherwise, we add a layer of complexity to something that is already complex."

"I think one of the biggest barriers people have in caring for our environment is that it can feel so big – and you don’t know what to do, even though we know there’s so much to be done, and we all have to take action. I find a paradox in an era where we are all so connected through technology, yet we don’t have a common plan for how to save our Mother Earth. I think about that a lot, and hopefully the art helps bring people together towards that goal."

"As a curator and as an artist, I want to see how art can actually be the artifact. In the ReefLine’s case, the artwork itself is doing the work — and not just by raising awareness, but by performing what needs to be done. That is something I find very special, and something that is rare. I think that’s what makes the ReefLine so unique — it’s the combination of art, tech and science."

"I started using the power of art as a tool for a change on topics that are very important and urgent. But that wasn’t enough."

"I am from a fourth-generation Italian family. My great-grandfather, Nicola Catena, came from the Marche to Argentina with the very specific desire to plant vineyards and make his own wine because his father and grandfather made wine in Italy. I was born in Mendoza and my father had started working with his father when I was born. But my father wasn’t sure if he wanted to be a professor of economics and try and save the Argentine economy (which I’m glad he didn’t as that would’ve been quite difficult!), or if he wanted to work with his father and the winery."

"That’s an amazing question. I am not a scientist, and have always been a patron to the arts. Art is such a universal language – and emotional – while science can be very cerebral. Art makes science broader, and it also tells a more compelling story. It makes it sexier; it makes it fun. All of a sudden, a very complicated problem that feels inaccessible becomes more accessible and understandable without such a strong need for an explanation."

"Early childhood development is the best way to build our future, because today’s children are tomorrow’s leaders. We must guarantee that they are able to fulfil their potential"

"for all children in Argentina to have equal opportunities, regardless of where they are born or the circumstances they live in."

"Jill Biden is an incredible woman, who is always thinking of improving the future of the people in her community great contributions and was able to promote many positive changes from her vocation and commitment to education, her experience as a combatant's mother, her role in helping women prevent cancer and their participation for women's equality ."

"I am very grateful to have the opportunity to come to this country with Mauricio representing Argentina. It is an honor and a great responsibility that I take with great enthusiasm"

"We talked about our roles, our countries with so much history and ties in common, and also about what we live as women and as mothers of two girls. I felt very comfortable and the conversation flowed naturally"

"One issue is that we’re used to reading in translation and other countries aren’t. We know more about your history than you know about ours. There’s two ways to deal with that. Get angry at the inequality. Or try to explain what’s going on."