{"id":52955,"date":"2017-05-17T14:52:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T16:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-goya-foods-the-spain-u-s-chamber-of-commerce-honors-henry-cardenas-with-the-iii-goya-hispanic-achievement-award\/"},"modified":"2017-05-17T14:54:02","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T18:54:02","slug":"goya-foods-y-la-camara-de-comercio-espana-ee-uu-entregan-a-henry-cardenas-el-iii-goya-hispanic-achievement-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/goya-foods-y-la-camara-de-comercio-espana-ee-uu-entregan-a-henry-cardenas-el-iii-goya-hispanic-achievement-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Goya Foods &amp; The Spain-U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Honors Henry Cardenas With The III Goya Hispanic Achievement Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 17, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic-owned food company and the Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce honored Henry C\u00e1rdenas with the <b>III<\/b>\u00a0<b>Goya Hispanic Achievement Award <\/b>at an exclusive gala dinner at the Rainbow Room on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Monday, May 15, 2017<\/span>, attended by more than 300 guests.\u00a0 The award is given annually to\u00a0distinguish a Hispanic leader or organization in the fields of business, arts, science and social responsibility. <\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgfee9left\" style=\"TEXT-ALIGN: left; WIDTH: 100%\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgfee9left\" title=\"Ambassador Alan Solomont, Chairman of the Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Henry Cardenas, Founder of Maestro Cares &amp; CEO of CMN; and Bob Unanue, President of Goya Foods\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Ambassador Alan Solomont, Chairman of the Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Henry Cardenas, Founder of Maestro Cares &amp; CEO of CMN; and Bob Unanue, President of Goya Foods\" align=\"middle\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/513115\/Goya_Foods_Award.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We established The Goya Hispanic Achievement Award to celebrate our heritage and the success of the Hispanic community,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Bob Unanue<\/span>, President of Goya Foods. &#8220;I congratulate and commend <span class=\"xn-person\">Henry Cardenas<\/span> for all that he has accomplished and done for our communities around the world.\u00a0 Henry symbolizes and embodies the characteristics and qualities of an outstanding leader, and we applaud him for his dedication to the advancement of the Hispanic community.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Henry C\u00e1rdenas has spent the last 30 years managing and producing some of the largest live entertainment shows and concerts in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> and across <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span>. He founded C\u00e1rdenas Marketing Network (CMN) in 2002 and currently leads an award-winning team to orchestrate innovative campaigns for corporate giants including Anheuser-Busch, Wrigley Jr. Company and H&amp;R Block among others. Today, CMN is recognized as the largest producer of Latin music concerts and sporting events in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>, staging over 150 events every year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am grateful to be honored by Goya and the Spain US Chamber of Commerce,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Henry Cardenas<\/span>, CEO of CMN and co-founder of Maestro Cares. \u00a0&#8220;Out of all of my accomplishments, creating Maestro Cares was by far my greatest.\u00a0 Together, we set out to make a difference in the lives of children without food, love, and proper care, and instead, each of the children we have helped has given us so much more in return.\u00a0 This is just the beginning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In 2012, Mr. C\u00e1rdenas teamed up with business associate and Grammy Award winner <span class=\"xn-person\">Marc Anthony<\/span> to launch the Maestro Cares Foundation in an effort to help disadvantaged children in developing Latin American countries. The mission of Maestro Cares is to improve the quality of life for orphaned children throughout <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span> by providing housing, classrooms, health clinics, dining and recreational facilities.\u00a0 Since its founding, the Foundation has opened up orphanages in the <span class=\"xn-location\">Dominican Republic<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span>, and Mexico.\u00a0 New projects are currently in process in <span class=\"xn-location\">Peru<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Bolivia<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Guatemala<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-location\">Chicago<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>Goya Foods is a founding member of the\u00a0Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce and has fully supported the organization&#8217;s outstanding work since 1959. &#8220;We are truly honored to host and organize this prestigious event for one of our founding members,&#8221; <span class=\"xn-person\">Alan D. Solomont<\/span>, President of the Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce, said about this celebration.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>About GOYA:<\/i><\/b><i> Founded in 1936, Goya Foods, Inc. is America&#8217;s largest Hispanic-owned food company, and has established itself as the leader in Latin American food and condiments. Goya manufactures, packages, and distributes over 2,500 high-quality food products from <span class=\"xn-location\">Spain<\/span>, the <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span>, Central and <span class=\"xn-location\">South America<\/span>. Goya products have their roots in the culinary traditions of Hispanic communities around the world; their combination of authentic ingredients, robust seasonings and convenient preparation make them ideal for every taste and every table. For more information on Goya Foods, please visit <\/i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goya.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b><i>www.goya.com<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>About the\u00a0Spain\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0U.S.\u00a0Chamber of Commerce: <\/i><\/b><i>Founded in\u00a0New York\u00a0in 1959, the Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce fosters the economic ties between\u00a0Spain\u00a0and the\u00a0United States\u00a0and has grown to become one of the leading transatlantic business organizations.\u00a0 The Chamber is a private, not-for-profit, membership institution that represents the interests of companies that have established, or are interested in establishing business and commercial relations between these two countries.\u00a0 We provide our members with access to practical, measurable business expansion opportunities by delivering high-caliber networking and targeted marketing platforms and events, as well as top-quality business intelligence and regulatory advice and influence. It also provides a forum in which Spanish business executives in the\u00a0United States\u00a0and American business executives with Spanish interests may identify, discuss and pursue common interests and opportunities regarding their activities.\u00a0 For more information on the Chamber, please visit\u00a0<\/i><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spainuscc.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\"><b><i>www.spainuscc.org<\/i><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>CONTACT: <br \/><span class=\"xn-person\">Natalie Maniscalco<\/span> <br \/>1-845-659-6506 <br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:natalie@retromedianyc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\">natalie@retromedianyc.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/513115\/Goya_Foods_Award.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/513115\/Goya_Foods_Award.jpg<\/a> \u00a0 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">May 17, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Goya Foods, the largest Hispanic-owned food company and the Spain-U.S. Chamber of Commerce honored Henry C\u00e1rdenas with the <b>III<\/b>\u00a0<b>Goya Hispanic Achievement Award <\/b>at an exclusive gala dinner at the Rainbow Room on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Monday, May 15, 2017<\/span>, attended by more than 300 guests.\u00a0 The award is given annually to\u00a0distinguish a Hispanic leader or organization in the fields of business, arts, science and social&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52956,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comida-y-bebida"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}