Princess Máxima Visits Argentina: December 4-7, 2005

[pollyemma]

i'm so sad its over:( I'm sure the people of argentina are too,.

she looked great in this outfit. its very beautiful. i love the crisp white blouse. i'm so glad she's favoring combos of pink and pink these days. it suits her very well as I'm sure she knows.

[Silvermj]

Hi, thank you so much to everyone for the pictures!!! :)

Here are my translations of several articular I originally posted at the Princess Maxima of the Netherlands Messageboard
http://princessmaxima.proboards45.com/index.cgi

Link to the original article, In Spanish:
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/762469

Maxima, between smiles and popular warmth

As UN adviser she only spent 24 hours in Jujuy and flew to Buenos Aires.

Yesterday, she finished her visit after sharing the knowledge of what microcredits make people accomplish with bankers and journalists.

She arrived at Buenos Aires in the evening, where she will stay til tomorrow as United Nations representative. She did not make promises, just presented the proposal to create a communication channel to make people know this system, that it starting to spread in Argentina, and remarked how these economic tools must be made easily accesible since they are an excellent way to fight poverty in the world.

The princess also believes beneficiaries of these credits must return those loans in order to create an auto-sustentable mechanism.

In accodance with La Nacion sources, during the lunch he shared with Princess Maxima yesterday, governor Eduardo Fellner, made clear the need to prevent official policies to block or interfere with these projects since statal subsidies nowadays are given but they must not be returned.

[Silvermj]

Link to original article, in Spanish:
http://www.lagaceta.com.ar/vernotae.asp?id_nota=138705

Maxima Zorreguieta - who came to the country without her husband, prince Willem-Alexander, and her daughters, Amalia and Alexia- had a complete work agenda. She wore a light "animal print" design skirt-, a sand coloured jackect and low sandals (the type known here as Chinese heel sandals). After a extremely hot morning, she changed her outfit and wore a terra cotta suit.

In Perico -30m km south of San Salvador de Jujuy, she met the representatives of the Women World Bank. This is a private organization here, with 1800 clients who have access to $ 300/$ 700 credits; these amount can be returned in daily/weekly/monthly instalments, with a 5/9% interest rate in accordance with each case.

Maxima visited a broom factory, a crisps factory and a local street market. Despite the terrible hot weather she visited several stalls asking the stallkeepers questions and sharing comments and smiles with them and their customers, which provoked a gathering of people which was difficult to control by local and Netherland security agents.

In San Salvador de Jujuy, Maxima met with more employees and directors of the BMM (Women World Bank). She also gave several speeches about microcredits in Spanish, English and Dutch.

In her visit to Jujuy, the future queen of The Netherlands received warm applauses, welcome greetings, craftmanship gifts, Andean crisps, a minibroom ("for my daughter Amalia ", she said), and even face picketers demonstrations. When a TV reporter asked her opinion regarding the extra 40 km her group had to made to avoid the picketers on the route, she gave a very diplomatic answer: "You can always know more (of the province landscapes)" and smiled.

The girl that become a little nightmare to security agents
She just wanted to see the princess

A little girl, not older than 7, gave a "little" headache to local and The Netherlands security agents yesterday, who were in charge of the Airport security measures at Jujuy International Airport, due to the arrival of princess Maxima, wife of the Dutch Prince Willem-Alexander of Orange. The airport is located 40 km south of the provincial capital city.

The plane that transported Maxima and her group arrived at 16,50, since she was expected at Maimará, where women beneficiary of the microcredits were waiting for her in a festive gathering.

As soon as the princess started to get out of the plane, the little girl was able to skip the heavy security measures, shocking the bi-national security agents, specifically the local ones, in charge of Jujuy Head Superintendent, Néstor Caffagi; she only wanted to see the princess.

The little one's dream became real when she "froze" steps from the princess, to whom she kept staring in amazement.

The princess, who wore a light yellow shirt and a cinnamon coffee coloured trousers, little make up and wavy blonde hair, approached the little girl and kissed her, a spontaneous gesture that won her the warmth applause of the people that were at the airport waiting for her, and left to visit Maimara.

There she answer a few questions to the press, and answer La Gaceta reporter that the kind of microcredits now availabley in Juluy and in Capital Federal (city of Buenos Aires) are soon going to be available to people all over the country.

[Silvermj]

Link to original article, in Spanish:
http://www.jujuyaldia.com.ar/index.php?ID=18183

Maxima Zorreguieta emphasized how important it is for small entrepreneurs to be able to access microcredits.

The princess of The Netherlands, Maxima Zorreguieta, finished yesterday her visit to the province, and answered a few questions to "Jujuy al dia" reporter, remarking the benefits micro-credits generate -new jobs and income- praised the beautiful landscapes of Jujuy and regreted not having enough time to visit more places.

Maxima arrived at Perico at around a 9:30 in the morning, met the Women World Bank authorities as United Nations adviser in the international year of micro credit, and 40 minutes later, the princess started visiting several small businesses that were possible due to the BMM (WWB) loans: she visited a broom factory in La Paz district, where several students greeted her carrying the Institution banner and singing; then she went to the Crisps Factory "Camila" and finally she visited two stalls at the local market of Perico, where clothes and fashion accesories can be bought.

During her visits, Maxima asked the beneficiaries about how they use the money, asked several questions about the growth possiblities those credits opened, if the incipient business are sustainable, what the profits were, and if the interest rate were coherent with the business situation.

The princess, who made people remeber she has a degree in economy, remarked how important it is for people to get access to this kind of credits, that must be easy to pay back, since they will generate jobs and income to the beneficiary families and (the princess) showed interest in knowing how much growth these little business will develop.

With regards of the shortness of her visit, she praised the province landscapes and regretted she could not visit more due to her work agenda but highlighted the affection the people of Jujuy showed her although she did not like the extreme hot during midday.

At the end of her visit, Perico's Mayor gave her a present and she had a longer trip to the airport, since the royal group had to avoid the pricketers block on the main route, and use a local soil pathway, through different farms till the town of Mendieta, where they were able to use the main route to the capital again.

There she met with the BMM authorites and the Province governor gave a dinner in her honor at Altos de la Viña Hotel.

[Silvermj]

Link to original article:
http://www.lanacion.com.ar/informaciongeneral/nota.asp?nota_id=762748

Among protocol and smiles, Maxima spoke about credits

She gave a speech at the UCA (Argentine Catholic University) to bankers and industrialists.

True to her style, she arrived with smiling elegance, but once she started giving her speech, the princess of The Netherlands was not able to hide it was the first one she gave in Argentina, in front of an audience of bankers, industrialists and microcredits intitutions managers of the country.

On the third day of her visit to the country, Maxima went to Argentine Catholic University on 1400 Alicia Moreau de Justo Ave., in her role as adviser of the United Nations, to give a disertation on how to finance small businesses.

Unlike the usual warm and spontaneous behaviour that she shows in every public appearence, Prince William of Orange's wife was nervous and she did not add anything to her 3 pages speech, that she gave in front of Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat -among other personalities- who was seated on the first row.

"A lot of creative and capable people could set off a little business but since they are poor, they do not have access to financial services, which leaves them unable to show their abilities and business spirit", said Maxima, who tried to control her hairdo during the whole speech, unsuccesfully.

Former Argentine Central Bank president, Alfonso Prat-Gray, stayed next to the princess during her visit to the university. Maxima got her degree in Economy in there.

On another part of her disertation, she said that a microcredit beneficiary "does not want a gift but opportunities" and she plead for that credits to be "free of interest rates".

Maxima's outfit had a main place among the conversations of those who came across the royal guest. She wore a greyish suit, a gold pair of earrings and a brooch, completed with a grey bag and grey high heel shoes.

As adviser of the UN, she later went to the Telefonica Foundation in a car, eventhough the building in a few meters away from the University. There she was received by the members of the Argentine microcredit network. She greeted them all and posed for several pictures. "I'm the tallest one, so please some of you come to the front so I won't cover you on the picture" she said to a group of women that surrounded her. Later, she have lunch with the network representatives. The menu: Malbec veal, crusty vegetables and Castilian tortilla. As dessert, Maxima got "orange, rosemary and honey symphony ", and chocolates.
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Notes:
Amalia Lacroze de Fortabat is one of the richest (if not the richest) women in the country and the owner of one of the most important company holdings in the country.

Alfonso Prat-Gray was also one of princess Maxima's professor during her time as studuent at UCA

Here, Prince Willem-Alexander is called Principe Guillermo (Prince William) like The Netherlands is always referred as Holanda, like in every Spanish speaking country.

[purple_platinum]

Originally Posted by Marengo

The speech of Maxima, from www.koninklijkhuis.nl

translation in english :

Speech of Princess Máxima on 6 December 2005
to occasion of the Planet Finance seminar over micro financing, Buenos Aires

The interest of micro financing to fight of the poverty in the world.

Your Excellency, ladies and pin – warm thanks. It is for me a before here today in my old university, as member of the Group of Counsellors for the International Year of the micro credit 2005 till you can speak. As a student of this institute, I attended in this hall many years' lectures and conferences, consequently you do not put feel stand self the emotion for – and why also, the nervousness – that I I here today meanwhile, at this side of the stage. One has invited to fight me to speak over the interest of micro financing the poverty in the world. The experiences, about which we at present to day see to, show clear at that micro financing an effective instrument is in the fight against the poverty. In different countries has been proved that the entry till small loans the men in state puts their income to double or self to triple. And, what yet more important is, it carries by at the structure of the locale economies from the basis, one of the conditions of permanent development. Many men are creative and undertaking, but because they arm are have they no entry till financial services and can through that their talents and ondernemerszin do not develop. Until now that closed became this community as not interesting considered for the commercial banks. But it becomes time that mentalities to change. In different countries has been demonstrated that with the right bancaire services also the arms an interesting customers group can be. Therefore the target of the Year of the micro credit inclusieve is to be built financial sectors on. After a year worked to have the growth of the micro financing to promote, can I it do not leave to think of the one who ultimately the male lead is: the person that the financial services necessarily has, that want to say, the customer, the micro-entrepreneur. After with many persons spoken to have, that micro financings institutions, most with many success, started are, found I in all cases a common factor: the fact that they their customers or the needs of their customers above everything put. Does only, what the customer of micro financier have really necessarily? The customer expects want no gifts, he chances. He know whole good what he want and for which he in state is and for which he construction has. Through a person a loan to provide, puts one him in the occasion a commercial activity to begin that him the possibility offers its own money to earn without dependent to be of benevolence. The customer for micro financier has small loans necessary and is to be paid even ready for that properly high interests. What expenses concerned, is the it just a credit of 1000 pesos or one by 100,000 pesos to provide. Such small loans at far away living customers high expenses brings to provide with self with for the MFI´s. Expenses that become, natural, at the customer verrekend in the interest rates. Therefore the MFI´s have want to be a to can market on the territory of interest rates necessarily permanently in their operations. Moreover, when this MFI´s grow and profitable institutions become, they get entry till the kapitaal markets and are then no longer dependent on the gifts that they receive. This is the only manner sufficient funds to find to satisfy at the enormous question that there exists.

The customer has listens a kredietverlener necessarily that to him and understands its enterprise. A good kredietverlener will him also help agreements and obligations to avoid at which he with its earnings would not be able to satisfy. Therefore is the have of good kredietverleners often the key till success of a good MFI. She fixed provides becomes when off a loan and hangs the dear of it, ultimately the sum of the oninbare debts of their decisions. The MFI´s have professional education necessary and the banking will and must help them near it. The customer goes not to within by a bank on the corner of Puerto Madero which he self intimidated feels. He want to move self within its own district and talk with someone in its own language. Contact with the customer to make, must the verleners of this kind of financial services want to make of the technological furrow spout course, as telephones, post, supermarkets and tank stations that way new distribution channels on to lay. When we last week in Brasil were, saw we good examples that really the troubles landlord be to analyze. This to reach is the necessarily that the legislative power flexible is by the setting up of legal frames for the commercial branches/bijkantoren of a MFI or bank. A loan to obtain, will and sometimes can the customer no ellenlange forms fill in, what at the others side moreover a lot of time and money costs at the MFI´s. De legislative power will there over after must think how one this transfer of information can simplify. Each supplementary question that met must become on a form means less time attention to spend other customers and consequently higher expenses omgezet in interests for the customer. And let we do not forget that it finally the customer am that that extra expenses pays. The government can fulfill an important role to simplify the development of micro credits through the guaranteeing of an egalitair work area to bevording of the competition. On the long term, a high interest foot disturb and gesubsidieerde loans the market through which the natural and healthy developments affected becomes. The customer want to have can save also the possibility. Perhaps he want to close an illness expense insurance for its family or, about which, a life insurance are not will for as he it no longer. It will about that considerably be that the MFI´s in state would be these products at can offer. In South-africa have I a lady learn know that saved a room there can build at her eenkamerwoninkje.,. Each turn that her son her money sent from England, bought they building stones and fall cement that they next to the house kept until they sufficient material would have with the building can begin. Only, by each shower, a large part of the material was damaged or went lost. Put you self once for how otherwise the situation would be as a financial institution her a bill for her savings at would offer or, yet better, her a loan would provide direct with the building of that room can begin. With these words have I in it shorten clear want to make, what the intention of our trip to Argentina is: the promoting of the growth of micro financier helps without doubt with fighting of the poverty in a country.,. Let we do not forget that the entry till financial services part constitutes of the furrow the development of a country necessary infrastructure, just well as road construction and electriciteit. I will eager want to end with a story that clear makes that micro financier not only an economic only also a social want to have. During a conversation with the founder of the K-Mention Bank, a successful MFI in Kenya, asked we him to the interest of the micro financier in its country and he said then the following: ”View, if one count at someone lends, then let one see that one trust in him has. If the person the money refunds, is he in spite of because he the trusting that one in him put not shamed has. And the fact that he are debt has can pay off, gives him at the same time independence. Do you and, know? Trust, in spite of and independence its three things that we during much too long time had not in this land.” Warm thanks for your attention.

[fanletizia]

Does she give the speech in Spanish, English or Dutch?

[Silvermj]

Videos: In Spanish
http://www.tn.com.ar/popupclarin.asp?Id_Nota=46471

http://www.tn.com.ar/popup.asp?Id_Nota=46490

Finally, Princess Maxima has always been popular here in Argentina.

But she was/is not always as popular neither with some politicians and part of the media (do not include La Nacion -I do recall the great coverage they made of her wedding or Caras, which always have The Netherlands Royal Family on its pages, Maxima's family in particular, and other magazines/newspaper who were always respectful with them:) ).

[pollyemma]

Originally Posted by Silvermj

Videos: In Spanish
http://www.tn.com.ar/popupclarin.asp?Id_Nota=46471

http://www.tn.com.ar/popup.asp?Id_Nota=46490

Finally, Princess Maxima has always been popular here in Argentina.

But she was/is not always as popular neither with some politicians and part of the media (do not include La Nacion -I do recall the great coverage they made of her wedding or Caras, which always have The Netherlands Royal Family on its pages, Maxima's family in particular, and other magazines/newspaper who were always respectful with them:) ).

awesome videos! thanks for posting. I'm glad her visit is getting plenty of coverage.

[purple_platinum]

http://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty...rincessmaxima/



Crown Princess Maxima of the Netherlands has arrived for her first official visit to the country of her birth. The future queen was given an enthusiastic welcome from local people when she landed in the northern province of Jujuy in an effort to boost anti-poverty programmes in the region.

[fanletizia]

Maxima today, from terra

[misshelen]

More pictures from reuters

[Princess Maxima]

Love the shirt and skirt.

for the ones who don't know, Máxima had a meeting with Felicia Miceli(the one in the pic, with purple)the ministress of economy

[misshelen]

More pictures from Reuters:)

[Princess Maxima]

With Máxima's meeting with Miceli, she ended up her visit to Argentina..It's sad..

[Dennism]

Thank you for the videos, articles, and the photos. And thank you for the translations too. Good work, everybody! I like this photo:

http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums...6&d=1133973393

Another good summer outfit. She looks like she had a good time with the minister for the economy. I like that portrait photo from today. A good pose by Maxima. And that is some bracelet she has on there too.

[Alisa]

I like the skirt in the pink and white outfit. The shirt though, is not quite flattering. It creates bulkiness around her waist that I don't think she has in reality. Today's outfit is really nice, crazy patterns but it is well fitted and youthful. She looks really great.

I wonder of the Prince of Oranjes is coping with being without his "girls" for so long.

[Silvermj]

Originally Posted by fanletizia

Does she give the speech in Spanish, English or Dutch?

In Spanish.

[pollyemma]

Originally Posted by Alisa

I like the skirt in the pink and white outfit. The shirt though, is not quite flattering. It creates bulkiness around her waist that I don't think she has in reality. Today's outfit is really nice, crazy patterns but it is well fitted and youthful. She looks really great.

I wonder of the Prince of Oranjes is coping with being without his "girls" for so long.

Isnt he in argentina as well? I thought he'd be there for sinterklaas and Amalia's birthday?

[Princess Maxima]

Originally Posted by pollyemma

Isnt he in argentina as well? I thought he'd be there for sinterklaas and Amalia's birthday?

I think he will be here(in Arg) on Friday