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dedicate themselves to these kinds of endeavours enable us to renovate our faith in mankind; a
faith so often sullied by the vicissitudes of history.
I am also pleased at the granting of the Exemplary Town of Asturias Award to the Friends of
the Villaviciosa-Cubera Countryside Association, which I will have the chance to visit tomorrow
in order to present the Award, meet the members, and learn about the conservation efforts they
carry out in such outstanding fashion.
I also wanted to dedicate a few words of acknowledgement to the quality of our Juries, which,
as in previous editions, have contributed their objective and disinterested judgement for the well-
being and growing prestige of the Awards.
The satisfaction that we feel today has been tarnished by
some dramatic events. I wish to condemn with all my might
the bloodshed that took place yesterday in Madrid in which
innocent citizens lost their lives or suffered terrible mutilations
as a consequence of cowardly, heartless, murderous terrorism.
For them, their families, and also for all those who have
previously suffered at the hands of this mindless barbarism, my
emotional remembrance and my solidarity goes out to you in
these trying times.
The prosperity and joy of communities flourish when values
such as freedom, solidarity, education, creativity, love of work,
capacity for sacrifice and cooperation exist in harmony within them.
It is fitting that we reflect on these circumstances in difficult moments. In order to overcome
them, we must contribute all of our efforts and our collaboration without ever losing the hope of
attaining a brilliant future for our Principality, to whose destiny I cast my lot with the rest of the
Asturian people.
With the same loyalty that you have always afforded me, I join you now in order to reach that
better future that I believe in and for whose attainment I pledge all my efforts.
“The prosperity and joy of communities
flourish when values such as freedom,
solidarity, education, creativity, love of
work, capacity for sacrifice and cooperation
exist in harmony within them.”
18
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1991
