Araguaney
The yellow tree on the upper left is called "araguaney" (Tabebuia chrysantha or 'golden voice'), a name from indigenous (Caribbean) origin. It belongs to the Bignoneaceae family and was decreed as Venezuelan's national tree in 1948.
Selected Awards
 and Honors
- • Researcher's Stimulus Award (Premio de estímulo al Investigador: PEI) in 2007, 2004, 2001, 1997 and 1993.
- • Researcher's Promotion Award (Sistema de Promoción al Investigador: SPI) in 2007, 1996, 1993, 1990.
- • Horowitz Prize for the best article published in English for Specific Purposes. 2003, Vol. 22, p. 223-247. "The scimitar, the dagger and the glove: intercultural differences in the rhetoric of criticism in Spanish, French and English medical discourse (1930-1995)." 2004, in collaboration with M.A. Alcaraz Ariza and N. Zambrano.
- • Francisco de Venanzi Prize. 2001.
- • Horowitz Prize for the best article published in English for Specific Purposes. 1994. Vol. 13(2), pages 149-171. "Hedges and textual communicative function in medical English written discourse." 1995.
