The brilliant young Rubens Teixeira da Silva, PhD, Managing Director and Financial of Transpetro, receives the Medal Pedro Ernesto by the Board of representatives of Rio de Janeiro. Many important personalities of Rio de Janeiro and Brazil, and his family were present, filling the plenary session of the House. Dr. Augusto Cesar Maia, honored friend commented that "The ceremony was really beautiful and exciting, because I was witnessing the victory of the humble.".