Francisco Gonzalez (R), chairman of Spain's second-largest bank BBVA and Chief Executive Angel Cano exchange looks during a general shareholders meeting at the Palacio Euskaldun in Bilbao March 12, 2010.

Francisco Gonzalez, chairman of Spain's second-largest bank BBVA, addresses a general shareholders meeting at the Palacio Euskaldun in Bilbao March 12, 2010.

Francisco Gonzalez (R), chairman of Spain's second-largest bank BBVA, and Chief Executive Angel Cano listen to a speaker during a general shareholders meeting at the Palacio Euskaldun in Bilbao March 12, 2010.

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The president of Spain's second largest bank,Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Francisco Gonzalez (R) and the bank General-Director Angel Cano are pictured during the bank's general shareholders meeting in Bilbao, north of Spain, on March 12, 2010. The group is struggling with a severe...

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The president of Spain's second largest bank,Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Francisco Gonzalez (R) is followed by the bank General-Director Angel Cano (L) on their way to address shareholders during the bank's general shareholders meeting in Bilbao, north of Spain, on March 12, 2010. The...

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The president of Spain's second largest bank, Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA), Francisco Gonzalez addresses shareholders during the bank's general shareholders meeting in Bilbao, north of Spain, on March 12, 2010. The group is struggling with a severe economic downturn in Spain,...

Francisco Gonzalez (L), Chairman of Spain's second-largest bank BBVA, and Chief Executive Angel Cano smile before a news conference to present company's annual results at its headquarters in Madrid January 27, 2010. BBVA's bad loans ratio rose nearly one percentage point in the fourth...

Francisco Gonzalez, chairman of Spain's second-largest bank BBVA, speaks during a news conference to present company's annual results at its headquarters in Madrid January 27, 2010. BBVA's bad loans ratio rose nearly one percentage point in the fourth quarter from the third mainly due...

Francisco Gonzalez, Chairman and CEO of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentina, speaks during the World Business Forum in New York, October 7, 2009.

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European Central Bank chief Jean-Claude Trichet (C) smiles next to the President of the Sapanish bank Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Francisco Gonzalez (L) and Bank of Spain chief Miguel Fernandez Ordo�(R) at the New Economy Forum in Madrid on June 22, 2009.

Sevilla's Frederic Kanoute (R) and Atletico Ciudad's Francisco Gonzalez fight for the ball during their King's Cup soccer match at Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan stadium in Seville November 10, 2009.

Cesar Alierta (L), chairman of Spanish telecom company Telefonica, Francisco Gonzalez (C), chairman of Spanish bank BBVA, and Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe talk during a luncheon with Spanish businessmen in Madrid April 28, 2009.

Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe (C) reviews his papers as Francisco Gonzalez (L), chairman of Spanish BBVA bank, watches during a luncheon with Spanish businessmen in Madrid April 28, 2009.

European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet (L) talks with Francisco Gonzalez, President of Spain's bank BBVA before his speech at an economy luncheon in Madrid June 22, 2009. Policymakers must remain alert despite signs that the pace of economic weakening is slowing, said...

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Jean-Claude Trichet, president of the European Central Bank, right, talks with BBVA bank president Francisco Gonzalez before a business conference in Madrid, Monday, June 22, 2009. The president of the European Central Bank warned Monday that the economy was in 'uncharted waters' and...

Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe (R) talks to Francisco Gonzalez, chairman of Spanish bank BBVA, during a luncheon with Spanish businessmen in Madrid April 28, 2009.