SOLVED
I finally managed on how to make the pushbutton work. I've connected the wrong button pins and, somehow, it didn't work!
As Cesar Osaka (from Laboratorio de Garagem, a Brazilian DIY/Arduino forum) corrected my circuit, the following images are credited to him.
Button layout (simple):
Code used for correcting the LCD issue:
lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
lcd.print(" ");
lcd.setCursor(0, 1);
lcd.print(distancia);
Simulation using Simulino, Osaka's project for simulating Arduino under Proteus platform:
Thank you all,
Cheers