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Permanent Observer Mission of Italy Donates Bust of Amerigo Vespucci to the OAS

  October 11, 2012

Permanent Observer Mission of Italy Donates Bust of Amerigo Vespucci to the OAS
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The Permanent Observer Mission of Italy to the Organization of American States (OAS), together with the National Italian-American Foundation today donated a bust of the Florentine navigator and cartographer, Amerigo Vespucci, a work by the American artist Greg Wyatt.

During the ceremony, the Permanent Observer of Italy, Ambassador Sebastiano Fulci, said the donation is an "homage to the five hundredth anniversary of the death of the Italian navigator" who gave his name to the continent, and is part of the celebration of "the discovery of America," to be commemorated tomorrow, October 12.

Present at the ceremony, held in the Hall of the Americas at OAS headquarters in Washington, DC, were the Secretary General of the OAS, José Miguel Insulza, the Assistant Secretary General, Ambassador Albert Ramdin, and the Chair of the Permanent Council and Permanent Representative of Mexico, Ambassador Joel Antonio Hernández García, among others.

For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.

Reference: FNE-10400