(VEE) MEXICO: BUST OF TINA MODOTTI UNVEILED TO CELEBRATE BIRTH

(VELINO) Roma, 19 Aug - The bust by Mexican artist Alfredo Lopez Casanova of Italian photographer Tina Modotti was unveiled to commemorate the 120th anniversary of her birth at the presence of the local delegate, Pablo Moctezuma Barragan. The event was hosted at the Azcapotzalco Municipality of Mexico City at the presence of the Italian Ambassador to Mexico, Alessandro Busacca. The bust is now located in the Parque de Bolsillo, colonia El Recreo, testifying to the fact that the people of Mexico have always had a special consideration for the Italian artist. Present at the event were also Gianluca Brocca, President of the Comites, in representation of the Italian community in Mexico, Regina Casalini, President of the Associazione Italiana di Assistenza (AIA), Alberto Dose, President of Fogolar Furlan Messico, Adalberto Cortesi and Giuseppe Caglieris. vel
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