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A special message from the acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia, Mr. Camilo Reyes, was delivered by ACS Communications Officer, Denise Lewis Martínez, in which the Colombian government welcomed those present to the exposition which “illustrates the magnitude of the contribution made to contemporary art by one of the most renowned Colombian artists of all times - Mr. Fernando Botero”, and affording the public “an appreciation for the originality of his language and his innovative treatment of volume.” The double exhibition is a collaborative effort between the Government of the Republic of Colombia, the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in Trinidad and Tobago and the ACS Secretariat and was initially inaugurated by the Ambassador of Colombia to Jamaica, His Excellency Kent Francis James, at the Cascadia Hotel in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on Friday 8 September, 2006. The 39 framed Botero posters form part of an itinerant exhibition organised by the Colombian Foreign Ministry and has been presented to audiences worldwide, including those in France, Spain, Germany and Japan. The Botero exhibition, together with photographic exhibition on the ACS’ 12 years, will be open to the public until September 29 at the Simón Bolívar Auditorium at the Embassy of Venezuela on Victoria Avenue in Port of Spain. About the ACS The Association of Caribbean States is the organization for consultation, cooperation and concerted action in trade, transport, sustainable tourism and natural disasters in the Greater Caribbean. Its Member States are Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela. Its Associate Members are Aruba , France on behalf of French Guiana , Guadeloupe , and Martinique , and the Netherlands Antilles . For further information, please contact: Denise Lewis Martínez |
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