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On the occasion of the celebration of the 195th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela hosted its traditional reception at 1 Cromwell Road. Guests who attended the event included personalities from the diplomatic, political, business, academic, cultural and union sectors. Some photographs of the event are shown below.

 

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Ambassador Alfredo Toro Hardy, Bianca Jagger, Mayor of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Councillor Tim Ahern and Mrs. Gabriela Toro Hardy.

James Hawkins, Andrew Gifford, Rainer Countess Spencer and Sir Anthony Figgis.
   
   
Tony Benn, Mrs. Toro Hardy and Ambassador Alfredo Toro Hardy

Mrs. Toro Hardy, Ambassador Alfredo Toro Hardy and Baroness Rawlings

   
   
Anita Roddick (founder The Body Shop) and Ambassador of Angola, HE Ana María Teles Carreira

Sally Unwin (Chairman of the Anglo-Venezuelan Society), Baroness Hooper, Apostolic Nuncio, HE Archbishop Faustino Sainz Muñoz and Felicity Ann Crowe.

   
   

Richard Gott, Anthony Westnedge (OBE) and Ambassador Alfredo Toro Hardy

Charge d'Affairs of Embassy of the Principality of Andorra, María Rosa Picard de Francis; Apostolic Nuncio, HE Archbishop Faustino Sainz Muñoz and Ambassador of Spain, HE Count of Casa Miranda, HE Rafael Moreno Ambassador of Chile
   
 
Ambassador Alfredo Toro Hardy and Bianca Jagger Apostolic Nuncio, HE Archbishop Faustino Sainz Muñoz and Lord Brennan
   
Karl Muller and Ambassador Alfredo Toro Hardy
Ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, HE Alfredo Toro Hardy; Ambassador of Brazil, HE Mauricio Boustani; Ambassador of Dominican Republic, HE Anibal de Castro.
   
Moh'd Essa Al-Qattam Al Zaabi, Councellor of the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates ; Ambassador of the Republic of Yemen , HE Mohamed Taha Mustafa; Mrs. Valerie Mitchell (OBE) and Ambassador of Morocco, HE Mohamed Belmahi. Gloria Carnevali, Director of the Bolívar Hall of the Venezuelan Embassy; Ambassador of Cuba, HE René Mujica and High Commissioner of Guyana, HE Laleshwar Singh
   

Ambassador of Kuwait , HE Khaled Al-Duwaisan and Venezuelan diplomatic staff.

An overview of the reception
   
Ambassador of Chile, HE Rafael Moreno; Charge d'Affairs of Embassy of the Principality of Andorra, María Rosa Picard de Francis and Ambassador of Salvador, HE Vladimiro P Villalta

High Commissioner of Guyana, HE Laleshwar Singh and Ambassador Alfredo Toro Hardy.

   
   
Ambassador of Lebanon, HE Jihad Mortada and Mrs. Valerie Mitchell (OBE). Ambassador Alfredo Toro Hardy and Ambassador of Philippines, HE Edgardo Espiritu.
   

High Commissioner of Trinidad and Tobago, HE Glenda P. Morean-Philip, Frank Coll and Ambassador Alfredo Toro Hardy
 
 
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