Linking Latin America and Quebec
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Photo by rené cordero
The Latin American Students Organization (LASO) held its annual year-end cocktail on April 11 in the Espacio Mexico at the Mexican Consulate on Peel St.
More than 50 students, faculty and guests ended the academic year in style, including (from left): Miguel Angel Gamarra Malca, General Consul of Peru; Angelica Novoa, a CSU VP-elect; Elio Rafael Vitriago Abreu, the Venezuelan Deputy Consul General; Viviana Arias, LASO VP External; Fabio Avella, ex-General Consul of Colombia in Montreal; and Jorge Valero, Aggregate for Cultural Activities from Venezuela.
Other guests included former Quebec premier Bernard Landry and Concordia Vice-Provost International Liselyn Adams.
“It was a great opportunity to promote Latin American culture, to introduce our organization to the consulates and to deepen ties between Quebec and Latin American countries,” said Fabio Avella, who is also a LASO VP External. (He is named after his father, who appears in the photo at right.)
LASO is over 20 years old, and comprises nearly 1,000 students of Latin American origin at Concordia.