The Italian Legacy in the Dominican Republic

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past history and the future.” This slogan, which has been at the center of most of the initiatives carried out,

succinctly expresses the desire to make Italians, Italian-Dominicans, and Dominicans aware that Italy and the

Dominican Republic have worked side by side on numerous occasions and that Italy has always been present,

and still is, at pivotal moments of the history of the Dominican Republic.

The richness of the shared history, along with the opportunities that are open for the future, have convinced

me of the usefulness of bringing together the dozens of stories of enormous importance that I have come to

know under one roof so that they can form the basis of the future history of friendship and collaboration be-

tween the two countries. In fact, this shared history is only partially and fragmentarily known, and it therefore

lacks a global vision that can serve as the basis for the development of present and future relations. It is precise-

ly this desire to transmit and make known the greatness of the past in order to build an even better future that

Pepín Corripio,

President of the Corripio

Group; Ambassador

Andrea Canepari; and

Vice President Margarita

Cedeño at the Italian

National Festival. Santo

Domingo, June 6, 2018.

Ambassador Andrea

Canepari and Vice

President Margarita

Cedeño at her arrival

at the Italian National

Day and launch of

the celebrations for

the 120 years of

relations between the

two countries. Santo

Domingo, June 6, 2018.

Apostolic Nuncio Ghaleb

Bader and Ambassador

of Italy Andrea Canepari

together with the

Vice President of the

Dominican Republic,

Margarita Cedeño

de Fernández; the

Archbishop of Santo

Domingo, Francisco

Ozoria; and the Vice

Minister of the Ministry

of Foreign Affairs, Hugo

Rivera, toasting in honor

of the celebration of

Italian Republic Day and

launch of the cultural

year “120 Years of

diplomatic relations”.