Tuxtla Gutiérrez. On Friday, June 16th, the Italian Ambassador to Mexico Luigi Maccotta visited the State of Chiapas, where he was welcomed by the Secretary of State, Juan Carlos Gómez Aranda, and representatives of the Secretariats of Public Security and Tourism. “During the meeting with the consular correspondent Miriam Stival, possible collaborations between Italy and Chiapas in the economic, tourist, and cultural sector were explored” according to the Embassy website. In the evening, at Hotel Villa Mercedes in San Cristobal de las Casas, Ambassador Maccotta met many members of the Italian community in Chiapas, invited by Corriente Miriam Stival and Mrs. Claretta Gagna for the occasion. The meeting was also attended by President Municipal, Marco Antonio Cancino Gonzalez. Simultaneously to this visit there was a mission by the head of the Consular Chancellery, Paolo Epifani, which allowed to collect fingerprints of the compatriots requesting issuance / renewal of the passport.
