Caracas – Silvio Mignano is the new Italian Ambassador in Caracas. Mignano was born in Fondi in 1965. After earning his law degree in 1988 from the University of Rome, he joined the diplomatic service in 1991, and began his professional career at the Directorate General for Personnel and Administration. He first served in Cuba and Kenya, and after a period in Rome, he moved to Switzerland as Consul in Basel until 2007. Later, he moved to La Paz to act as charge d’affaires at the Embassy of Italy; and in July 2008 he becomes Italian Ambassador to Bolivia. From December 2010, Mignano was appointed Head of Office I of the Directorate General Resources and Innovation in Rome. The Ambassador is also a writer and has published numerous books in Italy. (9Colonne)
