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Chilean first lady tapped to as 10th Hans Christian Andersen ambassador
From: AP Worldstream
Date: 20040115
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AP Worldstream
01-15-2004
Dateline: COPENHAGEN, Denmark
The wife of Chilean President Ricardo Lagos will be named a goodwill ambassador for the upcoming Hans Christian Andersen bicentennial during a ceremony next week, organizers of the famed author's 2005 jubilee said Thursday.
Luisa Duran de Lagos was tapped to help increase the knowledge about Andersen in Chile and promote the 200th anniversary of Andersen's birth.
She is the 10th person to be named an ambassador, and the second from South America to receive the honorary title. In May, Brazilian soccer star Pele was given the honor during a ...
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