PH Embassy Joins Commemoration of 458th Anniversary of Legazpi- Urdaneta Expedition in Mexico
Clockwise from top: Wreath laying activity led by Mr. Jorge Eliseo Salas Chavez, Municipal Mayor of Cihuatlan, Jalisco, Mexico, assisted by Post Cultural Officer, Ms. Evelyn S. Xavier, Jr., Vice Consul ad honorem of Guadalajara, Ms. Martha Mejia de Castaneda and Mr. Numeriano Bouffard, Filipino American Chairman and Vice President of Tourism of the Federation of Philippine American Chamber of Commerce opened the one day whole activity commemorating the 458th Anniversary of the Expedition of Legazpi-Urdaneta which attributed to the start of the world trade; Commemorative photo of officials of the Municipality of Cihuatlan, Jalisco and Philippine representative taken at the monument donated by then President Diosdado Macapagal in 1964 to celebrate the Year of the Mexican-Filipino Friendship during the 458th Anniversary of the Maritime Expedition of Legazpi-Urdaneta; Guests at the 458th Anniversary of the Maritime Expedition of Legazpi-Urdaneta at Barra de Navidad, Jalisco, Mexico were historians, professors, member of the Municipality of Cihuatlan, foreigners, students and Filipino American group member of the Federation of Philippine American Chamber of Commerce.(Photos from Mexico PE)
MEXICO, 28 November 2022 – The Philippine Embassy in Mexico, together with Ms. Martha Mejia de Castaneda, Vice Consul ad honorem of Guadalajara, attended the commemorative activity in the port district of Barra de Navidad, Municipality of Cihuatlan, State of Jalisco, Mexico, to mark the 458th anniversary of the Maritime Expedition of Spanish Conquistador Miguel Lopez de Legazpi and circumnavigator and Augustinian friar Andres de Urdaneta to the Philippine archipelago which in turn started the modern globalization.
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