TRIBUTE TO PILAR FUERTES FERRAGUT, SPANISH AMBASSADOR TO ZIMBABWE
By Beaven Tapureta Pilar Fuertes Ferragut (1962-2012) The Embassy of Spain in Zimbabwe, the arts and culture sector and diplomatic community, have found it hard to accept the tragic loss of a friendly diplomat and arts lover, Pilar Fuertes Ferragut, who passed on in a car accident in Walvis Bay, Namibia on Monday, April 2. She was 50. The late Pilar, as she was affectionately known to her friends, assumed her diplomatic duties in Zimbabwe in 2009 and doubled as ambassador of Spain to Malawi and Zambia. Apart from her diplomatic mission in Zimbabwe, Pilar was at the helm of championing the promotion of Zimbabwean arts and culture before and after a Cultural Centre was established at the Embassy in Harare last year. The Culture Centre runs a number of cultural activities such as the regular Young Women Open Forum, free screening of Spanish films, library services and the book club which is a new baby born last month. The Centre has also begun offering an affordable t...