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Bienvenida Ambassador Nuño!

Published:Sunday | October 31, 2010 | 12:00 AM
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Spanish Ambassador Celsa Nuño (second right) welcomes House Speaker Delroy Chuck. Looking on are Alex Crowther (right), the ambassador's husband, and Ricardo Allicock (partly hidden).
Spanish Ambassador Celsa Nuño (second right) introduces her husband Alex Crowther (right) to Tanny Shirley. Looking on is Julia Coc-Mendoza.
Viva la familia! Spanish Ambassador Celsa Nuño (right) with husband Alex Crowther and their children Alejandro (left), Daniel (second left) and Jimena. - Photos by Winston Sill/Freelance Photographer
It's Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington's turn to meet new Spanish Ambassador Celsa Nuño.
Spanish Ambassador Celsa Nuno and husband Alex Crowther make a cute couple.
Tastee boss Vincent Chan meets Spanish Ambassador Celsa Nuno (right) and Spanish Embassy official Julia Coc-Mendoza.
New Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Antony Anderson, and Senator Marlene Malahoo Forte (centre) seem intrigued by an expressive Lisa Bell, EXIM Bank boss.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Dr. Ken Baugh, indiscussion with new Spanish Ambassador Celsa Nuno.
William Mahfood (left) may be looking at the similar shirts Charles Johnston (centre) and Bill Clarke are sporting.
From left: Franny Mahfood, Avril Norton and Lisa Johnston are a beautiful trio.
Former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson (left) gets a warm hug from Opposition Leader Portia Simpson Miller while MP Dr. Wykeham McNeil looks on.
Indian High Commissioner Mohinder Grover raps with Marta Mendez, deputy head of mission at the Spanish Embassy.
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Daviot Kelly, Staff Reporter

The majestic White Clouds, residence of the Spanish ambassador to Jamaica, is used to hosting excellent receptions. But on Wednesday, October 20, it was new Spanish Ambassador Celsa Nuño who was playing host. Ambassador Nuño, her husband Alex Crowther and their three children will be making the residence their home for the next few years.

Having presented her credentials to Governor General Sir Patrick Allen the previous week, there was one thing left to do: throw a reception to meet and greet just a few of the people with whom she will liaise during her tenure.

This wasn't a night for speeches; those will come in time. This was merely a chance for those who had not yet met the ambassador to do so before she gets going with her various projects.

Guests out included: Venezuelan Ambassador Noel Martinez; British High Commissioner Howard Drake; just-returned Canadian High Commissioner Stephen Hallihan and wife Cathy; Mexican Ambassador Leonora Rueda; German Ambassador Jurgen Engel; Chilean Ambassador Alfredo Garcia and wife Luz Santamaria; French Ambassador Marc-Olivier Gendry; Ramon and Deidre Corvera; Ambassador Elinor Sherlock; Ambassador Paul Robotham; Ricardo Allicock; Ambassador Douglas Saunders and wife Angela; Charles and Lisa Johnston; Elizabeth Shoucair, Annette Insanally, Chris and Gillian Zacca and Robert Russell.