February 15 a boarding school Rafael Ayau of the Hogar Rafael Ayau Orphanage (Guatemala) hosted the opening of the Russian Room. The school was founded in the 19th century, and since 1996 has been under the patronage of the Saint Trinity Orthodox Monastery. Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Executive Director of the Russkiy Mir Foundation Vyacheslav Nikonov attended the opening ceremony and presented the orphanage with Russian books, early learning games and puzzles. February 16 another Russian Room will be opened in Mexico at the request of the Mexican Association of the Russian Language. It will be located at premises of the Cultural Center of the National Polytechnic Institute.
February 14 Sergey Lavrov visited Managua, a capital of Nicaragua, where he presented books to the Russkiy Mir Foundation’s Russian Room located at the Central American University.
Earlier, February 13, the Minister attended the opening of the first Russian Center in Latin America, which took place at Jose Marti National Library (Havana, Cuba).
Apart from that, in the frame of the 19th International Havana Book Fair, which was timed to the official visit of Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to Cuba, the Russkiy Mir Foundation conducted a number of events including a roundtable discussion Russian World in Cuba aimed at the local Russian Diaspora, and an initiative entitled Symbols of the Russian World aimed at preservation of memory about outstanding Russian scientists, painters, writers etc., whose monuments are located around the world.
