On September 20, 2019, Dr. Miguel Villarroel (Vice President of the IFRC), accompanied Dr. Francesco Rocca (President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies), Mrs. Terez Curri (President of the Bahamas Red Cross) and Mr. Walter Cotte (IFRC Regional Director in America) at a national press conference where a preliminary report […]

Between 10 and 11 September 2019, a working meeting was held between the President of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Dr. Francesco Rocca and the Vice Presidents Dr. Miguel Villarroel (America), Keren Kinit (Europe), Abdoul Diallo (Africa) and the Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee Mrs. Kate Forbes. In […]

On August 2, 2019, Dr. Miguel Villarroel held an institutional meeting with the Director of the Red Cross of Dubronick, Croatia, Mr. Živko Šimunović, and Mrs. Katia Damjanovic. During this visit there was a tour of the old city and there the mysticism and the work carried out by the volunteers of that National Society […]

On August 1, 2019, Dr. Miguel Villarroel held an informal meeting with the President of the Hellenic Red Cross, Mr. Antonios Avgetinos, and his friend and important member of that National Society, Mr. Andreas Potamianos.

On July 28, 2019, Dr. Villarroel held an interesting meeting with Mr. Antonio Zecca (President of the Red Cross of Lecce in Italy) and his extraordinary wife Mimma Antonaci. in the city of Lecce, Italy. At that meeting, aspects of interest in the humanitarian area were discussed.

The Italian Red Cross organized special events in Solferino to celebrate its anniversary. They were carried out between June 22 and 24. This event culminated with the “Fiaccolata“, a vigil that counted with the presence of more than 12,000 people who, with lighted candles, made a walking tour of approximately 10 kilometers. This event counted […]

On Friday, June 6, 2019, in the city of Madrid, Spain, Dr. Miguel Villarroel (Vice President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies), held a meeting with the President of the Red Cross of Honduras, and member of the Board of Government of the Federation, Mr. José Juan Castro. In this […]

On Wednesday, June 4, 2019, Dr. Miguel Villarroel (Vice President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies) held a meeting in the city of Madrid, Spain, with the President of the Georgia Red Cross, and member of the Board of Government of the Federation Miss Natia Loladze. In this meeting, the […]

Dr. Francesco Rocca (President of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent), and Dr. Miguel Villarroel (Vice-President of the organization), held a meeting with the President and Senator Cristina Fernández to support the initiative of a new Law of the Argentine Red Cross that is in the Senate and that was already […]

From May 21 to 23, the XXI Inter-American Conference of the Red Cross, the main humanitarian event in our region, was held in Argentina, which convened the delegations of the 35 National Societies of the American Red Cross to discuss humanitarian and development issues. that respond to present and future needs of the Continent. This […]