The Italian Ambassador to Ecuador, Giovanni Davoli, presented Roberto Damone with the honor of Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (OMRI), conferred by the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella. The ceremony took place at the Italian residence in Quito, in the presence of Ecuador’s Minister of Defense, Giancarlo Loffredo, and the deputy ministers of Defense, Foreign Affairs, and the Interior.        Damone, the country representative for the helicopter division of the