POSTCARDS FROM THE OTHER ITALY / Mar del Plata, a choice driven by love​

Love led him to move to Argentina two years ago: he works in the Italian Consulate in Mar del Plata and is the president of the Dante Alighieri Society. This week Andrea Casiraghi, 40, originally from Monza, is the sender of the new “Postcard from the Other Italy”. Through his job, Andrea has a privileged view of Italian emigration: “Italians moving to Argentina today are young, in the 25-40 year age bracket, and take such a long journey mainly for love.” Argentina counts the most numerous Italian community abroad with 868,265 people listed in the Consular Register. “Postcards from the other Italy” is the web series produced by the news agency ‘9colonne’ with the support of the Directorate General for Italians Abroad and Migration Policies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The interviews span from Brussels to New York, for Rio de Janeiro to Shanghai: every week the web series schedules a new video interview to outline the profile of the new generation of emigrants, visible on the 9colonne.it website, on the YouTube channel of Nove Colonne and on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The interviews give a dynamic, natural, practical and updated storyboard of the other Italy, the one beyond the national borders: the dreams, expectations, comparisons, joys and disappointments of young Italians who have opted for making an experience abroad, whether for will or for necessity, using their testimonials to maintain that unbreakable tie that links them to their Country of origin.