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America Latina e Caraibi

Interviews
8 January 2015
Giro: «Occasione Sudamerica per le pmi italiane. Con nuovi crediti agevolati» (MF)

Le piccole e medie imprese italiane sono state provate dalla crisi ma molte si sono ristrutturate verso una maggiore competitività che guarda con più interesse alla possibilità di internazionalizzarsi in aree meno ovvie e prossime. Tuttavia le nostre pmi e i distretti sono il prodotto di una stratificazione di storie, saperi, valori e relazioni che […]

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7 January 2015
Chile: Concert in Santiago by harpist Moretti

The electric harp will take centre stage in an important musical event in Santiago taking place on 13 January 2015 and organised by the Italian Embassy and the Italian Cultural Institute. Italian-Swiss artist Raoul Moretti will present the “Harpscapes” project, also featuring live electronics produced by Massimo Colombo. Read more, in Italian.

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31 December 2014
Argentina: Italy guest of honour at the ‘Bienal del Fin del Mundo’

Italy is the guest of honour at the 4th edition of the “Bienal del fin del mundo”, a cultural and artistic event that recently opened in Mar del Plata and will run through 22 February. Contrasts and utopias The event’s theme this year is “Contrasts and Utopias”, and the 150 artists participating under the direction […]

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Interviews
22 December 2014
Giro: «L’Italia aveva già scelto il dialogo» (Avvenire)

Per lungo tempo, molti Paesi dell’Unione Europea hanno scommesso sul mantenimento dello status quo tra Cuba e Stati Uniti. L’Italia non è mai stata fra questi. Abbiamo sempre creduto nel dialogo e lavorato in tale direzione. Una posizione lungimirante e vincente. Che ora ci mette in una condizione di vantaggio». È soddisfatto del nuovo corso […]

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22 December 2014
Imprese: grande successo per la VI edizione del Premio Italia-Messico

Ha riscosso grande successo la notte di gala organizzata dalla Camera di Commercio italiana in Messico per la VI edizione del “Premio imprenditoriale Italia-Messico”, dedicata quest’anno al “Design”. Un evento, organizzato in collaborazione con la nostra sede diplomatica, che si va consolidando come momento di grande rilievo per celebrare la costante crescita delle relazioni economiche […]

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18 December 2014
Cuba: Italy to send system mission in April 2015

The change in relations between Cuba and the U.S. is a “prelude to the opening of a major market also for Italian firms”, declared Deputy Minister for Economic Development Carlo Calenda in a press release. “I was on a mission to Cuba during the Havana Trade Fair, at which Italy made a good showing, and […]

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Press Releases
12 December 2014
Gentiloni meets Mexican Foreign Minister José Antonio Meade Kuribreña to discuss commercial cooperation, political dialogue and human rights

In the margins of the closing session of the Italy-Latin America Forum on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (PYMES), the Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, met the Mexican Foreign Minister, José Antonio Meade Kuribreña, at Villa Madama. The two foreign ministers reviewed the excellent relations between the two countries. Their discussion focused […]

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12 December 2014
Argentina – Ambassador Castaldo visits Lomas de Zamora

A mission to Lomas de Zamora for the Italian Ambassador in Argentina, Teresa Castaldo, to meet the consular agent, Francesca Cardurani Meloni, and the Agency staff. The mission is part of a programme of visits by the Ambassador to Italian consular offices throughout Argentina to maximise their efficiency and effectiveness in providing services to Italian […]

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12 December 2014
Italy-Latin America Forum – Internationalisation a winning card for business, says Gentiloni

“Internationalisation helps trigger a virtuous mechanism that increases firms’ capacity to diversify and determines the end uses to which production factors are put”. These were the words of Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni during the closing session of the Italy-Latin America Forum on SMEs taking place in Rome. “Experience tells us that, conditions being equal, companies […]

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11 December 2014
Cile – Europa costruisce il piu’ grande telescopio del mondo (in translation)

Il consiglio dello European southern observatory (Eso) ha dato il via libera alla costruzione dello European extremely large telescope (E-Elt), il piu’ grande telescopio ottico del mondo. Lo strumento avra’ 39 metri di apertura e sara’ il piu’ grande “occhio del mondo rivolto al cielo”. La costruzione avverra’ sul Cerro Armazones, nel deserto cileno di […]

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Press Releases
9 December 2014
24th Ibero-American Summit: Italy’s participation a recognition of our role in the region

Under-Secretary Mario Giro is taking part in the 24th Ibero-American Summit taking place in Veracruz, Mexico and bringing together the countries of Latin America, Spain and Portugal. As with last year’s summit, in Panama, Giro is representing the Italian Government, which atends as an observer. “Italy’s observer status at the Summit is indicative of our […]

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9 December 2014
Lima – Historical aspects of Italian emigration to Peru

“The First World War: historical aspects of Italian emigration to Peru” is the title of a lecture being held by Professor Giovanni Bonfiglio of the University of Lima on 9 December 2014. The initiative was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute. Prof. Bonfiglio, author of the “Dizionario storico-biografico degli Italiani in Peru’”, will examine Italian […]

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