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24 February 2015
Ecuador – Italian kinetic art

A selection of the works ofthe most prominent of the legendary optical and kinetic art movement betweenthe 1950s and 70s, from Bruno Munari to artists still active such as GetulioAlviani will be on display from 28 February through 19 April at the Centro deArte Contemporaneo of Quito. The exhibition of 50 collages, videos, sculpturesand other […]

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23 February 2015
Mexico – The poetry of Massimo Rizzante

The auditorium of Mexico City’s Italian Cultural Institute will host a presentation by poet, academic and translator Massimo Rizzante entitled “Poetry and the world of prose”. Juan Villoro Rizzante, who currently teaches Italian contemporary literature and comparative literature at the University of Trent, will deliver the introduction. He has directed the International Seminar on the […]

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20 February 2015
Buenos Aires‎ – First meeting of EXPO working group

The EXPO Milan–Italian Regions working group has held its first meeting in Buenos Aires. Organised by the Italian Embassy in Argentina, the event was hosted by Feditalia and attended by the Embassy’s Economic Councillor, Stefano Canzio; the president of Fedemarche, Juan Pedro Brandi; the director of the Italian Trade office, Sergio La Verghetta; the ENIT […]

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19 February 2015
Guadalajara – Italy to be guest of honour in film festival

Italy will be the guest of honour at the 30th Guadalajara International Film Festival (FICG), which runs from 6 to 15 March 2015. The festival will include a retrospective featuring the work of  Bernardo Bertolucci and Bruno Bozzetto. Italy will also be taking part in the 11th Co-Production Forum, with a project entitled “The Whale”. […]

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18 February 2015
Il Sottosegretario Giro alla Conferenza “Italia-America Centrale su sicurezza e lotta alla criminalità organizzata”

“L’insicurezza e la violenza legate al narcotraffico sono anche problemi politici e di sviluppo, che colpiscono soprattutto i giovani centroamericani. L’Italia, per la sua esperienza nella lotta al narcotraffico, ha voluto dare un contributo al consolidamento delle istituzioni di contrasto al fenomeno ed allo sviluppo dell’area”, ha dichiarato il sottosegretario Giro intervenendo al seminario sul […]

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17 February 2015
Brazil – Exploring the history of philosophy with Vivaldi’s help

The history of philosophy willbe explored through Antonio Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” at a series of “PhilosophyCafé” events led by Silverio Ortiz, who teaches philosophy at Universidade dasQuebradas. Organised with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute in Riode Janeiro, the events will be hosted by the Institute and will run throughoutMarch 2015. Read more, in […]

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16 February 2015
El Salvador – Discussion of natural disaster risk management

“Experiences and analyses of natural threats in Central America, Guatemala, El Salvador and Nicaragua”, is the title of a handbook recently presented in El Salvador with the goal of offering scientific support for the implementation of a national risk management policy and of an integrated Central American policy for risk management through support for the […]

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13 February 2015
Mexico – Celebrating the genius of Pellegrino Artusi

“Pellegrino Artusi: L’unita’ italiana in cucina” is the title of an exhibition running at the Italian Cultural Institute of Mexico City through 20 February. The event is part of the calendar of the Year of Italy in Latin America, and is a celebration of the contribution that writer, “foody” and literary critic and his recipe […]

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12 February 2015
Farnesina: Undersecretary Giro congratulates Guatemalan Ambassador Stephanie Hochstetter Skinner-Klée on election as President of IILA and Brazilian Ambassador Ricardo Neiva as Vice-President

Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Vice-President of the Italo-Latin American Institute (IILA) Mario Giro hailed the election of Ambassador of the Republic of Guatemala Stephanie Hochstetter Skinner-Klée as IILA President, succeeding Mexican Ambassador Miguel Ruíz-Cabañas Izquierdo. “We were unanimous on our choice of the Ambassador and in our thanks to the Ambassador […]

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12 February 2015
Italian Economic Diplomacy – Guatemala issues call for tenders for new administrative district

Guatemala: issues call for tenders for new administrative district The first call for prequalification tenders for the construction of a State Administrative Centre was issued, the necessary documentation for which can be found at:  http://www.guatecompras.gt/concursos/consultaDetalleCon.aspx?nog=3708926&o=5The. The  project is being commissioned by the Ministry of Public Finance and the deadline for submission of applications for prequalification […]

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12 February 2015
Nicaragua – International poetry festival gets under way

More than 80 poets from 54 countries will come together in Granada from 15 to 21 February to participate in the 11th edition of the Nicaragua International Poetry Festival, whose organisers have also invited Italians Claudio Pozzani and Martha Canfield to participate. The festival is a huge celebration of poetry involving the entire city and […]

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11 February 2015
Mexico – A collective account of the Day of the Dead

“Pan del Alma” is the title of a collective book that writer Pino Cacucci will present on 25 February at the historic home/museum of Frida Khalo in Mexico City. The book is intended to provide a snapshot of one of the more remarkable aspects of Mexican culture: the celebrations, rituals and images associated with the […]

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