America Latina e Caraibi

Cultural Diplomacy

18 December 2024

Santiago, “Letizia Battaglia. Crónica, vida, amor”

In Santiago, the exhibition “Letizia Battaglia. Crónica, vida, amor”, curated by Marco Meneguzzo and with the collaboration of the Archivio Letizia Battaglia, in the presence of the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Santiago, Cristina Di Giorgio, the Secretary of the Legation of the Italian Embassy in Santiago, Althea Cenciarelli, and the Director of […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

17 December 2024

Bogotà, “Technologies of care” by Elisa Giardina Papa

The Bogotá Museum of Modern Art (MAMBO), with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Bogotá, presents “Technologies of Care”, the first institutional anthological exhibition of the Italian artist Elisa Giardina Papa in Colombia, curated by Eugenio Viola and Juaniko Moreno. This exhibition, open to the public until next 9 February, provides an opportunity to reflect on the impact of digital platforms and […]

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Press Releases

13 December 2024

Summoning of the Chargé d’Affaires of Venezuela in Rome

Following the instructions of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, the Chargé d’Affaires of the Venezuelan Embassy in Rome was summoned to the Farnesina today. The meeting aimed to reiterate the necessity of ensuring consular assistance and access to Italian detainees in Venezuela who are subject to arrest or detention for […]

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Press Releases

11 December 2024

Italian Undersecretary of State Giorgio Silli’s meeting with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Honduras

Today, Undersecretary Silli met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Honduras, Gerardo Torres Zelaya, at the Farnesina. During the meeting, the excellent political and economic-entrepreneurial relations already being relaunched were highlighted. Further impetus will be given by the forthcoming establishment of a Political Dialogue Mechanism, which will consolidate relations between Italy and Honduras […]

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Press Releases

9 December 2024

Minister Tajani chairs an event at the Farnesina for International Anti-Corruption Day

On the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, today opened the event “The commitment of Italian foreign policy in the fight against corruption and transnational organised crime”, in collaboration with the Ministries of Justice and the Interior. The Minister of the Interior, […]

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Economic Diplomacy

5 December 2024

Brazil: the leather industry, between European regulations and the challenge of traceability

The cattle and leather industries in Brazil and Italy are facing a crucial challenge: application of the European Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). Aimed at combating global deforestation, this regulation risks having significant repercussions on both markets with historic links to the hide trade. Brazil is a colossus in the cattle industry. In 2022, Brazil’s agribusiness sector […]

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Economic Diplomacy

5 December 2024

Mexico – an interoceanic corridor connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific

Mexico is seeking to turn the tide of trade with the east coast of the United States and Asia by reducing its dependence on the Panama Canal, thanks to an ambitious infrastructure – the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Through a network of over 1,200 kilometres’ worth of railways, roads and airports, this […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

2 December 2024

Bahia Blanca, “Donne: la mejor version”

Once again this year, the Consulate General in Bahia Blanca took part in the UN’s international campaign to eliminate violence against women and children, with a cycle of five conferences that concluded at the Consulate on 25 November. The meetings dealt with violence towards women in its unfortunately multiple aspects – physical, psychological, and at […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

29 November 2024

Bahia Blanca, Art and Food

The Consulate General of Italy in Bahia Blanca offered an original homage to maestro Giacomo Puccini on the centenary of his death. A multimedia show dedicated to the personal and artistic life of Maestro Puccini was organised in La Paloma, a historical building in Bahia Blanca. Professor Enrique Caride (music expert and critic, and long-time […]

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Press Releases

12 November 2024

Rome. Italian Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Silli attends the conference “Rediscovering Central America and the Gran Caribe”

Today, Italian Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Giorgio Silli took part in the conference “Rediscovering Central America and the Gran Caribe: Future Opportunities” at the Guglielmo Marconi University in Rome. “The Italian government is strongly committed to re-launching political dialogue with Central America – an area of the world to which so many Italians have emigrated […]

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Diplomatic Network

7 November 2024

Argentina – the Italian Embassy celebrates its first centenary

The residence of the Italian Ambassador in Buenos Aires, Fabrizio Lucentini, was the stage for a historic celebration commemorating the first centenary of the Italian Embassy in Argentina. This exclusive event brought together some 200 distinguished guests, highlighting 100 years of the Embassy’s work in strengthening political, commercial and cultural relations between Italy and Argentina. […]

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Press Releases

31 October 2024

Minister Tajani meets Edmundo González Urrutia, Venezuelan opposition leader and Sakharov Prize winner for freedom of thought

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani met with Venezuelan opposition leader and Sakharov Prize laureate for Freedom of Thought, Edmundo González Urrutia, at the Farnesina. While personally congratulating him on this esteemed recognition, a testament to González Urrutia’s courage and fight for human rights and democracy in Venezuela, […]

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