America Latina e Caraibi

Press Releases

7 October 2024

Minister Tajani’s mission to Argentina and Brazil

The Deputy prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, is on a mission to Argentina and Brazil starting tonight, for meetings with the institutional authorities of the two countries, representatives of the local and Italian business community that have invested locally, and representatives of the Italian community. The Minister […]

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Press Releases

6 October 2024

Tajani commemorates the anniversary of 7 October: a cowardly attack on all the Jewish people

ROME – “A year ago, Hamas perpetrated a brutal attack that hit hundreds of innocent Israeli victims. Many of them died and others are still hostages of the terrorist group, in what turned into a cowardly attack on the entire Jewish people”. Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said as much on the eve of the commemoration […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

3 October 2024

Santiago – 50th anniversary of the 1974 Venice Biennale.

After the coup d’état of 11 September 1973, Carlo Ripa di Meana – newly elected President of the Venice Biennale – decided to dedicate the entire 1974 edition of the Biennale to Chile. Hortensia Allende, widow of Chilean President Salvador Allende, travelled to Venice to inaugurate the Biennale, entitled ‘Freedom to Chile: for a democratic […]

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Press Releases

3 October 2024

Roots Tourism, the Italea project arrives in Argentina. Tajani: a primary tool to strengthen ties with Italian communities abroad

Coinciding with the mission to Argentina and Brazil (7-9 October) of Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani, the Italea project – part of the ‘Roots Tourism’ initiative – arrives in Buenos Aires for the FIT, International Tourism Fair. “Roots Tourism is a priority instrument to strengthen ties […]

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Press Releases

1 October 2024

Italy-Latin America Cooperation: the Foreign Ministry adopts training programs for Latin American Police Forces

In its last meeting, the Joint Committee for Italian Development Cooperation adopted, inter alia, two collaboration projects for Latin America’s economic and financial security, which see the Guardia di Finanza and the Carabinieri as executing entities, within the framework of a strategic partnership collaboration with the Italo-Latin American Institute (IILA). The aim is to support […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

27 September 2024

Rosario: Marcello Mastroianni 100

Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni was born on 28 September 1924, and this year he would have turned 100. He is the quintessential Italian actor who shaped the history of Italian cinema alongside its most iconic directors. With his filmography, he built an encyclopedia of styles and characters, years of success, stories, and dreams. To honour […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

24 September 2024

From the Caribbean to Siena: the Transcultura project

From July 15 to September 2, 2024, the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena hosted 18 young musicians from the Caribbean (1 from Barbados, 14 from Cuba, 2 from the Dominican Republic and 1 from Trinidad and Tobago), who took part in an advanced musical training program. The participation of these artists was made possible thanks […]

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Press Releases

20 September 2024

Undersecretary Tripodi co-chaired the bilateral political consultations mechanism between Italy and Peru

The Italian Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Maria Tripodi, co-chaired the fourth meeting of the Bilateral Political Consultations Mechanism with Peru’s Deputy Foreign Minister, John Peter Camino Cannock. This meeting holds particular significance, marking five years since the last official visit to Peru by a member of the Italian government. Topics […]

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Press Releases

19 September 2024

Farnesina – Undersecretary Tripodi inaugurates southern school year in Peru and meets with the Minister of Culture and the Italian community

Italian Undersecretary of State to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Maria Tripodi is on a two-day mission to Peru. Accompanied by Ambassador Massimiliano Mazzanti, she spoke this morning at the Opening Ceremony of the southern school year of the ‘Antonio Raimondi’ and ‘Dante Alighieri’ Italian schools held in Lima. “I cannot hide […]

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Press Releases

19 September 2024

Ecuador – Undersecretary Tripodi meets with the Ministers of Trade and Interior of Ecuador and visits Ferrero. Latin America made a priority for the Italian Government

The Italian Undersecretary of State to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Maria Tripodi, accompanied by Ambassador Giovanni Davoli, attended two particularly fruitful bilateral meetings with Deputy Minister of Trade and Investment Homero Larrea and Deputy Minister of the Interior Fausto Iñiguez on the second day of her mission to Ecuador. The Undersecretary […]

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Economic Diplomacy

17 September 2024

Costa Rica, a tourism-driven construction boom

Costa Rica’s growing popularity among international tourists is providing fertile ground for real estate development and for residential, commercial and tourist projects, leading international hotel chains and private investors to carry out multimillion-dollar projects in the country, especially in the province of Guanacaste overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The tourist sector has become a pillar of […]

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Diplomatic Network

17 September 2024

Uruguay, Italian Pavilion at Expo Prado

The Italian Pavilion at Expo Prado, Uruguay’s most important trade fair, set a record for visitor numbers. Organised by the Italian Embassy and the Uruguay-Italy Chamber of Commerce in collaboration with Italian Trade Agency, the event concluded with a visit from Uruguay’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Nicolas Albertoni, following an earlier visit by Minister of Livestock, […]

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