America Latina e Caraibi

Cultural Diplomacy

24 October 2024

“M’illumino d’immenso” Award: the winners

Three out of the four award ceremonies scheduled for this year’s “M’illumino d’immenso – International Poetry Translation Award” have taken place. This competition, which began in Mexico in 2018, now spans four continents. On 14 October, at the Italian Cultural Institute of Mexico City, the prize for the 7th Edition of “M’illumino d’immenso” for translation […]

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Press Releases

21 October 2024

Undersecretary Silli’s participation in the International Cultural Diplomacy Observatory

Undersecretary Giorgio Silli today participated in the conference organised by the International Observatory of Cultural Diplomacy in Siena, an organisation that works to promote the Tuscan city on the international scene and to enhance its artistic, scientific, political, and economic heritage, with a view to providing meeting and dialogue opportunities. On the sidelines of the […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

18 October 2024

Lima celebrates Antonio Raimondi

The documentary exhibition ‘Tra due mondi: memoria e celebrazione di Antonio Raimondi in Italia e in Perù’ (Between Two Worlds: Memory and Celebration of Antonio Raimondi in Italy and Peru) was inaugurated at the Italian Cultural Institute in Lima. The exhibition encompasses two bicentenaries, the birth of Antonio Raimondi on 19 September 1824 and the […]

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Economic Diplomacy

17 October 2024

Sparkle announces its collaboration on new pan-regional submarine cable system in Central America

Sparkle, in collaboration with Liberty Networks, a leading provider of infrastructure and business connectivity in Latin America and the Caribbean, and Gold Data, a technology company focused on telecommunications infrastructure that provides international connectivity in the Caribbean and Latin America, will participate in the construction and marketing of the new MANTA submarine system. This will […]

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Press Releases

14 October 2024

Undersecretary Silli received SICA’s Executive Director at the Foreign Ministry: an exchange of views on Central America’s integration prospects and opportunities for collaboration

Today Undersecretary Giorgio Silli received – at the Foreign Ministry – the Executive Director of the Central American Integration System (SICA), Ingrid Figueroa Santamaria – who is in Rome to take part in the World Food Forum – for an exchange of views on the Organisation’s most topical issues, the prospects for Central America’s integration […]

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Diplomatic Network

14 October 2024

Buenos Aires, “Italea” promotional events

Between 27 September and 1 October, “Italea” promotional events were held in Buenos Aires. The leitmotif was Argentina’s model in terms of tourism of the roots, considering both the huge number of Italian descendants and the fact that, over time, compatriots have settled in Argentina, mostly coming from the mosaic of small villages, inland areas […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

10 October 2024

Lomas de Zamora: Italy at the Almirante Brown Book Fair

The 8th edition of the Almirante Brown International Book Fair was inaugurated on 30 September, with Italy participating for the first time through a stand hosted by the Consular Agency in Lomas de Zamora. Alongside the book exhibition, the Italian stand distributed promotional material on consular activities and the “Italea” project, linked to “Tourism of […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

10 October 2024

Rosario: 24th Edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World

On the occasion of the 24th edition of the Week of the Italian Language in the World, the Consulate General of Italy in Rosario, in collaboration with key local partners, has organised a series of events focused on the theme “Italian and the Book: The World Between the Lines”. Particular attention will be given to […]

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Press Releases

9 October 2024

Undersecretary Silli in Buenos Aires to attend the CEAL Annual Meeting

As part of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Tajani’s mission to Argentina, Undersecretary of State Giorgio Silli spoke today at the annual meeting of the Consejo Empresarial de America Latina (CEAL) – an organisation that brings together the leading entrepreneurs and businesspeople from South and Central America – held in Buenos Aires […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

9 October 2024

“Madama Butterfly” on stage in Bahia Blanca

Thanks to the support of the Italian Consulate General in Bahia Blanca and the collaboration developed with the organisation of artists from southern Argentina OAS-Organizzazione degli Artisti del Sud argentino, the Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires, the local Municipality and the Bahia Blanca Theatre brought Italian opera back to the entire district of Argentinean […]

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Press Releases

9 October 2024

In São Paulo, Tajani meets with the Brazilian Government and entrepreneurs. “The Italian System must strengthen in Latin America.”

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, arrived in São Paulo yesterday, where today he will inaugurate the Italy-Brazil Business Forum with Brazil’s Minister of State Head of the Civilian House of the Presidency of the Republic, Rui Costa Dos Santos. Organised in collaboration with the Federation of […]

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Press Releases

7 October 2024

Italy-Argentina joint declaration

Traduzione di cortesia Italy and Argentina maintain a solid and deep relationship, based on shared values and a rich historical and cultural heritage. Cooperation between our two countries is constant and fruitful, not only at a bilateral level, but also in multilateral contexts, where we work together to promote peace, democracy and respect for human […]

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