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America Latina e Caraibi

Press Releases
2 September 2013
Assistance for Italian nationals abroad

Some media organisations are reporting news on two cases involving Italian nationals abroad which the Foreign Ministry has been dealing with in recent weeks. The Farnesina, including through the Italian Embassy in Cuba, is following developments in the case of Mr Simone Pini – currently serving a 25-year prison sentence handed down in that country […]

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22 August 2013
ARGENTINA – PERGOLESI AND VIVALDI AT THE TEATRO COLISEO

Music by Gianbattista Pergolesi and Antonio Vivaldi was performed at a concert by the Umberto GiordanoEnsemble at the Teatro Coliseo in Buenos Aires. The concert, on 21 August, was organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute in Buenos Aires and our Embassy in Argentina. Read more, in Italian

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Press Releases
6 August 2013
Visita in Messico del SS Giro “centrale per le relazioni dell’Italia con tutta l’America Latina. E’ il paese con più imprese italiane e partner strategico per la stabilità del centro America”

Da domani al 9 agosto il Sottosegretario Mario Giro, con delega per l’America Latina, sarà in visita ufficiale in Messico, prima visita a carattere bilaterale di un rappresentante dell’esecutivo italiano dopo molti anni. “In Messico è in atto un importante processo di riforma economica e sociale che procede rapidamente con la partecipazione responsabile di tutte […]

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30 July 2013
Cooperation: Bolivia, aid to farming families

A total of 51 family greenhouses were handed over in the Hampaturi area of the city of La Paz, within the context of the conclusion of the Emergency Programme financed by the Italian Development Cooperation with an overall contribution of €1.1 million. The Programme, active since February 2012, serves 8 districts and 12 communities of […]

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25 July 2013
URUGUAY: A homage to Guglielmo Marconi

Uruguay has commemorated Guglielmo Marconi with a series of events at Punta dell’Este marking the 76th anniversary of the inventor’s death on 20 July 1937. During the celebrations, the Italian Honorary Vice Consul was honoured for his work in the Maldonado-Punta dell’Este consular district. The initiatives were organised with support from the Italian Embassy and […]

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18 July 2013
Renaissance Masters in Brazil for the first time

Raphael’s Christ, a triptych by Beato Angelico, Lorenzo Lotto’s Adoration of the Shepherds, Botticelli’s St. Augustine: 57 masterpieces of Italian painting from the most prestigious public and private collections tell the story of our Renaissance for the first time ever in Brazil. The exhibition will run in Sao Paolo through 23 September and move to […]

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Press Releases
18 July 2013
Under-Secretary Giro introduces a draft regional convention on the confiscation of illegal assets

Under-Secretary Giro introduced a draft regional convention on the confiscation of illegal assets to the Security Commission of the Central American Integration System ( SICA), prepared with the contribution of the Italian police, anti-Mafia directorate and the customs police. Under-Secretary Giro introduced a draft regional convention on the confiscation of illegal assets to the Security […]

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17 July 2013
LIMA – Italy at the 18th International book fair

Italy will be participating at the 18th International Book Fair in Lima, to take place in the Peruviain capital from 19 July to 4 August. The Italian Cultural Institute will represent Italy with its own stand, and with panels of “Que viva Bibi” by cartoonist Sergio Staino. This year’s fair’s guest of honour will be […]

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Press Releases
17 July 2013
El Salvador, il Sottosegretario Giro inaugura l’ospedale rurale di Chalchaupa realizzato dalla cooperazione italiana “un primo esempio di sanità nella regione per garantire l’accesso sanitario universale”

Il Sottosegretario Giro, insieme al Ministro della Salute di El Salvador, Maria Isabel Rodriguez, ha inaugurato l’ospedale rurale di Chalchaupa, realizzato con un programma di 2,5 milioni di dollari della cooperazione italiana del 2009. Oltre all’ospedale è stata finanziata la formazione di un’unità sanitaria che assiste 600 nuclei familiari nelle zone rurali e 1800 nelle […]

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Press Releases
16 July 2013
San Salvador, Under-Secretary Giro attends closing ceremony for Italian security support programme in Central America

Under-Secretary Giro attended the ceremony for the closing of an Italian programme of support for a regional security strategy for emergency response to organised crime. “Italy offered Central America its experience in fighting organised crime. The battle is a global one that is confronted through investigation, confiscation and greater regional integration”, the Under-Secretary stated. Availing […]

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16 July 2013
MEXICO – Pirelli doubles investments

The new 200 million USD investment “Pirelli Green Performance” in Mexico was presented recently in Mexico City during a ceremony whose participants included Secretary of the Mexican Economy Ildefonso Guajardo Villareal, Governor of the State of Guanajuato Miguel Marquez Marquez, new Director General of ProMexico Francisco Gonzalez Diaz, Pirelli Vice President for Operations Giuliano Menassi, […]

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