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America Latina e Caraibi

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22 October 2013
Brasilia – “Mestres do Renascimento” exhibition a huge success

The exhibition “Mestres do Renascimento” (Renaissance Masters), the largest featuring the Renaissance ever to be held in Latin America, has been a great success in Brasilia. Featuring works by Raphael, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Botticelli, Titian and other Italian masters, the show has attracted 3000 visitors so far. The opening ceremony, commented Italian Ambassador Raffaele Trombetta, “was […]

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17 October 2013
Italy-Cuba: Giro in Havana for bilateral policy talks

Under-Secretary Mario Giro held the first session of a series of bilateral Italo-Cuban policy talks yesterday with his Cuban counterpart Deputy Minister Rogelio Sierra Diaz. Their discussions foregrounded economic collaboration, with Cuba’s expression of a desire to expand the Italian cooperative experience and illustration of investment opportunities on that Caribbean island, encouraged by incentives for […]

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15 October 2013
Uruguay – Italy stands out at book fair

Italy was a protagonist at the Book Fair of Montevideo, Uruguay’s main publishing event. An ad hoc stand run by the Italian Cultural Institute promoted the Italian publishing sector, the Institute’s activities and the Italian language. Read more, in Italian

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14 October 2013
Giro in Peru, progress on partnerships

The themes of the VI Italy-Latin America Conference to be held in Rome in December, and in which President of Peru Humala is to participate, and Peru’s participation in the 2015 Milan Expo, were the focus of Under-Secretary Mario Giro’s mission to Peru, where he was received by the Peruvian Congress on the morning of […]

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11 October 2013
Brasilia – “Renaissance Masters” on display

The exhibition “Mestres do Renascimento” (Renaissance Masters) opens in Brasilia today, 11 October 2013, and will run until late January 2014. The show is the largest featuring the Renaissance ever to be held in Latin America. As Italian Ambassador Raffaele Trombetta commented, “the exhibition underscores the excellent state of Italian-Brazilian relations, where we are advancing […]

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11 October 2013
Peru – Under-Secretary Giro on visit to discuss wide range of issues

The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Mario Giro, has embarked on a visit to Peru that will cover a wide range of issues. He will have meetings with the President of Peru, Ollanta Humala, and with the ministers of Culture, Production, and Foreign Trade. The Under-Secretary will also be addressing the Congress, and will visit the […]

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10 October 2013
Argentina – Italian Language Week starting soon

Italian Language Week will see a rich programme of events in Argentina. Now in its 13th year, the “Week” running from 14 to 20 October will focus on “Research, Discovery and Innovation: Italy and Knowledge”. Italian Language Week in Argentina enjoys the patronage of the President of the Republic and support from the Embassy, Consulate […]

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10 October 2013
Missione del Sottosegretario Giro in Perù

E’ iniziata oggi una missione del Sottosegretario Mario Giro in Perù. I temi principali della visita nel Paese sudamericano, che durerà fino al giorno 11, sono la partecipazione del Presidente Humala alla VI conferenza Italia – America Latina, che si terrà a Roma a dicembre, e la presenza del Perù all’Expo Milano 2015. Il Sottosegretario, […]

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7 October 2013
Bolivia – Italian donations for food security

Italy has made a new contribution to the fight against hunger in the world: the government has donated over half a million dollars to the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) in Bolivia to foster the development of means of subsistence and food security for the families of landless farmers in the most vulnerable communities […]

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3 October 2013
Quito: San Francisco monastery management plan presented

An “Executive Management Plan” for the international integrated management and enhancement of the monastery of San Fransisco was presented in Ecuador. Italy joins a number of other country contributors with funding from the foreign ministry. The plan was drafted by a committee of experts coordinated by UNESCO and consists of four programmes: aimed at the […]

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