The gala for the “Italy-Mexico Business Prize” turned out to be a major event for the celebration of bilateral economic and trade relations. Now in its 4th edition, the Gala evening, organised by the Italian Chamber of Commerce in Mexico, with the active support of the Embassy of Italy, had a guest list of approximately […]
Read moreThree journeys to Italian film-making’s past and present have come to a successful close in Buenos Aires. The events – organised and supported by the Italian Embassy, Consulate General and Cultural Institute in the Argentine capital – featured works by Michelangelo Antonioni and Vittorio De Seta. The Buenos Aires Cine Italiano (BACI) Festival, which ran […]
Read moreQuesta visita in Perù completa un ciclo di missioni in America Latina che nell’arco dei dodici mesi ha interessato l’Argentina, il Brasile, la Colombia, il Messico e il Cile. Nell’ambito della delega che mi è stata affidata, ho ritenuto infatti di dare una particolare enfasi ai rapporti con il cosiddetto “cono Sud”, nella convinzione che […]
Read moreAn evening dedicated to the poet, writer and director Pier Paolo Pasolini was held at the Italian Cultural Institute in Montevideo, to commemorate the 90th anniversary of his birth. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreThe third stage of the “Green Embassy” project was launched today. The initiative, strongly supported by the Italian Embassy in Brasilia, was introduced in 2010 with the installation by EnelGreen Power of 405 photovoltaic panels that enable a saving of 7.6 tons of CO2 emissions each year. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreEight new Italian restaurants in Mexico have received “Italian Hospitality-Italian Quality” certification as “ambassadors” of taste from the Chamber of Commerce. The award ceremony was held at the Ambassador’s residence in Mexico City, which hosted the owners of the restaurants and a large showing from the sector press.
Read moreThe relationship between the South of the world and modernity is the theme explored by the Montevideo Biennale, which opened on 22 November under the auspices of the highest Uruguayan authorities. “El gran Sur” was mounted with the collaboration of the Italian Cultural Institute in Montevideo and displays the work of over 50 artists from […]
Read moreThe Montevideo Jazz Festival resounded with the notes of famed Italian musician Giovanni Mirabassi, whose performance at the Uruguayan capital’s Teatro Solis was built on elaborate melodic themes and harmonic variations. A little piece of Italy on stage along with Ralph Towner (guitar and piano) and Italo-Argentine Javier Girotto (soprano sax and Andean flute), both […]
Read moreOur Consulate General has introduced a new service for Italian nationals living in Venezuela. As part of the “open Consulate” project, our mission in Caracas has set up a Twitter account (@conscaracas) and Facebook page (Consolato Generale d’Italia Caracas). Read more, in Italian.
Read moreThe Cooperation has undertaken a new project on behalf of the people of Haiti, heavily affected by the passage of Hurricane Sandy. The foreign ministry has earmarked an additional multilateral contribution of €200,000 to the UN World Food Program (WFP) for an emergency 7-month project (November 2012 to May 2013) hoping to reach approximately one […]
Read moreThe “First Parliamentary Day for Italo-Argentine Friendship and Integration”, held on 16 November in Buenos Aires, was organised by a group of Italian MPs and intended as a way to more deeply analyse Italo-Argentine relations with a view to boosting the role of parliamentary diplomacy. Read more, in Italian.
Read moreAn agreement was signed in the Ecuadorian capital of Quito between UNESCO and INPC [the national institute for cultural patrimony] of a plan for the integrated management and cultural and tourism-related enhancement of the Convent of St. Francis. The complex, consisting of a convent, a church and a museum, is considered the largest monastic complex […]
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