America Latina e Caraibi

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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Press Releases

7 October 2024

Minister Tajani’s mission to Argentina and Brazil kicks off. The agenda also includes the commemoration of the victims of 7 October and a video conference on the Middle East

The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hon. Antonio Tajani, has arrived in Argentina today for a mission that will also take him to Brazil.  Today Minister Tajani will take part in the ceremony organised by the local Jewish associations to commemorate the victims of the massacre of 7 October […]

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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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