America Latina e Caraibi

Diplomatic Network

5 August 2021

Bogotà: Italy is a participant at the International Book Fair

The Italian Cultural Institute of Bogotá is taking part in the International Book Fair, which has been held in the Colombian capital every year since 1988 and will be running this year until 20 August, bringing together book professionals, publishers, distributors, booksellers, agents and writers for an international showcase that is open to national and […]

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23 July 2021

Chile: Ferrero Group Investment

The Italian Company, Agrichile, the agricultural branch of the Ferrero Group, in business in Italy for 30 years, has announced that it is to invest US Dollars 40 million in a new hazelnut processing plant in the Nuble Region, in central-southern Chile. Construction of the new plant will begin at the end of 2021 and […]

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13 July 2021

Telephone conversation between Minister Luigi Di Maio and Marta Lucía Ramírez de Rincón, the Vice President of Colombia

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, has had a telephone conversation with the Vice President of Colombia, Marta Lucía Ramírez de Rincón. The Minister reiterated Italy’s support for Colombian democratic institutions and the importance of continuing to collaborate on the Paciolla case. Finally, they discussed the 10th Italy-Latin America and […]

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Press Releases

24 June 2021

Vice Minister Marina Sereni chairs the Italy-Paraguay political consultations

This afternoon, Vice Minister Marina Sereni chaired the Meeting of the Italy-Paraguay Political Consultation Mechanism. On the Paraguayan side, a delegation led by the Vice Minister of Economic Relations and Integration of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Raúl Cano Ricciardi, was present via videoconference. Our countries are united by strong historical and cultural ties, by […]

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15 June 2021

Brazil – Saipem awarded a USD 1.3 bn contract by Petrobras for the Búzios offshore field

Saipem, in JV with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co. Ltd (DSME), a main South Korean specialized shipbuilding and offshore contractor, has been awarded by Petrobras a contract, worth USD 2.3 bn, for the construction of a Floating Production Storage and Offloading Vessel (FPSO), named P-79, for the development of the Búzios offshore field in Brazil. […]

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11 June 2021

Brazil – MoU on “smart cities” signed by ENEL, Leonardo, and TIM

On 9 June a Memorandum of Understanding on “Smart, Intelligent, Safe and Resilient Cities” was signed by Enel X Brazil, Leonardo Brazil, and TIM Brazil. Organised and promoted by the Embassy of Italy in Brasilia, the event saw the presence of high-ranking Brazilian government officials, (at federal, state and municipal levels), parliamentarians, and administrators. The […]

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10 June 2021

Foreign Ministry Note – Deputy Minister Della Vedova with the Deputy Minster of Mexico: relaunching bilateral cooperation after the pandemi

Deputy Minister Benedetto Della Vedova met today, by videoconference, the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Mexico, Carmen Moreno Toscano. Their talks focused on bilateral relations, the response to the pandemic emergency, fair and universal access to vaccines against COVID-19 in the framework of the COVAX Facility, cooperation within the G20 and the priorities of […]

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3 June 2021

Italian Economic Diplomacy 03 June: latest world news

PERU – TELESPAZIO WINS TENDER TO BRING INTERNET CONNECTIVITY TO THE COUNTRY’S AMAZONIAN REGIONS  Telespazio Argentina has won a contract worth approximately USD 20 million with Pronatel, the Peruvian national telecommunications programme of the Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones. The contract is part of a project called “Conecta Selva” to bring satellite Internet connection to […]

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Press Releases

1 June 2021

NOTICE OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS – HAITI compatriot

A 74-year-old Italian engineer, employed by an Italian construction company in Haiti, was taken today from the building site where he was for some surveys by unknown individuals. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Crisis Unit was immediately activated and is following the case in collaboration with the other competent offices of the State, with our […]

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24 May 2021

Foreign Ministry Note – Vice Minister Sereni meets the Honduras Foreign Minister, Rosales Banegas

Meeting at the Foreign Affairs Ministry between Vice Minister Marina Sereni and the Honduras Foreign Minister Lisandro Rosales Banegas, on a visit to Rome. The discussion centred on reflecting on how to effectively deal with the negative impact of climate change, highlighted in a most dramatic way by the devastation caused last November in Honduras, […]

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14 May 2021

Meeting of Minister Luigi Di Maio with the Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs Felipe Solá

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship, Felipe Solá. The two Ministers took stock of the excellent state of bilateral relations, characterised by a close historical and cultural bond. In Argentina, there is […]

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14 May 2021

Minister Di Maio meets with Argentine Foreign Minister Felipe Solá

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Luigi Di Maio, met today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship, Felipe Solá. The two Ministers took stock of the excellent state of bilateral relations, characterised by a close historical and cultural bond. In Argentina, there is […]

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