America Latina e Caraibi

Diplomatic Network

11 December 2018

‘Rigoletto’ in La Paz closes season organised by the Italian Embassy

The Municipal Theatre “Alberto Saavedra Perez” of La Paz hosted a splendid edition of Verdi’s “Rigoletto”, staged by the soloists of the Colon Theatre, accompanied by the Bolivian Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Maestro Andres Fernandez. The show was the closing event of the cultural season organized by the Italian Embassy. The role of Rigoletto […]

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Diplomatic Network

11 December 2018

Meeting of the representatives of the Italian community in Brazil

Last 6 December, the Italian Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro hosted the annual meeting of the representatives of the Italian community in Brazil. The debate focused on the services offered to the community, the activities of the consular network and the cooperation between the network and elected bodies. The meeting was structured into three […]

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Diplomatic Network

10 December 2018

Montevideo, Matera takes centre stage in the Italian stand at Expoviajes

A setting dedicated to the city of Matera, the European capital of culture for 2019, greeted the visitors to the Italian stand in the first edition of Montevideo’s Expoviajes, a tourism exhibition organised by the Uruguayan Association of travel agencies at the LATO Technology Park, the city’s most important exposition area. Twelve thousand visitors crowded the […]

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Diplomatic Network

3 December 2018

Italian Cooperation system confirms its engagement to fight leukaemia

The Italian Cooperation system and the Cell Biology Unit UBC of the Universidad Mayor de San Andreas in La Paz have been cooperating for twenty years and have succeeded in achieving remarkable results in the fight against leukaemia in Bolivia. Over 1,699 children and 1,613 adults who had been diagnosed with lymphoblastic leukaemia and over […]

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In detail

29 November 2018

Italian ice cream showcased in Colombia

Italian ice cream chefs are in Colombia for the Week of Italian Cuisine, proposing daring combinations with typical Italian dishes, as at the gala dinner at Bogota’s Club Metropolitan, where squash risotto was complemented with Parmigiano ice cream. The Sicilian Stramondo company, a leader in the production of organic agri-food products, supplied the raw materials […]

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In detail

28 November 2018

Week of Italian Cuisine in Lima

Numerous cultural and promotional events were featured and very well received by the public at the III edition of the Week of Italian Cuisine in the World (19-25 November 2018) in Lima, thanks to the joint efforts of the Embassy, the Italian Cultural Institute, the Italian Chamber of Commerce of Peru (“CCIP”), the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) […]

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In detail

27 November 2018

Week of Italian Cuisine in Mexico

To celebrate the Third Week of Italian Cuisine in the World, the Italian Embassy in Mexico, through its cooperation with “Crea Italian Connections”, organised several activities, including extremely crowded master classes and cooking experiences, in addition to three original gala dinners held in prestigious hotels in San Miguel de Allende (the Belmond), Puebla (the Rosewood) and […]

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Diplomatic Network

26 November 2018

Brasilia: exhibition on Italian painting between the two World Wars

  The exhibition “Classicismo, Realismo, Vanguarda: pintura italiana no entreguerras” opened yesterday evening at the Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil.  The initiative is the result of the cooperation between the Embassy of Italy to Brasil, the Museum of Contemporary Art of the University of São Paulo and the CCBB.  The exhibition will be on display […]

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Diplomatic Network

20 November 2018

Buenos Aires: the Aphrodite of Capua on display for three months.

​​Buenos Aires: the Aphrodite of Capua on display for three months. For three months, the Aphrodite of Capua will welcome the visitors of the Buenos Aires National Museum of Fine Arts in its main hall. The Argentinian Minister for Culture, Pablo Avelluto, took part in the opening ceremony together with the Italian Ambassador, Giuseppe Manzo, […]

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Diplomatic Network

20 November 2018

A week dedicated to Dacia Maraini in Mexico City

Dacia Maraini will be presented to Mexican students and lecturers in a series of meetings organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Mexico City. The cycle will kick off on 21 November with a meeting with the students of the University of the Cloister of Sor Juana, featuring a dramatic reading of ‘Sor Juana’, a […]

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Diplomatic Network

9 November 2018

Michelangelo Pistoletto’s first exhibition in Lima

“Demopractica”, Master Michelangelo Pistoletto’s first exhibition in Lima, was opened at the city’s Italian Art Museum.  A number of the artist’s most important works are being shown at the exhibition that forms part of a project to relaunch the museum, an architectural jewel donated to Peru by the Italian community in 1921.  Curated by Brazil’s Marcello Dantas, the exhibition was […]

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Press Releases

8 November 2018

Undersecretary Merlo meets Guatemala’s Deputy Foreign Minister

The Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Riccardo Merlo, met Guatemala’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Jairo David Estrada Barrios, at the Farnesia today. Undersecretary Merlo said that Italy is looking with much interest at the Central American Region which it believes has great potential for economic development. He reconfirmed that Italy fully supports Italian enterprises […]

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