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America Latina e Caraibi

Diplomatic Network
28 September 2018
Sao Paulo: Boccioni in addition to Italian music and cinema

The Italian Cultural Institute in Sao Paulo presented a dense calendar of events for the end of September, offering a multi-faceted panorama of the Italian world of art.   From 23 September to 21 December, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Sao Paulo will host an exhibition on Umberto Boccioni, with a special focus on the […]

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Diplomatic Network
27 September 2018
Bahia Blanca: event in honour of Gino Bartali

Italy-Argentina: A Tribute to Gino Bartali, Champion and Symbol of Anti-Semitism ​The Consulate General of Italy in Bahia Blanca, together with the local Chapter of the the Jewish Association B’nai B’rith, organized a commemorative event in honour of Gino Bartali. This initiative was part of the activity of the Italian Presidency of the International Holocaust […]

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Diplomatic Network
25 September 2018
27 companies of Confindustria Giovani participate in ‘Italia en 24’

Confindustria Giovani, with the assistance of the Italian Embassy in Buenos Aires, brought the representatives of 27 Italian companies to Argentina to participate in ‘Italia en Santa Fé’, the second phase of the ‘Italia en 24’ initiative, with the aim of fostering investment opportunities in Argentina’s 24 provinces. Italian entrepreneurs in the field of agro-industries, […]

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Diplomatic Network
19 September 2018
Pirenopolis staged the “9th Slow Filme Festival”

From 13 to 16 September, Pirenópolis (State of Goias, Brazil) staged the “9th Slow Filme Festival – Festival Internacional de Cinema, Alimentação e Cultura Local”, a festival that combines gastronomy and cinema in the name of sustainability and of the respect for cultural diversity. This year, the Festival dedicated most of its programme to the connection […]

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Diplomatic Network
18 September 2018
The Luca Velotti Quartet in concert in Brazil

The concert by the Luca Velotti Quartet at the Teatro Amazonas in Manaus on Saturday night closed the “Moonray” Brazilian tour, a musical journey accompanied by melodies, songs and storytelling. The tour by the Luca Velotti Quartet featured their personal and contemporary reinterpretation of jazz music by Armstrong, Bechet, Goodman and by great American composers like […]

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Press Releases
11 September 2018
Guatemala

Il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale ha appreso con rammarico la decisione del Governo del Guatemala di non chiedere il rinnovo del mandato della Commissione Internazionale Contro l’Impunità in Guatemala (CICIG), che giungerà pertanto a scadenza definitiva a settembre del 2019, nonché di impedire, per ragioni di pubblica sicurezza, il rientro nel […]

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Diplomatic Network
14 August 2018
The ‘Festa do Cinema italiano’ hosted in 12 Brazilian cities

This year, the ‘8 e 1/2 Festa do Cinema italiano’, the now traditional Italian film festival held in Brazil in the first week of August and named after the famous film directed by Federico Fellini, featured more than 300 screenings in 12 Brazilian cities, including the best of this year’s Italian film production. The film […]

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Diplomatic Network
10 August 2018
Brazil: opening of the “Sao Francisco na Arte de Maestros Italianos” exhibit

The “Sao Francisco na Arte de Maestros Italianos” exhibit ​opened on August 8 at the Casa FIAT de Culture di Belo Horizonte.It is an initiative of great importance that retraces the iconography of Saint Francis with artwork by Tiziano, Perugino, Orazio Gentileschi, Guido Reni, Guercino, Carracci and Cigoli. The exhibit also includes a virtual visit of the Upper […]

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Press Releases
18 July 2018
Italy joins the Community of Portuguese Language Countries as Associate Observer

Italy has officially become member of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) with the status of Associate Observer. The membership was celebrated at the Summit of the Community’s Heads of State and Government that is being held in Cape Verde today and tomorrow. Italy has tight historical, political, cultural and economic ties with the […]

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Diplomatic Network
27 June 2018
Argentina: Promoting Italian Language Teaching

Cultural cooperation programme signed to promote the teaching of Italian language and culture in schools in the province of Cordoba. On 22 June, at the Government palace of the Province of Cordoba, Governor of Cordoba Juan Schiaretti and Italian Ambassador to Argentina Giuseppe Manzo signed the Cultural Cooperation Programme to promote the teaching of Italian […]

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Diplomatic Network
27 June 2018
Mission for the Special Envoy for the Caribbean Countries

Roberto Natali, the Special Envoy for the Caribbean countries of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), went on a new mission which included meetings in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Saint Lucia. In Barbados Mr Natali also met the President of the Caribbean Development Bank.  […]

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