America Latina e Caraibi

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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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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Press Releases

7 November 2018

Meeting of Minister Moavero Milanesi with Paraguayan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luis Alberto Castiglioni

Today, at the Farnesina, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, received the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay, Luis Alberto Castiglioni, accompanied by Paraguayan Member of Parliament, Sebastian Garcia. The two ministers reviewed the issues of mutual interest on the bilateral and regional level and discussed negotiations for the Association […]

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Diplomatic Network

6 November 2018

​Performance art by Michelangelo Pistoletto in Santiago

Artist Michelangelo Pistoletto made it a point to personally open his ‘poor art’ exhibition in Santiago as part of the Contemporary Art Day organised by the Italian Embassy and Cultural Institute in Santiago. The works by Maestro Pistoletto, now hosted at the Contemporary Art Museum (MAC) of Santiago, focus on turning the individual into an […]

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Diplomatic Network

31 October 2018

Italian is back on the curricula of Sao Paulo schools

The study of the Italian language is back on the curricula of the schools of the ‘most Italian city outside of Italy’: Sao Paulo in Brazil. The Italian Consul General in Sao Paulo, Filippo La Rosa and the Municipal Councillor for Education, Alexandre Schneider, signed a Protocol of Understanding to put the teaching of the […]

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Diplomatic Network

26 October 2018

Mostra ‘San Francesco nell’arte’ approda a Rio de Janeiro

La mostra ‘San Francesco nell’arte dei maestri italiani’, dopo aver ottenuto un grande successo a Belo Horizonte, si trasferisce a Rio de Janeiro dove sarà inaugurata il 5 novembre e rimarrà fino al 27 gennaio 2019. L’esposizione di alcuni dei capolavori di artisti quali Tiziano, Guercino, Reni, Gentileschi, Perugino, Carracci e Cigoli , che vanno dal Rinascimento al Barocco,  ha richiamato  116 mila […]

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Press Releases

18 October 2018

Meeting of Undersecretary Merlo with Costa Rica Vice President of the Republic and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Epsy Campbell Barr

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Ricardo Merlo, met with Costa Rica Vice President of the Republic and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Epsy Campbell Barr, today at the Farnesina.  The cordial meeting confirmed the excellent bilateral relations between Italy and Costa Rica. The various aspects of bilateral cooperation and, in particular the […]

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