America Latina e Caraibi

Cultural Diplomacy

9 January 2025

Santiago, Chiara Guidi takes the stage

Italy is participating in the next edition of the Teatro a Mil International Festival in Santiago with Chiara Guidi, playwright, director and theatre actress, as well as founder, together with Romeo and Claudia Castellucci and Paolo Guidi, of Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio, now Societas, an avant-garde theatre company known for its experimentation. Thanks to the collaboration […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

7 January 2025

Curitiba pays homage to Puccini

The first edition of the project “Il Largo delle Opere” turned Curitiba into a true stage for celebrating classical music, bringing the magic of opera to the amphitheatre of the Sao Francisco Ruins in Curitiba. Included in the official programme of the “Christmas of Curitiba – Luz dos Pinhais 2024”, with the institutional support of the Consulate General of Italy in Curitiba, the […]

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Press Releases

23 December 2024

Undersecretary Tripodi receives a representative of Italian detainees in Venezuela

On the instructions of Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs Maria Tripodi today received at the Italian Foreign Ministry Marinellys Tremamunno, the legal representative of a number of Italian citizens detained in Venezuela for political reasons. During the meeting, the Undersecretary reiterated how the Italian Foreign […]

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Press Releases

18 December 2024

Rome – Undersecretary Silli attends ceremony to return archaeological artefacts to the Mexican authorities

Italian Undersecretary of State Giorgio Silli took part today in the ceremony to return to the Mexican authorities about a hundred pre-Columbian archaeological artefacts seized in Italy by the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage. The ceremony was also attended by the Mexican Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Maria Teresa Mercado Pérez, the Commander […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

18 December 2024

Santiago, “Letizia Battaglia. Crónica, vida, amor”

In Santiago, the exhibition “Letizia Battaglia. Crónica, vida, amor”, curated by Marco Meneguzzo and with the collaboration of the Archivio Letizia Battaglia, in the presence of the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Santiago, Cristina Di Giorgio, the Secretary of the Legation of the Italian Embassy in Santiago, Althea Cenciarelli, and the Director of […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

17 December 2024

Bogotà, “Technologies of care” by Elisa Giardina Papa

The Bogotá Museum of Modern Art (MAMBO), with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Bogotá, presents “Technologies of Care”, the first institutional anthological exhibition of the Italian artist Elisa Giardina Papa in Colombia, curated by Eugenio Viola and Juaniko Moreno. This exhibition, open to the public until next 9 February, provides an opportunity to reflect on the impact of digital platforms and […]

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Press Releases

13 December 2024

Summoning of the Chargé d’Affaires of Venezuela in Rome

Following the instructions of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, the Chargé d’Affaires of the Venezuelan Embassy in Rome was summoned to the Farnesina today. The meeting aimed to reiterate the necessity of ensuring consular assistance and access to Italian detainees in Venezuela who are subject to arrest or detention for […]

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Press Releases

11 December 2024

Italian Undersecretary of State Giorgio Silli’s meeting with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Honduras

Today, Undersecretary Silli met with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Honduras, Gerardo Torres Zelaya, at the Farnesina. During the meeting, the excellent political and economic-entrepreneurial relations already being relaunched were highlighted. Further impetus will be given by the forthcoming establishment of a Political Dialogue Mechanism, which will consolidate relations between Italy and Honduras […]

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Press Releases

9 December 2024

Minister Tajani chairs an event at the Farnesina for International Anti-Corruption Day

On the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Antonio Tajani, today opened the event “The commitment of Italian foreign policy in the fight against corruption and transnational organised crime”, in collaboration with the Ministries of Justice and the Interior. The Minister of the Interior, […]

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Economic Diplomacy

5 December 2024

Brazil: the leather industry, between European regulations and the challenge of traceability

The cattle and leather industries in Brazil and Italy are facing a crucial challenge: application of the European Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). Aimed at combating global deforestation, this regulation risks having significant repercussions on both markets with historic links to the hide trade. Brazil is a colossus in the cattle industry. In 2022, Brazil’s agribusiness sector […]

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Economic Diplomacy

5 December 2024

Mexico – an interoceanic corridor connecting the Atlantic to the Pacific

Mexico is seeking to turn the tide of trade with the east coast of the United States and Asia by reducing its dependence on the Panama Canal, thanks to an ambitious infrastructure – the Interoceanic Corridor of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Through a network of over 1,200 kilometres’ worth of railways, roads and airports, this […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

2 December 2024

Bahia Blanca, “Donne: la mejor version”

Once again this year, the Consulate General in Bahia Blanca took part in the UN’s international campaign to eliminate violence against women and children, with a cycle of five conferences that concluded at the Consulate on 25 November. The meetings dealt with violence towards women in its unfortunately multiple aspects – physical, psychological, and at […]

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