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12 August 2016

2016 Olympics: Useful information and services for Italians travelling to Rio

The Italian Embassy in Brasilia and the Italian Consulate General in Rio de Janeiro, together with the Italian Foreign Ministry’s Crisis Unit, have published an online Focus booklet for Italians travelling to Rio for the 31st Olympic Games. It provides information that can be used in emergencies.A free phone number operated by the Italian Embassy […]

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11 August 2016

Mexico – Book details the evolution of education in Mexico before and after the revolution

A book called “Scuole, maestri e pedagogie nel Messico prima e dopo la rivoluzione” (Schools, teachers and teaching methods in pre- and post-revolutionary Mexico) will be presented on Tuesday, 16 August at 6 p.m. at the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Mexico City. The study of Mexico’s education system is in the journal “Annali di […]

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3 August 2016

Brazil – Olympic and Paralympic Games. Italian Embassy stands against child exploitation

With the inauguration of Rio 2016 only a few days away, the Italian Embassy in Brasilia, Brazil, stands shoulder to shoulder with  the ECPAT Italia Onlus organization in its campaign against the sexual exploitation of children during the Olympic and Paralympic Games.  Studies and statistics have shown that large global events lead to an increase […]

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29 July 2016

Italy and Brazil strengthen bilateral cooperation

‎Italy’s Ambassador to Brazil, Antonio Bernardini, and the President of Banco do Brasil, Paulo Rogério Caffarelli, discussed future strategies for the Working Group recently launched by the embassy in support of Italian businesses that have taken an interest in Brazil’s logistics, infrastructure, and energy programme.  Ambassador Bernardini and President Caffarelli talked on the sidelines of […]

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28 July 2016

Foreign Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, received at the Farnesina the Foreign Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez

During the meeting, Minister Gentiloni emphasized that Italy is closely following the evolving situation in Venezuela, in the light of the strong ties between the two Countries and of the large Italian community residing there. Minister Gentiloni also drew Minister Rodriguez’s attention on the increasing difficulties faced by the Italian community, especially in terms of […]

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26 July 2016

Chile – Course delves into the origins of contemporary art

A course entitled “Le radici dell’arte contemporanea: avanguardie storiche d’Europa e d’America Latina. Dialoghi, accordi e disaccordi” (“Roots of contemporary art: Historical avant-garde movements in Europe and Latin America. Dialogues, agreements and disagreements”) will be held from August 3 to October 19 in Santiago de Chile’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) in connection with the […]

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25 July 2016

Lima – Italy takes part in Lima International Book Fair

The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Lima will have its own stand at the 21st International Book Fair, organised by the Peruvian Chamber of Books. It will present “La Flor de la Canela” (The Cinnamon Flower), the first Peruvian recipe book published in Italy, written by Gloria Carpinelli D’Onofrio following her research work and travels […]

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22 July 2016

Brasilia – Kick-off Meeting del Forum Mondiale dell’acqua

Si è svolto nei giorni scorsi a Brasilia il “kick-off Meeting” dell’ottavo Forum Mondiale dell’Acqua, il più grande evento internazionale dedicato alle risorse idriche. Organizzato fin dal 1997 dal World Water Council (Wwc), con cadenza triennale, l’iniziativa costituisce una piattaforma in cui comunità e decisori politici di tutto il mondo discutono questioni economiche, sociali e […]

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20 July 2016

Argentina – Italian wine&food shoots on display in Esquel

From Ushuaia, its latest stop, “Regioni del Gusto” – a photographic journey across Italy to show its wine and food specialties – has reached Esquel in Argentina. The exhibition, first opened at the Expo 2015 in Milan, has since toured the whole consular district of Argentina’s Bahia Blanca. The Italian Society in Esquel and the […]

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18 July 2016

Brazil, Italian dance stars to highlight Rio Olympics

Italian dance stars will be in Sao Paulo during the upcoming Olympic Games. “Kataklò”, Italy’s best-known physical theatre company, will return to Brazil for the fifth time for the 31st Olympic Games in Rio with “Play”, a performance on program at the Teatro Sérgio Cardoso next 27 and 28 July. The visionary style of choreographer […]

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13 July 2016

Cuba: Deputy Minister Giro signs bilateral debt treatment Agreements with Vice President of Cuba’s Council of Ministers, Ricardo Cabrisas

In a joint mission to Havana with Undersecretary of State for Economic Development, Ivan Scalfarotto, Deputy Foreign Minister Mario Giro signed bilateral debt treatment Agreements with the Vice President of Cuba’s Council of Ministers, Ricardo Cabrisas, implementing the Paris Club Multilateral Understanding signed in Paris on 12 December 2015 by Cuba and 14 creditor Countries.   […]

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11 July 2016

San Paolo – Comics, what a passion: Italian comics from 1950 to date

The exhibition “Comics, que paixão! Os quadrinhos italianos, de 1950 até hoje”, spanning from Hugo Pratt and Milo Manara to Guido Crepax and Dino Battaglia, was opened in Sao Paulo on Tuesday, 5 July, and will run until Sunday, 14 August. It is a journey through Italian comics from 1950 to date, paying tribute to […]

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