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20 June 2016

Mexico City – Automotive, Italian diplomacy to support manufacturers

Italian diplomacy plays an important role worldwide also by supporting the presence of Italian companies on foreign markets. An example of this is the first “sectorial meeting” with Italy’s major automobile manufacturers operating in Mexico, which was recently organised by the Italian Embassy in Mexico City in partnership with PricewaterhouseCoopers’s Desk Italia and the office […]

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20 June 2016

Argentina – Italian restoration technology takes centre stage

The contribution of Italian technology and scientific innovation to the conservation of artistic and architectural heritage will be the focus of a conference in Argentina on June 23 at the Facultad de Bellas Artes de la Universidad Nacional (UNLP) in La Plata. The conference will be curated by Italian experts Alessandro Zanini and Andrea Griletto, […]

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16 June 2016

Italy-Guatemala – Relations boosted through school students

Guatemala City’s Municipal Council held “Acto Civico”, a public event in honour of Italy, which was attended by students of the capital’s main schools. The appointment was part of the current celebrations of Italy in Guatemala. In his speech, the Mayor of Guatemala City, Alvaro Arzu, recalled the great generosity of Italy, which through the […]

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16 June 2016

Santiago – Italian Embassy and Culture Institute showcase Pablo Echaurren

From 16 June to 21 August, “Make Art not Money”, an exhibition by Pablo Echaurren, will be on show at the Chilean National Museum of Fine Arts in Santiago, one of most important visual arts conservation and dissemination centres in Chile and in the whole of Latin America. The exhibition was promoted by the Chilean […]

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13 June 2016

Bahia Blanca – Italians cooperate with Hospital Regional del Sur staff

Italian nationals in the Argentinian city of Bahia Blanca have met doctors and administrators of the city’s Italian Hospital Italiano Regional del Sur. The meeting was to increase expertise in health and social assistance to Italians living in the consular district, and identify further actions and forms of cooperation for the benefit of the most […]

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10 June 2016

Guatemala – ItalArte 2016 exhibition opens in Guatemala City

Guatemala is hosting the “ItalArte2016” exhibition, which brings together the diverse artistic expressions of Italian artists or those of Italian origin living in the country, such as Erwin Bendfeldt, Romi Bauer, Maurizio Colombo, Mariandrée Contenti, Brenda Estrada, Ira de Frosutto, Silvia Menegazzo, Eliana Schillaci and Rosangela Veglio. This is the 8th edition of the event, […]

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9 June 2016

Argentina – “BienvenITA” project to be launched on 14 June

“BienvenITA” is a project that promotes and networks the Italian community in Argentina. The project will not only include people (Italian nationals and their descendants, Argentinian citizens of Italian origin and new immigrants) but also institutions, associations, mutual aid societies, businesses, cultural and training organisations. The initiative will be launched on June 14 by the […]

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7 June 2016

Santiago – Italy-Chile, “Incontri 1” project continues with the “Amabili Resti” exhibition

“Spectators will feel they are taking part in a poetic event that forces them to search their minds and find a moment of metaphysical detachment from established certainties, from lovable remains”, is how curator Katy Ferrante describes the “Amabili Resti” exhibition by Iris Broquedis, which will open on 20th June, at 7.30 p.m., at the […]

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6 June 2016

Mexico – ‘Gran Fondo Giro d’Italia’ cycling competition arrives in Mexico

The residence of the Italian Ambassador in Mexico, Alessandro Busacca, hosted a press conference to launch the Mexican edition of “Gran Fondo Giro d’Italia” in the presence of the Governor of the State of Mexico Eruviel Avila Villegas. The country’s main newspapers were present for the press launch of the first sporting event in Mexico […]

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6 June 2016

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and FIGC together again in the Caribbean

Italy’s excellence in football is back in the Caribbean one month after the workshop that brought Marcello Lippi to the region to deliver high-level training to 9 coaches of the national teams of an equal number of Caribbean States. From 3 to 5 June two workshops were held in Barbados, one for under-17 footballers and another […]

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30 May 2016

Sao Paulo – Jazz duo to perform ‘Portraits in Song’

The eMPathia Jazz Duo are due to perform a concert entitled “Portraits in Song” on May 31 in Sao Paulo, with the support of the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC). In this new art project the captivating voice of Mafalda Minnozzi and “orchestral” albeit essential accompaniment of New York guitarist Paul Ricci offer an original […]

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27 May 2016

Brazil – Italy at Casa Cor trade fair in Sao Paulo

 Italy will be present at the 2016 edition of Casa Cor in Sao Paulo, which runs until June 10. Casa Cor is the largest exhibition of architecture and decoration in Latin America, which every year attracts renowned architects and industry professionals to Brazil to reinvent and furnish spaces with the products of the world’s leading […]

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