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America Latina e Caraibi

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24 February 2016
Bolivia: 3 new gas fields discovered, 40% increase in country’s reserves expected

Three new gas fields (Boyuy, Boicobo and Ipaguazu) have been discovered in the Department of Tarijas in Bolivia. They are expected to increase Bolivia’s existing reserves by 40% according to initial estimates. Production at the new sites could even exceed the potential of Margarita, which is the biggest field in production at the moment, and bring in a net profit […]

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24 February 2016
Argentina – Italian UNESCO sites seen by 14 photographers

Italian World Heritage sites will take centre-stage from Mar. 2 to Apr. 3 in Buenos Aires. The “UN.IT UNESCO Italia” exhibition will display the works of 14 Italian photographers who immortalised these sites. Over 160 photographs of great artistic and cultural value have been chosen for the occasion to represent the Italian sites on the UNESCO World […]

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23 February 2016
Italy and Mexico discuss fighting transnational crime

Italian ambassador to Mexico City, Alessandro Busacca, accompanied by Counsellor Simone Landini and by the Embassy’s security expert, Major Guido Iannelli, met Jose’ Alberto Rodriguez Calderon, Mexico’s Deputy Attorney General for Legal and International Affairs of the Attorney General’s Office. The meeting focused on joint activities in fighting transnational crime and on several bilateral judicial […]

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22 February 2016
Uruguay – Punta del Este International Film Festival opens its 19th edition

‎Uruguay’s Punta del Este International Film Festival has opened its 19th edition. The festival, hosted in one of Latin America’s biggest beach resorts, this year celebrates the 65th anniversary from the inauguration of the Palacio del Festival, which was its first venue. The festival will run from February 21 to 27 and, like every year, […]

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19 February 2016
Mexico- Workshop focuses on geothermal energy opportunities

“Geothermal Energy, an exchange of experiences and perspectives between Italy and Mexico” is the theme of a workshop to be held on Thursday at the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in Mexico City. The event will be an opportunity to share experiences and projects relating to a renewable energy sources that are underutilised in Mexico, […]

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18 February 2016
Guatemala – Focuses on symbols of early Christianity

The ancient symbols of Christian spirituality and their evolution over time are the focus of two conferences in Guatemala City promoted by Professor Eliana Schillaci, head of the Landivariano Cultural Heritage Centre of Rafael Landivar University. The conferences were organised and hosted by the local Italian Institute of Culture (IIC). In the first event on […]

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17 February 2016
Italy-Mexico: a study concerning the technical and scientific cooperation between the two countries

A meeting was held at the Secretaria de Relations Exteriores, concerning the 12 projects funded by the 2014-2016 Executive Programme for Scientific and Technological Cooperation between Italy and Mexico. It was aimed at taking stock of the current state of the scientific and technological cooperation between the two countries. Researchers from various Italian and Mexican institutions, and representatives from the Italian embassy […]

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15 February 2016
Mexico – Siena fresco exhibition to open in Mexico City

“‘Cor Magis’. The common good. Frescoes of the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena” is the title of an exhibition to be held in Oaxaca from Mar. 6 to June 3, 2016. The exhibition is dedicated to the frescoes of the ‘Sala dei Nove’ (Hall of the Nine), of the Palazzo Pubblico (city hall). The event is […]

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11 February 2016
Mexico – New Italian honorary consul appointed in Playa del Carmen

Dr Italo Sampablo is Italy’s new honorary consul in the Mexican city of Playa del Carmen. The pulmonologist, who graduated from the University of Barcelona, is currently medical director at the Cancun Hospital, in Mexico. A days ago he was officially presented at a ceremony attended by the Italian ambassador to Mexico City, Alessandro Busacca, […]

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10 February 2016
Buenos Aires – Olivo Barbieri photo exhibition to open in Buenos Aires

“Olivo Barbieri: images 1978-2014” is the title of an exhibition to be held in Buenos Aires from Mar. 2 at the Recoleta Cultural Centre. The event has been organised by the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in the Argentine capital, by the hosting Centre and by the Maxxi Museum in Rome. The exhibition illustrates the […]

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