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America Latina e Caraibi

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5 August 2015
Italian language: Memorandum of Understanding between Italy and Brazil

Italy and Brazil today signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the dissemination of the Italian language in Brazil, marking a further example of the efforts of the Embassy of Italy in Brasilia to promote Italian language and culture in Brazil and further strengthen bilateral cultural relations. 1000 distance courses The memorandum will make it possible […]

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31 July 2015
Uruguay – Celebrating Gioacchino Rossini

Italy will be taking part in the 4th “Escena Vocal” international festival running in Montevideo from 31 July to 7 August 2015. On 1 August, the Sala Verdi will host an evening dedicated to Gioacchino Rossini, under the artistic direction of Maria Julia Caamano and entitled “Pecados de vejez: una noche en lo de Rossini”. […]

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30 July 2015
Peru – Italian archaeologists and intellectuals in the spotlight

“Archeologi e intellettuali italiani in Peru” is the title of a book published by the Italian Cultural Institute in Lima and presented by Antonio Aimi at the 20th international Book Fair in the Peruvian capital. It features an analysis of the work of Italian travellers, intellectuals and religious who left their mark on the history […]

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29 July 2015
Chile – A personal show in August featuring works by Alejandra Rojas Contreras

The paintings of Italian-Chilean artist Alejandra Rojas Contreras will be on display in Santiago from 6 to 29 August at a personal exhibition entitled “Algo Pendiente”. The exhibition was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Santiago in collaboration with our Embassy in Chile. Algo Pendiente is the second exhibition organised by the Italian Cultural […]

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28 July 2015
Rio de Janeiro – Discovering Edoardo Demartino: from sailor to court painter

Seascapes and naval battles painted with remarkable realism, in an exhibition featuring sailor-turned-artist Edoardo Demartino that runs until 20 September 2015 in Rio de Janeiro. Hosted by the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes (MNBA), the exhibition was organised by MNBA and IBRAM/MinC and the Diretoria do Patrimonio Historico e Documentação da Marinha in collaboration with […]

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27 July 2015
Chile – First staging of Rock Opera Stabat Mater

Chile welcomes the first staging of the rock opera Stabat Mater by Italian composer and performer Franco Simone. The event, organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in collaboration with our embassy in Santiago, will take place on 27 July. Videos that are part of the opera will also be screened, with the artists themselves offering […]

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23 July 2015
Italy and Nicaragua – Building relations

Italy and Nicaragua are building on relations, as our ambassador in Managua Renato Maria Ricci explained in a recent meeting with Nicaraguan Minister for Foreign Affairs Samuel Santos Lopez, who hailed Italy’s commitment to Latin and Central America, both in the context of the EU as well as in regional delegations. The minister also underscored […]

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22 July 2015
Lima – A book about the future of the Bosque de Pómac

The Italo-Peruvian Fund (FIP) and the Italian Cultural Institute of Lima presented the book “Herencia Muchik en el Bosque de Pomac” on 22 July, with the participation of its editors Antonio Aimi and Emilia Perassi. The book is a collection of research carried out in the context of the 2010-2013 Propomac project, the purpose of […]

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21 July 2015
Brazil – Paola Biganti art exhibit in Sao Paulo

The art and design of journalist, artist and set designer Paola Biganti – Umbria-born and émigré at a young age to Brazil –– will be on display from 23 July to 21 August at the Italian Cultural Institute of Sao Paulo, which has organised the event as part of the Year of Italy in Latin […]

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20 July 2015
Argentina – “Rossellini Project” comes to Latin America

The “Rossellini Project”, an initiative promoted by the Istituto Luce Cinecitta’, Cineteca of Bologna and CSC-Cineteca Nazionale, will take place in Argentina from 28 July to 5 August, and include nine works by the great film director. The cycle has already made stops in major European capitals and now comes to Latin America, thanks to […]

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