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23 September 2015

Bolivia – Deputy justice minister on mission to Italy

A Bolivian delegation led by the Deputy Justice Minister, Ernesto Jimenez Guachalla, and accompanied by ProgettoMondo Mlal, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), will be visiting Rome and Milan from 23 to 25 September2015. In Rome they will meet the Special Commission for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights and the Chair, Luigi Manconi. The event […]

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22 September 2015

Italy-Brazil – Scientific research cooperation boosted by new agreement

Collaboration between Italy and Brazil in the field of scientific research has been boosted by 10 new agreements between the International Centre for Relativistic Astrophysics Network (ICRANet) and the University of Brasilia. The agreements were signed by the director of ICRANet, Remo Ruffini, and the deputy rector of the university, Sonia Nair Bao, at a […]

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21 September 2015

Chile – Pasolini to be celebrated at FIDOCS 2015

A documentary by the Italian director, poet and writer Pier Paolo Pasolini entitled “Appunti per una Orestiade Africana” will be presented at the Festival Internacional de Documentales de Santiago 2015 (FIDOCS) on 25 September. Theinitiative, which marks the 40th anniversary of Pasolini’s death, has been organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in the Chilean capital […]

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18 September 2015

Latin America -Diplomatic missions open their doors

Over 40 Italian diplomatic missions across Latin America will open their doors to institutional representatives and the local public from 21 to 26 September within the context of the events planned for the Year of Italy in Latin America, an initiative promoted by the Farnesina that will conclude in coincidence with the Olympic Games in […]

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16 September 2015

Argentina – Focus on the Italian contemporary presence

The Italo-Argentine idea laboratory will present “EPICA” on October 1st, a study on the contemporary Italian presence in that Latin American country and part of a research project on Italian mobility. The laboratory is a think-tank created by a group of Italian and Argentine professional of Italian descent with the patronage of the Embassy of […]

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15 September 2015

Colombia – Legal expert Ferrajoli leads academic tour

Italian academician and legal expert Luigi Ferrajoli will lead a series of events in Colombia dedicated to jurisprudence. This student of Norberto Bobbio, after holding a conference on 14 September at the Universidad Javeriana, is scheduled to speak on “Post-Conflict Justice” at the opening of the Congreso internacional de derecho procesal at the Universidad Santo […]

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14 September 2015

Uruguay – Montevideo hosts two events dedicated to Expo Milan theme

Montevideo will host two events in the coming days organised by the Italian Cultural Institute there and dedicated to the Milan Expo theme “Feed the Planet, Energy for Life”. On Tuesday 22 September Serena Wiederkehr and Mathias Britos, who moved to a farm on the outskirts of Montevideo a few years ago, will speak at […]

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11 September 2015

Brazil – 8 unpublished essays by Norberto Bobbio presented at Sao Paulo

The Italian Cultural Institute of Sao Paulo will host the presentation of the translation of Norberto Bobbio’s classic “Studi per una teoria generale del diritto” on 17 September in an initiative promoted in collaboration with the Norberto Bobbio Institute. Celso Lafer, former Brazilian foreign minister, and Tommaso Greco, professor of law at the University of […]

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10 September 2015

Italy-Peru – International conference in Lima entitled “Pensare il Denaro”

Aninternational conference entitled “Pensare il Denaro” is taking place in Lima, Peru, on 22 and 23 September 2015. It is being organised by the Department of Human Sciences and the Centre of Applied Ethics of the University of thePacific in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute. The event is inspired by the thinking on money […]

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8 September 2015

DEI – Bolivia: 46 new hospitals by the end of 2017, investment of 1.62 billion dollars

The Bolivian government has approved a project for the construction of 46 new hospitals throughout the country by the end of 2017, with an investment of 1.624 billion dollars. Health Minister Adriana Campero announced the project and explained that the plans include four highly complex (level 4) hospitals in Cochabamba (Oncology), La Paz (Gastroenterology), Santa […]

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8 September 2015

Latin America – Italian Development Cooperation at EXPO to discuss Andean grain

The Directorate General for Development Cooperation (DGDC) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in collaboration with Oxfam Italia, has organised an event featuring Andean grain. The event, which took place on Monday 7 September, was part of the EXPO Milan and European Year for Development programmes. It focused on international development initiatives and the possible […]

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7 September 2015

Brazil – Film and food, featuring Italy and its pasta

The 6th edition of “Slow Filme – Festival internacional de cinema, alimentacao e cultura local” will take place from 10 to 13 September 2015 at the Cine Pireneus in Pirenopolis, a town near Brasilia in the state of Goias. This year, the festival will enjoy the support of the Italian Embassy in Brasilia and pasta […]

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