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America Latina e Caraibi

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18 February 2014
Cooperation: USD100,000 to WFP for Bolivian flood victims

The Italian Cooperation has earmarked USD100,000 for the World Food Program (WFP) for the purchase of emergency supplies to be distributed to Bolivian victims of the 12 February floods. The supplies (mainly tents) will be collected from the UN humanitarian depot in Panama (UNHRD) and delivered by the Bolivian Air Force.

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18 February 2014
Buenos Aires – Violence against women, Conference 6 March

The conference “Conflict on Human Rights: Violence against Women”, scheduled to take place in Buenos Aires on 6 March, is being organised by the Italian embassy in Argentina in collaboration with the University of Cagliari and the Universidad del Museo Social Argentino (UMSA). Gender violence will be examined from the medical, legal and psychological points […]

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17 February 2014
Brazil – Italy puts culture “on the field” for the World Cup

Cultural cooperation is growing between Italy and Brazil, and will get a special boost during the World Cup soccer championship. Italian Ambassador to Brazil Raffaele Trombetta met recently with President of the Clube do Choro Henrique Lima Santos in an effort to strengthen collaboration within the context of “Italia na Copa”, a cultural review being […]

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13 February 2014
Italy-Brazil – Joint venture by postal services

Italy’s Poste Mobile and Brazil’s postal service have signed a 20-year framework agreement to set up a new virtual mobile operator (MVNO) for the Brazilian market. The joint venture will draw on the innovative expertise gained by Poste Italiane in mobile telephony and high-added value services. The agreement was signed in the presence of the […]

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12 February 2014
DEI/Sole 24 Ore – Chile: GDP expected to grow by 4% in 2014

Chile’s central bank has published the preliminary economic figures for 2013, which put annual GDP growth at 4%. The projections for 2014 are positive: a slightly lower rate in the first six months of the year, with growth picking up in the second half, to an average 4% for the year. The Chilean economy is, […]

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12 February 2014
El Salvador – Italia collabora a monitoraggio Chaparrastique (in translation)

Conclusa con successo una missione in El Salvador di un team di ricercatori e tecnici dell’Istituto nazionale italiano di geofisica e vulcanologia (Ingv). Obiettivo era installare attrezzature tecnologiche di alta precisione in grado di migliorare i sistemi di monitoraggio e sorveglianza del vulcano Chaparrastique, intorno al quale vivono oltre 50 mila persone. Il team era […]

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11 February 2014
Italy-Argentina – A boost for university cooperation

The Italian Inter-University Consortium for Argentina (CUIA) is organising the 6th “Argentina Days”, which will take place from 7 to 15 April 2014. The sectors involved in this initiative to strengthen university links between the two countries include the cultural heritage, European studies, regional integration, science and technology, and bioscience and biotechnology. The“Days” will open […]

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7 February 2014
Latin America – Business opportunity, Rome meeting

Italian firms interested in joint ventures in Latin America will have an opportunity to meet at Rome’s Italo-Latin American Institute (IILA) with the Directorate General for Development Cooperation of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Read more, in Italian.

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3 February 2014
Giro in Brasile: “Paese imprescindibile per l’Italia, perno per la regione sud americana”

Il Sottosegretario Mario Giro inizia oggi la visita in Brasile con un’agenda ufficiale ad ampio raggio, dall’incontro con gli amministratori locali di Rio de Janeiro e San Paolo, impegnati nella trasformazione delle metropoli, agli incontri con gli imprenditori italiani, rappresentanti delle aziende e la comunità italiana. Il Sottosegretario scambierà con il Ministro delle Comunicazioni brasiliano […]

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3 February 2014
Longitude: ”China’s shadowy moves”

“China’s shadowy moves”: la Cina, la sua crescita economica e la sua “offensività” strategica sono i due elementi che sostanziano l’analisi di copertina del nuovo numero di ”Longitude”, la rivista diretta da Pialuisa Bianco in edicola dal 4 febbraio. Gli altri titoli di copertina: “Business and ethics”, come e perché nel sistema globale della finanza […]

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20 January 2014
Panama Canal: Minister Bonino speaks with Spanish colleague and Vice President Tajani

Within the context of the Italian government’s efforts to protect the interests of Italian firms participating in international consortium for the widening of the Panama Canal, Minister Bonino met with her Spanish counterpart Garcia-Margallo, with whom she discussed possible common initiatives for resolving the dispute between the consortium of European firms and the Panamanian authorities. […]

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15 January 2014
Energy – More and more Italian companies are looking to Brazil

The Italian business presence in Brazil is growing, especially in the green energy sector. The latest to arrive is Thesan, a Savio Group company that aims to develop photovoltaic projects and will be opening a branch in Brazil in the first quarter of 2014. The Italian diplomatic network is working to support our companies at […]

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