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America Latina e Caraibi

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10 December 2012
Brasilia: third stage of “Green Embassy” project under way

The third stage of the “Green Embassy” project was launched today. The initiative, strongly supported by the Italian Embassy in Brasilia, was introduced in 2010 with the installation by EnelGreen Power of 405 photovoltaic panels that enable a saving of 7.6 tons of CO2 emissions each year. Read more, in Italian.

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7 December 2012
Mexico – eight new “ambassadors of italian cuisine around the world”

Eight new Italian restaurants in Mexico have received “Italian Hospitality-Italian Quality” certification as “ambassadors” of taste from the Chamber of Commerce. The award ceremony was held at the Ambassador’s residence in Mexico City, which hosted the owners of the restaurants and a large showing from the sector press.

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4 December 2012
Montevideo – Biennale reveals relationship between the South and modernity

The relationship between the South of the world and modernity is the theme explored by the Montevideo Biennale, which opened on 22 November under the auspices of the highest Uruguayan authorities. “El gran Sur” was mounted with the collaboration of the Italian Cultural Institute in Montevideo and displays the work of over 50 artists from […]

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30 November 2012
Montevideo: italian musicians at the Jazz Festival

The Montevideo Jazz Festival resounded with the notes of famed Italian musician Giovanni Mirabassi, whose performance at the Uruguayan capital’s Teatro Solis was built on elaborate melodic themes and harmonic variations. A little piece of Italy on stage along with Ralph Towner (guitar and piano) and Italo-Argentine Javier Girotto (soprano sax and Andean flute), both […]

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22 November 2012
Cooperation €200,000 to wfp for hurricane Sandy

The Cooperation has undertaken a new project on behalf of the people of Haiti, heavily affected by the passage of Hurricane Sandy. The foreign ministry has earmarked an additional multilateral contribution of €200,000 to the UN World Food Program (WFP) for an emergency 7-month project (November 2012 to May 2013) hoping to reach approximately one […]

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22 November 2012
Italy-Argentina: boosting parliamentary diplomacy

The “First Parliamentary Day for Italo-Argentine Friendship and Integration”, held on 16 November in Buenos Aires, was organised by a group of Italian MPs and intended as a way to more deeply analyse Italo-Argentine relations with a view to boosting the role of parliamentary diplomacy. Read more, in Italian.

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21 November 2012
Quito: recovery plan for convent of St. Francis

An agreement was signed in the Ecuadorian capital of Quito between UNESCO and INPC [the national institute for cultural patrimony] of a plan for the integrated management and cultural and tourism-related enhancement of the Convent of St. Francis. The complex, consisting of a convent, a church and a museum, is considered the largest monastic complex […]

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7 November 2012
Brazil: films from the Venice Film Festival

Italian films from the 69th Venice International Film Festival come to Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paolo, Curitiba, Brasília and Belo Horizonte, thanks to the continuing collaboration of the Embassy of Italy in Brasilia and the Venice Biennale. Read more, in Italian.

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7 November 2012
Lima: exhibit of design made in Brera

The Italian Cultural Institute of Lima, in collaboration with the Accademia di Brera and the Universidad de Lima, presented an exhibition of photographic panels showing the design projects of young emerging artists of the Brera Fine Arts Academy in Milan. The exhibition runs through 21 November at the Sala de Exposiciones, Pabelon W – 1 […]

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6 November 2012
Cuba: Italy’s strong showing at the 2012 Havana Fair

The ICE organised a group of 75 Italian firms to participate in the 30th International trade fair of Havana (FIHAV). Ambassador Carmine Robustelli was present for the official opening of the Italian Pavilion – no. 6 – which was followed by a workshop organized by the Cuban Chamber of Commerce and the ICE Agency to […]

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5 November 2012
Council of IILA Delegates meet in Rome; Latin America a natural partner for Italy, says Terzi

Minister for Foreign Affairs Giulio Terzi hosted the 20 Latin American ambassadors who make up the IILA (Italo-Latin American Institute) Council of Delegates today at the foreign ministry in Rome. “Latin America is a natural partner for Italy, for historical reasons and in view of our common values and cultural affinities”, Terzi asserted, pointing out […]

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