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America Latina e Caraibi

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19 March 2012
Brasilia: economic workshop on italo-brazilian development models

The Embassy of Italy in Brasilia hosted an economic workshop last week “Brazil and Italy in the global context: experiences and models of development”, whose more than two hundred participants represented major Italian and Brazilian economic concerns that included Telecom Italia, Intesa Sanpaolo and Avio. The initiative was organised by the Guido and Maria Carli […]

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15 March 2012
Italy-Spain: Dassù in Madrid to revive bilateral and European cooperationeuropea (in translation)

Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Marta Dassù’s mission to Madrid sought mainly to revive cooperation between Italy and Spain on questions concerning the EU and Latin America “after a year of sparse relations owing to respective domestic affairs”, and with “the new period of intense bilateral contacts” that began with the February summit between Premiers Mario […]

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15 March 2012
San Jose’: italian eco guardians to protect environment in Costa Rica

The Italian ecological guardians are back on the job this year protecting the environment in Costa Rica, an initiative that has been going on for 20 years now and includes two missions per year by the Region of Emilia Romagna and the volunteers of “Guardie Ecologiche Volontarie – GEV” (Volunteer Ecological Guardians). To read more […]

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14 March 2012
Under-Secretary Dassu’ meets with Colombian Trade Minister Sergio Diaz Granados Guida

Under-Secretary Dassù met today at the Headquarters of Unioncamere with Colombian Trade Minister Sergio Diaz Granados Guida, on the occasion of the “Country Presidentation: Colombia” organised by the Foreign Ministry, Unioncamere and Confindustria, in collaboration with the Embassy of Colombia.The meeting offered an opportunity to review the excellent status of relations between Italy and Colombia, […]

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5 March 2012
Cuba: investment opportunities for Italy, meeting at the IILA

Trade and investment opportunities for Italy in Cuba will be the theme of a meeting on Thursday 8 March at the Italo-Latin American Institute (IILA) in Rome. The sectors in question will include farming and food production, energy, the pharmaceutical industry and biotechnologies, culture, machinery and mining, infrastructure, TICS and tourism. The meeting is sponsored […]

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5 March 2012
Montevideo: last leg of the written in Italy tour, Italian literature abroad

The long journey of Written in Italy – the first itinerant library of Italian literature translated abroad – comes to an end in Latin America where it began with the first edition in Argentina. Twelve stops in over four years, covering more than 100,000 kilometres, for an unprecedented experience that will wind up in Montevideo […]

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28 February 2012
Cooperation in Guatemala rebuilding homes

Through the Italian Cooperation’s “Ran Guatemala” emergency relief programme, the Embassy of Italy in Guatemala City on 24 February officially delivered 8 homes rebuilt in safe places following the disaster caused in 2010 by hurricane Agatha. The programme is funding 12 projects aimed at reducing the exposure to food, nutritional and environmental insecurity of the […]

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24 February 2012
Dettaglio comunicato

Dai rapporti con l’America Latina al legame transatlantico, dalla cooperazione tra Stati Uniti e Unione Europea alla promozione dei diritti delle donne, e alla situazione politica ed economica nei Balcani: questi alcuni dei principali temi trattati nel corso della visita che il Sottosegretario agli Affari Esteri Marta Dassù ha realizzato a Washington dal 21 al […]

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24 February 2012
Havana: Sustainable development: italian universities at the higher education conference

Universities from Rome, Naples and Milan attended the 8th international higher education conference, “”Universidad 2012″, on sustainable development. The aim of the conference was to underscore the role and responsibilities of the higher education sector with respect to today’s society. The delegation from Rome’s “La Sapienza” University entered into agreements with the Universities of Havana, […]

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23 February 2012
Minister Terzi meets Nicaraguan the Foreign Minister, Samuel Santos Lopez

Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi received the Foreign Minister of Nicaragua, Samuel Santos Lopez, at the Foreign Ministry in Rome today. During their discussion, the two ministers focused on the great potential for further economic collaboration by enterprises in their two countries. Potential that is particularly evident in strategic sectors such as geothermal energy and infrastructure, […]

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21 February 2012
Montevideo: the year of italian culture opens in Uruguay

“Manantiales”, one of the best-known places near Punta del Este, is the perfect setting for Omar Galliani’s exhibition “Notturno”. The artist is one of the greatest representatives of Italian contemporary art and is in Uruguay especially for the opening. The exhibition was organized by the Italian Cultural Institute in Montevideo, in collaboration with curator Massimo […]

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21 February 2012
G20 Messico: Under-Secretary Dassù attends the ministerial

The Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Marta Dassù, attended the G20 Ministerial in Los Cabos, Mexico, on 19 and 20 February 2012. She was delegated to attend by Foreign Minister Giulio Terzi. The meeting in Los Cabos, convened by the Mexican Presidency, was the first meeting of G20 Foreign Ministers. Under-Secretary Dassù underscored the role diplomacy […]

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