America Latina e Caraibi

Economic Diplomacy

29 January 2025

Brazil, growing demand for lithium turns the spotlight on the country

The growing demand for lithium – a metal crucial to the global energy transition – on the international market is causing Brazil to attract increasing interest on a global scale. Although the country hosts less than one per cent of global reserves of the metal according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS), more optimistic […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

28 January 2025

Cuba, 26th Week of Italian Culture

Organised and promoted by the Embassy of Italy in Havana, in collaboration with the Cuban Ministry of Culture and the Oficina del Historiador de La Habana, and with the support of various Italian and Cuban companies and institutions, the 26th Week of Italian Culture in Cuba has come to an end.  The programme proposed a series of activities to […]

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Press Releases

17 January 2025

Update on compatriots in Cuba

The Italian Ambassador to Havana, Roberto Vellano, is on his way to Cienfuegos, where the group of compatriots belonging to a holiday group organised by the tour operator Avventure nel Mondo and involved in yesterday’s car accident, is being held. Among them, one compatriot, Patrizia Crisolini Malatesta, died, while the others were immediately transported to […]

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Press Releases

17 January 2025

Road accident in Cuba

A road accident involving a group of seven Italian tourists occurred in Cienfuegos, Cuba, one of whom has passed away. The details of the accident are still under investigation. The other Italian passengers sustained injuries. Since the first report, the Italian Embassy in Havana has been providing assistance to Italian nationals in coordination with the […]

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Press Releases

16 January 2025

Undersecretary Silli’s mission to Jamaica and the Bahamas for institutional meetings

Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Giorgio Silli carried out an official mission to Jamaica and the Bahamas for a series of institutional meetings with representatives from the governments of both Caribbean states. In Jamaica, the Undersecretary held meetings with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kamina Johnson Smith, the Minister of Industry and Commerce, Aubyn Hill, and […]

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Press Releases

15 January 2025

Undersecretary Silli’s mission to Florida for meetings with the Italian Community

Italian Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs Giorgio Silli undertook an official mission to Florida from 13 to 14 January for a series of meetings with the Italian community and Italian businesses. In Miami, Silli participated in a meeting with the local COMITES (Committee of Italians Abroad) and met with honorary consular staff under the jurisdiction of […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

9 January 2025

Santiago, Chiara Guidi takes the stage

Italy is participating in the next edition of the Teatro a Mil International Festival in Santiago with Chiara Guidi, playwright, director and theatre actress, as well as founder, together with Romeo and Claudia Castellucci and Paolo Guidi, of Socìetas Raffaello Sanzio, now Societas, an avant-garde theatre company known for its experimentation. Thanks to the collaboration […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

7 January 2025

Curitiba pays homage to Puccini

The first edition of the project “Il Largo delle Opere” turned Curitiba into a true stage for celebrating classical music, bringing the magic of opera to the amphitheatre of the Sao Francisco Ruins in Curitiba. Included in the official programme of the “Christmas of Curitiba – Luz dos Pinhais 2024”, with the institutional support of the Consulate General of Italy in Curitiba, the […]

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Press Releases

23 December 2024

Undersecretary Tripodi receives a representative of Italian detainees in Venezuela

On the instructions of Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs Maria Tripodi today received at the Italian Foreign Ministry Marinellys Tremamunno, the legal representative of a number of Italian citizens detained in Venezuela for political reasons. During the meeting, the Undersecretary reiterated how the Italian Foreign […]

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Press Releases

18 December 2024

Rome – Undersecretary Silli attends ceremony to return archaeological artefacts to the Mexican authorities

Italian Undersecretary of State Giorgio Silli took part today in the ceremony to return to the Mexican authorities about a hundred pre-Columbian archaeological artefacts seized in Italy by the Carabinieri Command for the Protection of Cultural Heritage. The ceremony was also attended by the Mexican Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Maria Teresa Mercado Pérez, the Commander […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

18 December 2024

Santiago, “Letizia Battaglia. Crónica, vida, amor”

In Santiago, the exhibition “Letizia Battaglia. Crónica, vida, amor”, curated by Marco Meneguzzo and with the collaboration of the Archivio Letizia Battaglia, in the presence of the Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Santiago, Cristina Di Giorgio, the Secretary of the Legation of the Italian Embassy in Santiago, Althea Cenciarelli, and the Director of […]

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Cultural Diplomacy

17 December 2024

Bogotà, “Technologies of care” by Elisa Giardina Papa

The Bogotá Museum of Modern Art (MAMBO), with the support of the Italian Cultural Institute of Bogotá, presents “Technologies of Care”, the first institutional anthological exhibition of the Italian artist Elisa Giardina Papa in Colombia, curated by Eugenio Viola and Juaniko Moreno. This exhibition, open to the public until next 9 February, provides an opportunity to reflect on the impact of digital platforms and […]

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