America Latina e Caraibi

Diplomatic Network

2 August 2022

Dancer Gennaro Lauro on stage in Mexico City

On 4 August, the Italian Cultural Institute in Mexico City will host a performance by Italian dancer Gennaro Lauro, an event organised within the framework of the International Contemporary Dance Festival of Mexico City – FIDCDMX. Lauro will present a new choreography titled “Mondo”. “Mondo – the artist explains – means the Earth but also […]

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Diplomatic Network

29 July 2022

​Mexico – conference on private sector and climate change

The Embassy of Italy to Mexico has organised a conference on the relationship between the private sector and climate change. The event, entitled “Private sector and climate change: how can we play an active part in the global energy transition?” took place in Mexico City on 20 July. Topics discussed included the impact of climate […]

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Diplomatic Network

28 July 2022

The new seat of the Consular Division of the Italian Embassy in Montevideo opened

The new seat of the Consular Division of the Italian Embassy in Montevideo was opened in the afternoon of 27 July with a flag-raising ceremony as the Italian National Anthem was sung. Participants had the opportunity to visit the new premises at the ceremony, which was attended by the President of the Supreme Court of […]

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Diplomatic Network

28 July 2022

Uruguay, Italian Stand at the Rural del Prado Expo

In Montevideo, the Italian Embassy in Uruguay and the Italy-Uruguay Chamber of Commerce presented an overview of the Italian Stand for the 2022 edition of the biggest fair in Uruguay – the Rural del Prado Expo – to the “Made in Italy” businesses operating in the country. This will be the third time in a […]

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Diplomatic Network

27 July 2022

Brazil stages “8 ½ Festa del Cinema Italiano”

The Italian Cultural Institutes in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have teamed up to promote “8 ½ Festa del Cinema Italiano”, an event organised in Brazil by the Associazione Il Sorpasso and Risi Film Brazil, with the institutional sponsorship of the Italian diplomatic and consular network in Brazil. The Festival will run from 28 […]

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Diplomatic Network

27 July 2022

​Costa Rica — Italian film features in San José

As part of the San José European Film Festival, the Embassy of Italy to Costa Rica organised an authentically Italian evening on 25 July, based on Italy’s music and culture. The Embassy’s initiatives accompanied the screening of “Mio fratello rincorre i dinosauri”, a film by Stefano Cipani about family and relationships between siblings. The screening […]

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Diplomatic Network

20 July 2022

Brazil, Italian Embassy takes part in CINE BIKE Festival

The Italian Embassy in Brasilia will be present at the first edition of CINE BIKE, International Festival of Cinema and Urban Mobility, staged at the Cultural Centre Banco do Brasil, in the Brazilian capital, and open to the general public until 31 July. The event aims to foster more sustainable lifestyles, promoting bicycles as the main means […]

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Press Releases

14 July 2022

Latin America: Sereni, great potential for a favourable green transition

“The COVID-19 pandemic has hard hit Latin America and the Caribbean, a region where socioeconomic gaps remain visible and severe, while the war in Ukraine, with its consequences on the price of raw materials, energy and basic goods, exposes all of us to a possible global economic crisis, as well as to growing risks, including […]

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Diplomatic Network

11 July 2022

Lima: “The Tango according to Astor Piazzolla”

The Lima Sociedad Filarmonica, in association with the Italian Cultural Institute presents “The Tango according to Astor Piazzolla” concert at the Santa Ursula Auditorium on 16 July. The Italian musician Domenico Codispoti has been charged with giving a new interpretation of the tangos of Piazzolla and the components that make up the artistic world of […]

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Diplomatic Network

7 July 2022

A call for bids for sustainable development projects in Ecuador

In recent days, the Italian Ambassador to Ecuador, Caterina Bertolini presented the third call for bids for the Italo-Ecuadorian Fund for sustainable development (FIEDS – Fondo Ítalo Ecuatoriano para el Desarrollo Sostenible), an exchange mechanism established through the Agreement for the Conversion of debt into development projects, signed by the governments of Ecuador and Italy […]

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Diplomatic Network

30 June 2022

Buenos Aires, exhibition and conference on El Gran Chaco

The Italian Embassy in Buenos Aires has promoted two events aimed at illustrating the environmental, wildlife, and cultural importance of the Gran Chaco, an area whose wealth and problems are still little known, even if it represents Latin America’s second-largest green lung. The Gran Chaco is a region that has had – and continues to […]

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Diplomatic Network

24 June 2022

Cuba — meeting at the Embassy with Italian Civil Society Organisations

The Embassy of Italy in Havana has hosted a meeting with representatives of Italian Civil Society Organisations (OSCs) operating in Cuba. The meeting provided an opportunity to examine the development of Italian-Cuban relations at the cultural, economic and cooperation levels, and to gain information on the progress of projects implemented on Cuban territory. “We meet […]

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