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Diplomatic Network

18 June 2020

IC Rio: “Migrazioni e intolleranza” (Migration and Intolerance) by Umberto Eco

The vision expressed by Umberto Eco in the four papers collected in the book Migrazioni e Intolleranza (Migrations and Intolerance), is the theme of the meeting organized by the Italian Cultural Institute of Rio de Janeiro on June 23rd, as part of the series Dialoghi Italo-Brasiliani (Italo-Brazilan dialogues), which aims to bring together writers, intellectuals, […]

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Diplomatic Network

18 June 2020

IIC Buenos Aires: meeting with writer Claudia Durastanti

The Italian Cultural Institute resumes its cycle of meetings with writers Quadrante Sud. Nuove rotte letterarie Italia-Argentina (New literary routes Italy-Argentina). The Quadrante Sud project was born in 2019 in cooperation with the Turin International Book Fair, with the aim of promoting meetings, circulation and translation of contemporary Italian literature in Argentina, and vice versa, […]

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Diplomatic Network

16 June 2020

Santiago Embassy: the “Day of Italian-Chile Friendship”

Expressing a sign of closeness and hope to Chile and the testimony of unity and pride of the Italian community at a time when the South American country is going through the most acute phase of the health emergency: this was the objective of the first Italian-Chilean Friendship Day, which took place virtually on June […]

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Diplomatic Network

16 June 2020

Brazil, the “Short Film Day” initiative

The Italian Cultural Institutes in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro together with the Italian Embassy in Brazil, and in collaboration with the National Short Film Centre, are pleased to present the “Short Film Day”, an initiative dedicated to the most recent production of Italian short films scheduled for 21 June, the shortest day of […]

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Press Releases

26 May 2020

Ms Del Re, conference with Venezuelan donors

Vice Minister Emanuela Del Re participated on behalf of Italy in the international donors’ Conference of in solidarity with Venezuelan refugees and migrants, that was held today virtually. “Being as well a host country for refugees fleeing hunger, war and persecution, Italy supports the efforts of Latin American countries that have taken in millions of […]

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Press Releases

23 May 2020

Coronaviruses, adoptive families return from Colombia

All the families who went to Colombia to complete the international adoption procedures are returning to Italy. They remained stuck in the country due to delays in the release of documentation caused by the extended quarantine period, which also affected courts and public offices.  The result was possible thanks to the unceasing collaboration between the […]

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Diplomatic Network

18 May 2020

Argentina, a cultural bridge between Italy and Buenos Aires

  The new initiative of the Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires, Cultural Bridge Italy – Buenos Aires, opens tonight with the concert Le Stagioni del Mondo. The initiative was born from a joint reflection between the Italian Cultural Institute of Buenos Aires and the Ministry of Culture of the City of Buenos Aires. The […]

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Diplomatic Network

6 May 2020

Embassy of Buenos Aires: university cooperation resumes

A day of meetings and conferences dedicated to university and scientific relations between Italy and Argentina. With this initiative, the Italian Embassy in Buenos Aires and the Italy-Argentina Inter-university Consortium (CUIA),  which brings together twenty-seven Italian universities and twenty-seven Argentinean universities, launch a message to the academic community of the two countries for the resumption […]

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Diplomatic Network

5 May 2020

IIC Sao Paolo: Romanistan by Luca Vitone

Romanistan is a project presented by the Centro per l’arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, winner of the fourth edition of the Italian Council (2018), a call for proposals by the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism aimed at promoting Italian contemporary art in the world. It is the story of the journey Luca […]

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Diplomatic Network

22 April 2020

Brasilia and Rome celebrate foundation anniversary

The oldest city in the world and the last born, if you can say so, celebrate the anniversary of their birth on the same day. On April 21st, in fact, Rome and Brasilia celebrate their foundation. The Brazilian capital is 60 years old this year. It is still very young but is already part of […]

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Diplomatic Network

17 April 2020

São Paulo: Covid-19, rereading together the plague of Manzoni

A rereading of the pages on the plague of “I Promessi Sposi” (The Betrothed), never so tragically topical. This is the initiative of the Italian Cultural Institute of São Paulo, which has organized a virtual reading group on the Zoom application. The appointment is for the morning of Friday starting from April 24, always at […]

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Diplomatic Network

10 April 2020

Brazil: a virtual visit to the exhibition on Fellini

The lockdown decided for Coronavirus emergency does not halt the tribute to Federico Fellini in progress in Sao Paulo for the 100th anniversary of his birth. In the Brazilian city, the Italian Institute of Culture has arranged a virtual visit to the exhibition, “The centenary – Fellini in the world”, realized in collaboration with the […]

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