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America Latina e Caraibi

Diplomatic Network
18 September 2018
The Luca Velotti Quartet in concert in Brazil

The concert by the Luca Velotti Quartet at the Teatro Amazonas in Manaus on Saturday night closed the “Moonray” Brazilian tour, a musical journey accompanied by melodies, songs and storytelling. The tour by the Luca Velotti Quartet featured their personal and contemporary reinterpretation of jazz music by Armstrong, Bechet, Goodman and by great American composers like […]

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Press Releases
11 September 2018
Guatemala

Il Ministero degli Affari Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale ha appreso con rammarico la decisione del Governo del Guatemala di non chiedere il rinnovo del mandato della Commissione Internazionale Contro l’Impunità in Guatemala (CICIG), che giungerà pertanto a scadenza definitiva a settembre del 2019, nonché di impedire, per ragioni di pubblica sicurezza, il rientro nel […]

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Diplomatic Network
14 August 2018
The ‘Festa do Cinema italiano’ hosted in 12 Brazilian cities

This year, the ‘8 e 1/2 Festa do Cinema italiano’, the now traditional Italian film festival held in Brazil in the first week of August and named after the famous film directed by Federico Fellini, featured more than 300 screenings in 12 Brazilian cities, including the best of this year’s Italian film production. The film […]

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Diplomatic Network
10 August 2018
Brazil: opening of the “Sao Francisco na Arte de Maestros Italianos” exhibit

The “Sao Francisco na Arte de Maestros Italianos” exhibit ​opened on August 8 at the Casa FIAT de Culture di Belo Horizonte.It is an initiative of great importance that retraces the iconography of Saint Francis with artwork by Tiziano, Perugino, Orazio Gentileschi, Guido Reni, Guercino, Carracci and Cigoli. The exhibit also includes a virtual visit of the Upper […]

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Press Releases
18 July 2018
Italy joins the Community of Portuguese Language Countries as Associate Observer

Italy has officially become member of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP) with the status of Associate Observer. The membership was celebrated at the Summit of the Community’s Heads of State and Government that is being held in Cape Verde today and tomorrow. Italy has tight historical, political, cultural and economic ties with the […]

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Diplomatic Network
27 June 2018
Argentina: Promoting Italian Language Teaching

Cultural cooperation programme signed to promote the teaching of Italian language and culture in schools in the province of Cordoba. On 22 June, at the Government palace of the Province of Cordoba, Governor of Cordoba Juan Schiaretti and Italian Ambassador to Argentina Giuseppe Manzo signed the Cultural Cooperation Programme to promote the teaching of Italian […]

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Diplomatic Network
27 June 2018
Mission for the Special Envoy for the Caribbean Countries

Roberto Natali, the Special Envoy for the Caribbean countries of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MAECI), went on a new mission which included meetings in Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Barbados, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Saint Lucia. In Barbados Mr Natali also met the President of the Caribbean Development Bank.  […]

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Events
22 June 2018
Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs funds the latest edition of the Finance Police’s training course on illegal financial flows for the members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Cuba and the Dominican Republic

The course held by Italy’s Guardia di Finanza (Finance Police)  has become a milestone in the relations between Italy and the CARICOM countries. This year marks the fourth edition for the two-week training course, which has been held annually at the Tax Police School of the Guardia di Finanza in Ostia since 2015. Transnational financial […]

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Press Releases
21 June 2018
The Italian Cooperation Agency makes an emergency contribution for Guatemala

In order to tackle the humanitarian crisis provoked by the eruption of the Volcano del Fuego in Guatemala, the Italian Cooperation Agency has provided to make a multilateral emergency financing of 200,000 euros. This contribution responds to the appeal launched by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), which is engaged […]

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Diplomatic Network
15 June 2018
Bolivia: Italy promotes universal access to water​

Italian Ambassador Placido Vigo and Chancellor Fernando Huanacuni signed an agreement to implement the “National Programme for the Collection of Water for Life”, an initiative financed by the Italian Development Cooperation service through 25 million euros in tied aid, at an official ceremony held at the Tiwanaku Hall of the Bolivian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. […]

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Press Releases
20 May 2018
Alfano: deepfelt condolences for the tragic plane crash in Havana

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Angelino Alfano: “I learned with immense grief of the news of the tragic plane crash in Havana. On behalf of all of Italy, I would like to express our deepfelt condolences for the Country’s loss. Italy, in a spirit of unrelenting friendship, stands by Cuba in this […]

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