America Latina e Caraibi

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

5 June 2018

Minister Moavero expresses his condolences for the victims of the volcano eruption in Guatemala

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Enzo Moavero Milanesi, said: “I wish to express my personal and the government’s heartfelt condolences for the victims of Guatemala’s Fuego Volcano, a tragic eruption that has claimed the lives of at least 70 people. Deeply saddened, I extend my sincere sympathies to the families of the […]

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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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Events

8 May 2018

Food innovation, Italian expertise at ‘Seeds and Chips’ in Milan

Innovation in the food sector, from the field to the table, is the core of ‘Seeds and Chips. The Leading Food Innovation Summit in the World’, taking place in Milan from 7 to 10 May. This is one of the leading events at world level for promoting technologically advanced, but also eco-sustainable, solutions in the […]

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In detail

4 May 2018

Minister Alfano meets his dominican counterpart

“I had a very constructive and fruitful talk with my fellow colleague, Vargas Maldonado, during his visit to Rome at the Italian-Latin America Institute for the high-level meeting on education at the Forum Italy-SICA, the Central American Integration System, currently chaired by the Dominican Republic. Relations between Italy and the Dominican Republic are historical and […]

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In detail

20 April 2018

Italy’s Economic Diplomacy 20 April: latest news from the world

Cuba: T.O.MA. Group signs contract to build a hotel in Trinidad The 12th edition of the Construction Fair, Cuba’s major construction show with 200 exhibitors from 26 Countries this year, was held in Havana from 3 to 6 April. On the sidelines of the Fair, representatives of the T.O.MA. Group signed a contract worth approximately 60 […]

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Events

18 April 2018

Fourth edition of the WeWorld Index

Giro: “The social and economic inclusion of women, young girls and boys and adolescents in Developing Countries is the focus of Italian Cooperation” Presentation fourth edition of the WeWorld Index “The social and economic inclusion of women, young girls and boys and adolescents in Developing Countries is the focus of Italian Cooperation, starting with health, […]

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