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America Latina e Caraibi

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29 July 2016
Italy and Brazil strengthen bilateral cooperation

‎Italy’s Ambassador to Brazil, Antonio Bernardini, and the President of Banco do Brasil, Paulo Rogério Caffarelli, discussed future strategies for the Working Group recently launched by the embassy in support of Italian businesses that have taken an interest in Brazil’s logistics, infrastructure, and energy programme.  Ambassador Bernardini and President Caffarelli talked on the sidelines of […]

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28 July 2016
Foreign Minister, Paolo Gentiloni, received at the Farnesina the Foreign Minister of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Delcy Rodriguez

During the meeting, Minister Gentiloni emphasized that Italy is closely following the evolving situation in Venezuela, in the light of the strong ties between the two Countries and of the large Italian community residing there. Minister Gentiloni also drew Minister Rodriguez’s attention on the increasing difficulties faced by the Italian community, especially in terms of […]

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26 July 2016
Chile – Course delves into the origins of contemporary art

A course entitled “Le radici dell’arte contemporanea: avanguardie storiche d’Europa e d’America Latina. Dialoghi, accordi e disaccordi” (“Roots of contemporary art: Historical avant-garde movements in Europe and Latin America. Dialogues, agreements and disagreements”) will be held from August 3 to October 19 in Santiago de Chile’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) in connection with the […]

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25 July 2016
Lima – Italy takes part in Lima International Book Fair

The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Lima will have its own stand at the 21st International Book Fair, organised by the Peruvian Chamber of Books. It will present “La Flor de la Canela” (The Cinnamon Flower), the first Peruvian recipe book published in Italy, written by Gloria Carpinelli D’Onofrio following her research work and travels […]

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20 July 2016
Argentina – Italian wine&food shoots on display in Esquel

From Ushuaia, its latest stop, “Regioni del Gusto” – a photographic journey across Italy to show its wine and food specialties – has reached Esquel in Argentina. The exhibition, first opened at the Expo 2015 in Milan, has since toured the whole consular district of Argentina’s Bahia Blanca. The Italian Society in Esquel and the […]

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18 July 2016
Brazil, Italian dance stars to highlight Rio Olympics

Italian dance stars will be in Sao Paulo during the upcoming Olympic Games. “Kataklò”, Italy’s best-known physical theatre company, will return to Brazil for the fifth time for the 31st Olympic Games in Rio with “Play”, a performance on program at the Teatro Sérgio Cardoso next 27 and 28 July. The visionary style of choreographer […]

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13 July 2016
Cuba: Deputy Minister Giro signs bilateral debt treatment Agreements with Vice President of Cuba’s Council of Ministers, Ricardo Cabrisas

In a joint mission to Havana with Undersecretary of State for Economic Development, Ivan Scalfarotto, Deputy Foreign Minister Mario Giro signed bilateral debt treatment Agreements with the Vice President of Cuba’s Council of Ministers, Ricardo Cabrisas, implementing the Paris Club Multilateral Understanding signed in Paris on 12 December 2015 by Cuba and 14 creditor Countries.   […]

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11 July 2016
San Paolo – Comics, what a passion: Italian comics from 1950 to date

The exhibition “Comics, que paixão! Os quadrinhos italianos, de 1950 até hoje”, spanning from Hugo Pratt and Milo Manara to Guido Crepax and Dino Battaglia, was opened in Sao Paulo on Tuesday, 5 July, and will run until Sunday, 14 August. It is a journey through Italian comics from 1950 to date, paying tribute to […]

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8 July 2016
Chile – On show the “Gabriela Mistral and Italy” exhibition

A travelling exhibition entitled “Figlia di un nuovo popolo, Gabriela Mistral e l’Italia” (“Daughter of a new nation: Gabriela Mistral and Italy”), paying homage to the great Chilean poetess and her relationship with Italy, will make a stop in Antofagasta from July 14 to August 15. The initiative was organised by the Italian Cultural Institute […]

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7 July 2016
Italy at “Rio 2016” – Italy’s initiatives for the 31st Olympic Games and the 15th Paralympic Games

​The Olympic Games will be ” in our view, an opportunity to send a message of friendship and confidence to Brazil, ” Minister of Foreign Affairs, Paolo Gentiloni, said  in his speech at the presentation of “Italy at Rio 2016”: Italy’s initiatives for the 31st Olympic Games and the 15th Paralympic Games. “The Country – pointed out the […]

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6 July 2016
Brazil – The Association of Italian Researchers founded in Brazil

The Association of Italian Researchers in Brazil has been founded at the Italian Embassy in Brasilia, which supported the initiative. The Embassy hosted the constituent assembly for the organisation, which was attended both in person and by video-conference by 15 Italian professors and researchers from various local universities, who represented the three scientific macro-categories: Humanities; […]

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