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Press Releases
2 February 2017
Alfano: Visit to the Italo-Latin American Institute

“Italy and Latin America: they are not separated by the sea but united by the sea of History, Culture and Traditions and shared human events: between us is this wonderful sea that unites us!,” wrote Angelino Alfano, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, on the Book of Guests of Honour of the Italo-Latin […]

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2 February 2017
Peru – Alaska2Patagonia project presented on Wednesday

‎Italian cyclist Davide Travelli presented his “Alaska2Patagonia” project in an exclusive event held at the Italian Cultural Institute in Lima on Wednesday Feb 1. The athlete, who was born in Bergamo and grew up in Dublin, has practised cycling competitively and passionately for 13 years. After a long break, he decided to undertake a journey […]

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30 January 2017
Guatemala – Architecture, “Building the Dream” with Andrea Maffei

The Italian Cultural Institute (ICC) in Guatemala City will host architect Andrea Maffei for a special lecture on 30 January. Mr Maffei will come from Milan for an event called “Building the Dream”, organised by the University Francisco Marroquin, in collaboration with the ICC. The Italian architect partners on Milan’s “CityLife” project with Arata Isozaki, […]

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25 January 2017
Bolivia – Photo-book of the “Amazonía sin Fuego” programme presented in La Paz

The initiatives implemented under “Amazonía sin Fuego”, the programme launched by the Italian Cooperation service to reduce forest fires in the Bolivian Amazon, have been collected in a book: a photo-book containing marvellous shots by RAI journalist Liza Boschin. The volume, which draws its name from the project, was recently presented in La Paz at […]

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19 January 2017
Chile – “El oro no se oxida” exhibition by Pamela Pintus opens in Santiago

The Italian Cultural Institute in Santiago is hosting the exhibition “El oro no se oxida” (“Gold does not rust”) by Italian artist Panela Pintu, which will run until 23 February. The exhibit, promoted by the Italian Embassy in Chile, the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) and Sinopsis Australis, is curated by Carmelo Cipriani. The artist narrates […]

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Press Releases
16 January 2017
Shooting in Mexico: the Foreign Ministry confirms the death of an Italian

The Foreign Ministry confirms that the Italian national who was wounded in the shooting at Playa del Carmen, Mexico, has died. The Foreign Ministry and the Italian Embassy in Mexico City, working in close connection with local authorities, have already contacted the family to provide them with the best possible assistance in this difficult moment.

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16 January 2017
Argentina – Concert by Elisa Iovele-Roberto Brandolisio duo

After the success recorded in 2016, the “Suono Italiano-Friuli in Musica” (“Italian Sound-Friuli in Music”) project promoted in Argentina by the Friuli Venezia-Giulia Region in conjunction with the Italian National Music Committee, is scheduled to continue into 2017. The Italian Cultural Institute in Córdoba, in partnership with the Councillorship for Culture of the Province of […]

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13 January 2017
Colombia – Author Iacopo Barison participates in the Hay Festival

The Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Bogotá announces that the twelfth Hay Festival in Cartagena de Indias, taking place from 26 to 29 January, will also be attended by Italian author Iacopo Barison. Major literary figures including Mario Vargas Llosa (Nobel Prize Laureate for Literature 2010), Simon Sebag Montefiore, Andrea Wulf, Hisham Matar, Phil Manzanera, Carmen […]

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9 January 2017
Italy’s Economic Diplomacy – 9 January: latest news from the world

Mexico introduces fuel price liberalisation The energy regulator has published the fuel liberalisation timetable that will bring to an end the 79-year fuel distribution monopoly by State company Pemex in Mexico. This is one of the most important stages in the energy reform approved in 2013, which will allow the price of fuel to fluctuate, […]

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3 January 2017
“BuscándoME”: an introspective journey across the images of Nerina Toci

The New Year will kick off in the sign of Italian art at the Italian Cultural Institute (IIC) in Santiago of Chile. The “BuscándoME” exhibition, a soul-searching photographic journey by young Italian artist Nerina Toci and curated by art historian Katy Ferrante, will open at 8:30 p.m. on 3 January. The exhibition was brought to […]

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2 January 2017
Uruguay – Post.Com stages postmodernity

“Post.com”, an experimental exhibition project on postmodernity and postmodern community models hosted at the Espacio Arte Contemporaneo in Montevideo, will be open until 5 March. The project is inspired to the theory of JF Lyotard on postmodernity whereby, after the end of great narrations, it would be better to focus on more modest “local” experiences […]

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