America Latina e Caraibi

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13 June 2016

Bahia Blanca – Italians cooperate with Hospital Regional del Sur staff

Italian nationals in the Argentinian city of Bahia Blanca have met doctors and administrators of the city’s Italian Hospital Italiano Regional del Sur. The meeting was to increase expertise in health and social assistance to Italians living in the consular district, and identify further actions and forms of cooperation for the benefit of the most […]

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10 June 2016

Guatemala – ItalArte 2016 exhibition opens in Guatemala City

Guatemala is hosting the “ItalArte2016” exhibition, which brings together the diverse artistic expressions of Italian artists or those of Italian origin living in the country, such as Erwin Bendfeldt, Romi Bauer, Maurizio Colombo, Mariandrée Contenti, Brenda Estrada, Ira de Frosutto, Silvia Menegazzo, Eliana Schillaci and Rosangela Veglio. This is the 8th edition of the event, […]

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9 June 2016

Argentina – “BienvenITA” project to be launched on 14 June

“BienvenITA” is a project that promotes and networks the Italian community in Argentina. The project will not only include people (Italian nationals and their descendants, Argentinian citizens of Italian origin and new immigrants) but also institutions, associations, mutual aid societies, businesses, cultural and training organisations. The initiative will be launched on June 14 by the […]

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7 June 2016

Santiago – Italy-Chile, “Incontri 1” project continues with the “Amabili Resti” exhibition

“Spectators will feel they are taking part in a poetic event that forces them to search their minds and find a moment of metaphysical detachment from established certainties, from lovable remains”, is how curator Katy Ferrante describes the “Amabili Resti” exhibition by Iris Broquedis, which will open on 20th June, at 7.30 p.m., at the […]

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6 June 2016

Mexico – ‘Gran Fondo Giro d’Italia’ cycling competition arrives in Mexico

The residence of the Italian Ambassador in Mexico, Alessandro Busacca, hosted a press conference to launch the Mexican edition of “Gran Fondo Giro d’Italia” in the presence of the Governor of the State of Mexico Eruviel Avila Villegas. The country’s main newspapers were present for the press launch of the first sporting event in Mexico […]

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6 June 2016

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and FIGC together again in the Caribbean

Italy’s excellence in football is back in the Caribbean one month after the workshop that brought Marcello Lippi to the region to deliver high-level training to 9 coaches of the national teams of an equal number of Caribbean States. From 3 to 5 June two workshops were held in Barbados, one for under-17 footballers and another […]

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30 May 2016

Sao Paulo – Jazz duo to perform ‘Portraits in Song’

The eMPathia Jazz Duo are due to perform a concert entitled “Portraits in Song” on May 31 in Sao Paulo, with the support of the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC). In this new art project the captivating voice of Mafalda Minnozzi and “orchestral” albeit essential accompaniment of New York guitarist Paul Ricci offer an original […]

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27 May 2016

Brazil – Italy at Casa Cor trade fair in Sao Paulo

 Italy will be present at the 2016 edition of Casa Cor in Sao Paulo, which runs until June 10. Casa Cor is the largest exhibition of architecture and decoration in Latin America, which every year attracts renowned architects and industry professionals to Brazil to reinvent and furnish spaces with the products of the world’s leading […]

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25 May 2016

Asuncion – Horse high jump, the best Paraguayan horsemen for the Italia Cup

As part of the events organised for the Year of Italy in Latin America, the Italian Embassy in Asuncion organised a few days ago – together with the Paraguayan Equestrian Federation and the Club Hipico Paraguayo – the second edition of the Italian Cup, a hurdle race between the best Paraguayan horsemen, ranging from the […]

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24 May 2016

Lima – Focus on ‘Sicily, Land of Myth’

A photo exhibition by Italian photographer Paolo Barone, entitled “Sicily, Land of Myth”, is underway until June 18 at the Mario Sironi Gallery in Lima. Organised by the Italian Institute of Culture (IIC) in the Peruvian capital, the show consists of a selection of 30 photographs taking viewers on a simple and essential visual journey […]

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20 May 2016

Mexico – Italy present at packaging fair

Mexico Expo Pack, the country’s major packaging and handling fair, is about to kick off. Italy will participate in the fair with its Punto Italia, organised by the Italian Trade Agency (ICE) with UCIMA (the Italian Manufacturers of Automatic Packing and Packaging Machinery) and with the support of the Italian Embassy in Mexico. Punto Italia, […]

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19 May 2016

Peru – Focus on Fortunato Depero “Futurist and Global Artist”

“Fortunato Depero, Futurist and Global Artist” is the title of an exhibition organised by the Italian Institute of Culture of Lima, at the Galeria del Centro Cultural PUCP, from May 17 to July 2. The event is part of the initiatives of the Year of Italy in Latin America. The exhibition was previously displayed in […]

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