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25 January 2016

Colombia to host Italian writer Alessandro Baricco

Italian writer Alessandro Baricco is due to visit Colombia from Jan. 28 to Feb. 6. He will attend the Hay Festival in Cartagena from his arrival until Jan. 31. The Festival will conclude with a conference with journalist and editor Marcel Ventura at the Adolfo Mejia theatre. The festival, now at its 10th edition, is […]

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22 January 2016

Italy and Mexico boost bilateral cooperation

Italy and Mexico are increasing bilateral cooperation. The Italian ambassador in Mexico City, Alessandro Busacca, in recent days met with Director General of ProMexico, Francisco Gonzalez Diaz, to take stock of economic and trade relations between the two countries and upcoming promotional activities. Ambassador Busacca also told the Director of ProMexico about the difficulties that […]

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21 January 2016

Brazil – Fortunato Depero on show in Sau Paulo from Jan. 30 to March 27

Brazil pays tribute to the Italian painter, writer, sculptor and graphic designer Fortunato Depero by bringing to Latin America for the first time in the exhibition “Depero, Futurist and Global Artist”. It will be held in Sao Paulo from Jan. 30 to March 27, and features 65 works by the artist, a major member of […]

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20 January 2016

Bolivia – “Vicua Bolivia Tesoro Andino” fashion brand lands in La Paz

The Italian NGO ProgettoMondo Mlal and the Bolivian local authorities launched the fashion brand “Vicua Bolivia Tesoro Andino” at an event in La Paz. The ceremony was attended by Italy’s Ambassador Placido Vigo, the Bolivian Minister of Culture and Tourism Marko Marcelo Machicao Bankovic, and the Vice Minister of the Environment Gonzalo Rodriguez Camara.  The […]

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19 January 2016

Chile – 2016 edition of ‘congress of the future’ soon to open in santiago

Maria Pia Rossignaud and Stefano Mancuso will represent Italy at the “Congress of the Future”, which is due to open in Santiago on January 19 until January 24.  The event, now in its fifth year, is conceived as a forum promoting an exchange of ideas between Chile and the world’s leading scientific thinkers. This year’s […]

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15 January 2016

The Italian Foreign Ministry hosts the conference entitled “EU Relations with Latin America: from Social Resilience to Global Governance”

Europe takes stock of its relations with Latin America and chooses Italy as the venue for the meeting. The Italian Foreign Ministry today hosts the conference entitled “EU Relations with Latin America: from Social Resilience to Global Governance”, organised by the Foreign Ministry and the Institute for International Affairs (IAI), with the contribution of the […]

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14 January 2016

Incontro del Ministro Gentiloni con il Segretario Generale dell’Organizzazione degli Stati Americani Luis Almagro

Il Ministro degli Esteri e della Cooperazione Internazionale Paolo Gentiloni ha ricevuto oggi alla Farnesina il Segretario Generale dell’Organizzazione degli Stati Americani (OSA) Luis Almagro. L’incontro è stato un’occasione per uno scambio di valutazioni aggiornate sui principali dossier regionali, in particolare sulle recenti elezioni in Venezuela, e per fare il punto sul sostegno italiano all’Organizzazione. […]

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14 January 2016

Foreign Minister Gentiloni meets Luis Almagro, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States

Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Paolo Gentiloni, met with the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro, at the Foreign Ministry’s headquarters in Rome today. During the meeting, Mr Gentiloni and Mr Almagro exchanged opinions on major regional matters, particularly the recent elections in Venezuela, and updated information […]

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14 January 2016

Cartagena – Italy starts at international Music Festival

The 10th edition of the Cartagena International Music Festival is in full swing, featuring a number of Italian performers. These include soloists from the Concerto Italiano, conducted by Rinaldo Alessandrini and the jazz guitarist and composer Alberto Capelli. The Fundacion Salvi and the Italian Cultural Institute in Bogota organised the festival and the participation of […]

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13 January 2016

DEI – Argentina: Government launches plan for the development of the North Regions

Social development, the eradication of structural poverty and the fight against drug trafficking: these are the planned objectives for the development of the Regions of the North, launched by the Argentinian government. The plan will be able to rely on considerable public investment intended for the creation of social service centres, to improve public education […]

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13 January 2016

Argentina – “Zorba, the Greek” returns to Argentina on February 11

“Zorba the Greek”,  produced by Naples’ San Carlo theatre, will be back on stage in Argentina on Feb. 11, to participate in the second edition of the “Festival de musica en Plaza Vaticano”. The performance is a two-act choral ballet with 22 scenes designed by Lorca Massine in 1988. “Zorba the Greek” was inspired by […]

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13 January 2016

Santiago – “La Moneda” celebrates its tenth anniversary with Botticelli

The Italian Cultural Institute in Santiago and the Italian Embassy in Chile participate in the celebrations of the tenth anniversary of the foundation of Centro Cultural La Moneda in the Chilean capital, promoting the display of one of Sandro Botticelli’s most important works: the Madonna and Child with six Angels. The display, which is completely […]

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