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America Latina e Caraibi

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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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12 January 2016
Chile – New Edition Of The Santiago A Mil Theatre Festival

Chile is once again hosting Santiago a Mil, Latin America’s most important theatre festival, also with the participation of Italy. Performances will run from January 3 to 24 and will feature the world’s leading theatre companies. The festival is considered to be one of the three most prestigious festivals in the world and the number […]

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7 January 2016
Dei: Bolivia announces USD 48.5 billion national development plan

Bolivian President Evo Morales announced a 48.57 billion dollar national development plan. President Morales said the plan will be funded through national and foreign resources, aid from international cooperation and lines of credit with regional and international development banks.  Over 60% of the investments will be channelled to three priority areas: the hydrocarbon sector, infrastructure […]

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31 December 2015
Santiago del Chile-Director Romeo Castellucci at the STGOaMIL Festival

Santiago del Chile once again hosts the renowned STGOaMIL theatre festival with performances by some of the most important companies in the world. The Italian Cultural Institute and Embassy of Italy in Chile will offer famous actor and director Romeo Castellucci (Societa Raffaello Sanzio) as Italy’s illustrious representative at the festival, who will be performing […]

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22 December 2015
DEI – Argentina: Macri government presents first package of economic measures

Argentina’s Minister for the Economy and Finance, Alfonso Prat Gay, has presented the Macri Government’s first package of measures to “normalise the economy and kick-start growth”. The measures, which are part of the government’s wider goal of achieving “zero poverty”, include a relaxation of currency and customs rules. Read more, in Italian.

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22 December 2015
Brazil – Sao Paolo hosts “Short film day” 2015

Short Film Day 2015, which features some of the best Italian short films produced over the year, is being hosted by Sao Paolo. The event, on 21 December at the Italian Cultural Institute, will feature seven films: “L’attesa del maggio” by Simone Massi, “La salita” by Francesca Barison, “Eternit” by Giovanni Aloi, “Lo so che […]

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21 December 2015
Italy-Chile “Divina proporzione”

“Divina Proporzione: il Rinascimento italiano dal punto di vista cileno contemporaneo” is the title of an exhibition organised by the Italian Cultural Institute in Santiago in collaboration with our Embassy in Chile. Curated by Victoria Jime’nez, the exhibition will feature the work of artists Carlos Vidal Carvacho and Sebastian Martinez Fadic and will run from […]

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18 December 2015
Italy-Brazil – Bilateral work group on investments speeds ahead

The efforts of the Italo-Brazilian bilateral work group on investments are proceeding rapidly. After an initial 3 December meeting on energy, a second meeting held on the 16th was dedicated this time to analysing investment opportunities in Brazil for Italian firms in the sector of motorways and airports. The group was set up within the […]

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