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America Latina e Caraibi

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23 October 2014
Italy-Argentina – Grasso launches youth “think-tank” – Bicultural project, ceremony at Baires “Palazzo Italia”

“Italy must go back to believing strongly in the value of its cultural, literary, artistic and scientific legacy, which can be a driver” in regaining the role it deserves, asserted President of the Senate Pietro Grasso as he launched a new “Italo-Argentine think-tank” during a meeting at the Italian Cultural Institute. Present also was Italian […]

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23 October 2014
Montevideo – Italian Language Week in grand style

The 2014 edition of Italian Language Week in Uruguay offers a vast array of events, beginning with the hypothetical reconstruction of a voyage from Italy to the Americas presented by Sicilian actor Salvatore Motta and Italian-Swiss actor Mathias Britos in a show entitled “Quadri”. Present at the opening event will be the Italian and Swiss […]

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22 October 2014
Buenos Aires – “Identidad desaparecida” on display

The “Espacio Memoria y Derechos Humanos” in Buenos Aires will host an exhibition by artist Silvia Levenson from 21 October to 21 November entitled “Identidad desaparecida”. The show consists of a series of sculptures, installations and photos alluding to the absence of bodies that instead exist through objects, clothes and toys that have remained frozen […]

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15 October 2014
Italy-Chile – “Fiesta de los Idiomas” will showcase the Italian language

The 9th edition of the “Fiesta de los Idiomas” will take place in Providencia, in the metropolitan region of Santiago, on 25 October 2014. The event will give 10 countries a chance to showcase their culture and language, with half-hour lessons in German, Portuguese, French, Spanish, Catalan, Galitian, Basque, Hebrew, English, Italian, Japanese and Russian. […]

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14 October 2014
Uruguay – Italian architecture in the spotlight in Montevideo

Italian architecture in the spotlight in Montevideo, with the presentation of a photography book entitled “Divino Salvo”, edited by Alejandra Dixon and Anibal Andrade. The book features Palazzo Salvo, an iconic building in Montevideo designed by Milanese architect Mario Palanti. The book was published through a crowd-funding initiative to which the Italian Cultural Institute of […]

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14 October 2014
Italia-Argentina – A Buenos Aires la conferenza “Umbria mistica” (in translation)

The Umbrian Centre in Buenos Aires is celebrating its 30th anniversary with a conference on “Umbria Mistica”, an exploration of the region’s religious tradition organised in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute. The conference, which will be held on 14 October, will also provide an opportunity to celebrate the 10th anniversary of “L’Ombelico del Mondo”, […]

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14 October 2014
Business – Mexico meets Italy

Business opportunities in Italy for Mexican entrepreneurs. That was the topic of a conference organised by our Embassy in Mexico City in collaboration with PWC Mexico. The goal is to promote inward investment to Italy. About 50 Mexican business people were invited to the event, opened by the Italian Ambassador in Mexico, Alessandro Busacca. Speakers […]

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9 October 2014
Montevideo: Italian contemporary theatre

The Italian Cultural Institute of Montevideo invited Italian actor, playwright and theatrical director Marco Baliani to participate in a series of ad hoc initiatives, which included the staging of his famous monologue “Kohlhaas” at the Solis Theatre, followed the next day by his participation in an encounter during which he discussed his career as an […]

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7 October 2014
“Bahia Blanca: reading marathon for Italian Language in the World Week

The first reading marathon in Italian, entitled “Asino chi non legge” (He who doesn’t read is a dunce) was co-organised by our diplomatic network in Argentina for the Italian Language in the World Week. The idea was originated by Oberdan Cesanelli and has been exported to Argentina this year by the Il David association, Comites […]

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6 October 2014
‎Quito – Italy supports restoration of convent complex

Italy once again earned recognition for its contribution to the project for the restoration and upgrade of the San Francisco convent complex in Quito. The Ecuadoran capital recently hosted a ceremony during which the most important of the interventions already completed were illustrated along with a complete management plan for the complex, the most important […]

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2 October 2014
Buenos Aires: ‘Meraviglie dalle Marche’ in mostra (in translation)

Cinque secoli di pittura, dal primo Rinascimento all’Ottocento, per ripercorrere la storia delle Marche. E’ stata inaugurata nei giorni scorsi a Buenos Aires la seconda edizione della mostra “Meraviglie dalle Marche”, un evento realizzato con la collaborazione dell’ambasciata italiana. L’esposizione, attraverso 36 tele di artisti del calibro di Tiziano, Lorenzo Lotto, Perugino, Filippo Bellini, Tintoretto, […]

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2 October 2014
Dei/Sole 24 Ore – Brazil: strategic investment for Telecom

The tender for Brazil’s 4th generation broadband frequencies has been concluded. TIM Brasil, controlled by Telecom Italia, won one of the 3 lots for national 4G coverage with a bid of 1.947 reais (630 million euros). The Italian group will be required to pay the Brazilian Government just 0.99% more than the asking price. Telecom […]

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