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Italian Presence in Cuba’s Commercial Sector
Italy is Cuba’s seventh trade partner, the second in Europe after Spain and the fourth in terms of joint ventures present in the largest of the Antilles. 4
Italian Tourists Return to Dominican Republic Last year, the arrival of Italians to the Dominican Republic increased by 5% as compared to 2010 and thus overcame a downward tendency that began in 2007. 4
Italian Ambassador to Cuba Mr. Marco Baccin speaking at the 11th round table on Italian Emigration and Presence in Cuba.
Italian Culture Week in Cuba. All the events of the Week…were accompanied by the profuse attendance by a very qualified and interested public, mainly comprising young people. 12
Battista Antonelli’s Imprint on Caribbean Military Architecture 20
Some Caribbean Novelties at FITUR 2012 FITUR is the sector’s most important fair for Spain and for a great deal of the world because it is the first of the year with an international character. 28
New Air Connections in the Caribbean 22 Barbados: Italy, Second Largest Market from Continental Europe in 2011 26
Cuba-Italy Scientific Collaboration Consolidates TTC interviews Professor Pasquale Bartolomeo Berloco, president of the 4th Italy-Cuba International Surgical Sciences Congress. The Surgery Congresses have been consolidated by the scientific cultural collaboration that began more than five years ago. 2