- Fundación Italia
The Fundación Italia is a cultural institution from
Rosario ,Argentina . It was created in 1985 to "promote arts, science and technique", by people who boast a "cultural bond with Italy". Although most of the people that work in the organization areItalian Argentines , the institution's activities are far from being restricted to Italian culture, being orientated to widen Rosario's cultural life.The Fundacion Italia has sponsored successful musical interpretations in Rosario, such as
Requiem , byGiuseppe Verdi ,Madame Butterfly byGiacomo Puccini andNapoli in Concerto , aNeapolitan music compilation.In 2007 begun a seminary of classic literature, the first one being
Homer , that will be followed byVirgil in 2008 andDante Alighieri in 2009.The institution has invited some of the most prominent personalities of the country to give lectures about the situation of Argentina and its future. Among the countless politicians, economists, historians, intellectuals and lawyers are the following:
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Tomas Abraham , philosopher and sociologist.
*Giorgio Alberti , licenced in Politics and Sociology.
*Jorge Asis , journalist.
*Hermes Binner , governor of theprovince of Santa Fe .
*Silvia Bleichmar , psychoanalist.
*Miguel Angel Broda , economist.
*Mario Bunge , physician, mathematician and philosopher.
*Domingo Cavallo , former Minister of Economy.
*Eduardo Duhalde , former president of Argentina.
*Jose Luis Espert , economist.
*Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera , former president of Uruguay.
*Ricardo Lagos , former president of Chile.
*Miguel Lifschitz , mayor of Rosario.
*Felix Luna , historian.
*Pacho O'Donnell , historian.
*Alfonso Prat Gay , former president of the Argentine Central Bank.
*Cristiano Ratazzi , president ofFiat in Argentina.
*Carlos Alberto Reutemann , former governor of theprovince of Santa Fe
*Felipe Rovera , former president ofGeneral Motors in Argentina.
*Alejandro Rozitchner , writer and philosopher.
*Beatriz Sarlo , writer.
*Fernando Solanas , Argentine filmmaker.
*Eugenio Raul Zaffaroni , minister of the Supreme Court in Argentina.External links
* [http://www.fundacionitalia.com.ar/inicial/Index.html Fundacion Italia's official website]
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