Italy promotes productions in Bolivia with historical film

A good way to promote Italian productions in Bolivia today is the feature film Enrico Piaggio: An Italian Dream (2019), said the European nation's ambassador, Fabio Messineo, in statements to Prensa Latina.
 
“On occasion of Made in Italy Day, in honor of Italian productions, we selected director Umberto Marino’s film for screening at the Cinemateca Foundation in La Paz,” the diplomat told this news agency.

He stated that the Piaggio Vespa (Wasp) motorcycle is part of the film’s tribute to industrialist Enrico Piaggio, creator of the vehicle.

“The Vespa is one of the best-known Italian products in the world, with historical sales exceeding 20 million worldwide, as it is a very practical and comfortable means of transportation for both men and women,” he described.

He reiterated that, for this reason, they chose it as a symbol for Made in Italy Day.

Regarding the collaboration and exchange between Italy and Bolivia, the ambassador expressed optimism regarding the good diplomatic relations that have existed for 161 years.

“Italy had only been unified as a state for three years (1861) when it began diplomatic ties with Bolivia (1864),” Messineo stated, “so our ties have a very long history.”

The ambassador added that in this year of Bolivia’s Bicentennial (August 6), the Italian representation remains committed to “our brothers” from the Andean Amazonian country and is ready to celebrate this event.

For her part, the president of the Bolivian-Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Giovanna Gismondi, told Prensa Latina that the institution was created with the goal of promoting synergies in this area between the two countries.

“Bolivia has great potential,” the president explained, “especially with raw materials, and Italy has extensive know-how and a lot of machinery that can contribute to boosting Bolivian production.”

She described existing contacts and work with cooperatives, some of which include 400 families, as is the case with quinoa in Oruro and beyond, where they have plantations, and also in the surrounding area of ​​Uyuni, near the salt flats.

She commented that the best quinoa in the world is harvested in that territory and that producers already have machinery, work in their villages, and want more Italian equipment to produce pasta from the mixture with this raw material.

He reported that the chamber also plans to promote other products such as Taiwanese guava, which in South America only exists in Bolivia and has great prospects for export.

“As a fruit, it’s perishable, but as an additive to foods such as jam and any other similar products, it offers great prospects,” he concluded.