Latin America International Affairs

Building on LSE's combined academic strengths in the study of international history and international relations, the Latin America International Affairs Programme aims to facilitate academic dialogue, stimulate scholarly research and promote a better understanding of this fascinating region. »|

Focus

Latin America Research Seminars
|Seminars take place on Thursdays, 5:00-6:00 pm in COL. 2.01.  

The next seminar is on Thursday 9 February. It features a presentation by Carolina Boniatti Pavese titled Addressing 'Level-Linkage' on EU-Brazil Cooperation: the Case of Climate Change.

For more information and a full schedule, please see the research seminar page|.

 

News

• Dr Pettina´s Book Reviewed by Professor Rafael Rojas
  Dr. Vanni Pettinà’s last book “Cuba y EE.UU., 1933-1959. Del Compromiso Nacionalista al Conflicto (Cararata, 2011)(http://www.catarata.org/libro/mostrar/id/695), was reviewed by Professor Rafael Rojas, Director of the History Department at CIDE of Mexico City and Global Scholar at Princeton University. Rojas is actually on of the most influential scholars in the field of Latin American and Cuban Studies, with more than fifteen books on the intellectual history and the politics of Latin America, Mexico and Cuba. He has received several international prizes such as the Matías Romero award for his book Cuba mexicana: Historia de una anexión imposible (2001), the Anagrama essay prize for Tumbas sin sosiego: Revolución, disidencia y exilio del intelectual cubano (2006), and the first Isabel de Polanco Essay Award for Las repúblicas de aire: Utopía y desencanto en la revolución hispanoamericana (2009). Dr. Vanni Pettinà is LSE-IDEAS Associated Researcher and a Kluge Postdoctoral Fellow.
• Allende's Chile and the Inter-American Cold War (UNC Press)
  Dr Harmer has published her new book 'Allende's Chile and the Inter-American Cold War'. The book explores how events in Chile during the Cold War were shaped by an inter-American struggle to determine Latin America's future.
• Dr Vanni Pettina's Book Published by Catarata
  The book 'Cuba y Estados Unidos, 1933-1959.Del compromiso nacionalista al conflicto (Cuba ann the United States, 1933-1959. From Compromise to Conflict) was published by Catarata Publishers (Spain) in October 2011. In this book, Dr. Vanni Pettinà intertwines local and global long term historical dynamics in an attempt to explain the factors that produced the Cuban 1950’s political crisis and Washington opposition to the Fidel Castro’s insurrection between 1956-1959. Based on archival researches in Europe, the US and the former Soviet Union, the book represents an attempt to refresh and update the debate on a crucial historical turning-point.

Events

Book Launch and Talk: Allende's Chile and the Inter-American Cold War|  

26 October 2011, 6:30-8:00 pm, COL. 2.01
Speaker: Dr Tanya Harmer
Chair: Prof Arne Westad

 

Blog

• Is Brazil entering a new phase in foreign affairs under Dilma Rousseff?
  By Guy Burton. A year ago Dilma Rousseff took office as Brazil’s first female president. The focus of her first year was largely on domestic issues, including the introduction and extension of new and existing social programmes, tight fiscal control … Continue reading →
• Argentina: Explaining Cristina’s victory
  By Ignacio Labaqui Just as expected, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) obtained a landslide victory in the 23 October presidential elections and secured a second term in office. CFK not only won nearly 54 percent of the vote, she also … Continue reading →
• The Meaning behind Protests in Chile
  By Victor Figueroa-Clark There is an old Chilean saying that “no evil lasts a hundred years, and there’s no Christian that could stand it.” The recent protests that have spread across the country  mark the end of people’s patience with … Continue reading →