Latin America International Affairs Programme

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. »|

Highlights

2010 School on Cold War History, Rio de Janeiro, 29 Sep - 1 Oct 2010 |The Latin America International Affairs Programme at LSE IDEAS and the Center for International Relations at the Social Sciences and History School/CPDOC of Fundação Getulio Vargas have teamed up to organize the 2010 School on Cold War History.

 

Latin America International Affairs Programme awarded £19,000
|from LSE Alumni Annual Fund |.The Latin America International Affairs Programme has just been awarded £19,000 from the LSE Alumni Annual Fund to run a Public Events Series on International Peace and Security in Latin America next academic year (2010-2011). More information on these events will follow soon.

 

Latin America International Affairs Programme secures BA Grant.
|The Latin America International Affairs Programme at LSE IDEAS and  Centre for Documentation and Research at the Fundaçao Getulio Vargas (CPDOC-FGV) have been awarded a joint British Academy grant worth £20,000 to organise two international conferences in Rio de Janeiro and London.

 

News

• Latest Latin America Bureau Newsletter - August 2010
  Dear LAB Supporters and Friends, we are happy to send you our latest emailing on Latin America and the Caribbean...
• News Analysis - Santos’ Colombia: Winds of Change Blowing from Bogotá
  The fast and ambitious foreign affairs programme of the new president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos — which includes efforts to improve the relations with Venezuela by meeting Hugo Chavez and meeting the Ecuadorian Foreign Affairs Minister to give him the hard drive from the computer of Rafael Reyes in order to “normalise relations” with Quito— shows that new winds are blowing from the “House of Narino”.
• British Film Institute presents new South American Renaissance season
  This August, the BFI is exploring the recent renaissance of filmmaking across South America. The re-emergence of national cinemas has coincided with a tide of genuine political democracy that has swept the continent.
  Highlights of the season include Bolivia, an early example of New Argentine Cinema, which deals with the country's uneasy relationship with its South American immigrants and City of God, a sprawling, engrossing account of the rise of drug gangs in Rio.

Events

International Conference: "Brazil and the Cold War In Latin America: New Research and New Resources". |27-28 September 2010

Centre for International Relations, CPDOC - FGV,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Latin America Today|
6 December 2010, 6.30pm, Room B212

Speakers: Dr Juliana Bertazzo, Dr Jennifer Schirmer, Dr Julia Schünemann; Chair: Dr Tanya Harmer

 

Blog

• The US in Costa Rica: the price of Latin American exceptionalism?
  During the current Venezuela-Colombia spat, one particular comment by the Venezuelan president, Hugo Chavez, was particularly striking – although not necessarily for the reason he gave. During a speech commemorating Venezuela’s founder and his political hero, Simon Bolivar, Chavez highlighted the passage of 46 US warships, 200 helicopters and 7000 marines into Costa Rica since the beginning of July. Along with four bases that Panama has made available to Washington, Chavez portrayed the move as growing military pressure and potential aggression by the US against himself.
• Indigenous party prospects in Peru
  The decision by Peru’s indigenous communities to form a political party ahead of next year’s presidential election poses a number of questions. These include the prospects of such a party in Peru specifically and the relationship between social movements and political parties more generally.
• 2009, A Crisis Year: Foreign Investment in Latin America
  Since the early 1980s, foreign investment has become the main source of foreign capital for developing and least-developed countries. With the drastic reduction of bank loans, direct and portfolio investment are the most important alternatives to fund public and private needs of capital. Foreign investment is particularly important for least-developed countries and small developing countries. As a consequence, growth and development in many regions of the world depend on foreign capital, and any shortage could have detrimental consequences. Unfortunately, the economic crisis that started in 2008 seems to be contracting the total amount of FDI; particularly this seems to be the case in Latin America, as has been reflected in the latest report of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. This brief article aims to analyse this report and its implications for the region.