Jun 18, 2018 | Caribbean, Cuba, Latin America & Caribbean
By Manuel Ramírez Chicharro (Comparative Studies of Caribbean and Atlantic World (GECCMA) / Former Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Latin American Studies – University of London) The following contribution is based on a talk given by Dr. Manuel Ramírez...
Jul 20, 2016 | Caribbean, Central America, LAC and the World, Latin America, Latin America & Caribbean, South America
by Dr. Gibrán Cruz-Martínez, Visiting Fellow at the Institute of Latin American Studies The world’s population is ageing, and Latin America and the Caribbean is no exception. By 2030, the number of older people – those over 60 – is expected to grow by 56 per cent...
Apr 26, 2016 | Caribbean, Guyana, LAC and the World, South America, Trinidad & Tobago
by Dr Maria del Pilar Kaladeen, Associate Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies In partnership with Gitanjali Pyndiah (PhD candidate, Goldsmiths) and Institute of Commonwealth Studies colleagues Dr Catherine Gilbert and Dr Kavyta Raghunandan, from 3 to 5...
Feb 24, 2016 | Caribbean, Colombia, Education, LAC and the World, Latin America, Latin America & Caribbean
by Jose Luis Guevara Salamanca, Research Student, Institute of Latin American Studies I am writing this post one year after arriving in London. Having finished my undergraduate studies in 2005 in Colombia I began looking for a place abroad where I could develop my...
Dec 18, 2015 | Amazonas, Caribbean, Latin America, Latin America & Caribbean, South America, Venezuela
by Dr Amy Penfield, ILAS Stipendiary Fellow 2015-16 On the morning of Monday 7th December, I was greeted with news reports of the Venezuelan ruling socialist party’s (PSUV) landslide defeat in the previous day’s parliamentary elections, accompanied by images of...
May 12, 2015 | Caribbean, Cuba, Latin America, Latin America & Caribbean
by Dr Luis Pérez-Simon, Co-Director, Centre for Integrated Caribbean Research, Institute of Latin American Studies It is a historical fact that Cuba has always punched above its weight in matters economic, political and cultural, especially starting in the latter part...
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