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...
Mar 30, 2016 | Brazil, LAC and the World, South America
by Marília Arantes Moreira, Research Student, Institute of Latin American Studies I recently met up with Brazilian historian Luiz Felipe de Alencastro in Paris to discuss his latest article, “The Ethiopic Ocean – History and Historiography 1600−1975”, published...
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...
Sep 29, 2015 | Dominican Republic, LAC and the World, Latin America
by José R. Sánchez-Fung, Assistant Professor in Economics at University of Nottingham China (Ningbo) and Associate Fellow of ILAS I am currently a full-time member of the economics faculty at the University of Nottingham’s Business School in Ningbo, China. I moved to...
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