Jun 11, 2015 | Latin America, Latin America & Caribbean
by Javier Farje, Journalist, TV Presenter, Consultant, and former Editor of Latin America Bureau In 2009, on the eve of the Conference of the Parties 15 (COP 15), in Copenhagen, the World Bank published a revealing document. Entitled Low Carbon, High Growth, Latin...
May 27, 2015 | Latin America, Latin America & Caribbean
by Jo Morley, Postgraduate Student on the SAS Human Rights Consortium MA in Understanding and Securing Human Rights April 2015 brought the news that Eduardo Galeano, whose seminal book The Open Veins of Latin America established him as one of the region’s most...
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...
Mar 30, 2015 | Caribbean, Latin America, Latin America & Caribbean, South America, Venezuela
by Dr Asa Cusack, ILAS Stipendiary Fellow 2014-15 Spain’s traditional parties aim to halt the remarkable rise of Podemos by painting links to Venezuela as foreign intervention. Like many Podemos policies this is an import from Latin America. The good news is...
Mar 13, 2015 | Caribbean, Latin America, Latin America & Caribbean, Mexico
by Professor Michael Redclift, ILAS Associate Fellow Professor Michael Redclift, Emeritus Professor of International Environmental Policy in the Department of Geography at King’s College London, presents a snapshot of adaptive change on Holbox, just off Mexico’s...
Feb 15, 2015 | Caribbean, Cuba, Latin America, Latin America & Caribbean, South America, Venezuela
by Dr Asa Cusack, ILAS Stipendiary Fellow 2014-15 As the Institute of Latin American Studies prepares to host the conference Ten Years of ALBA: Progress, Problems, and Prospects on 26 February 2015, stipendiary fellow Dr Asa Cusack considers how economic and political...
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