Sep 26, 2016 | Bolivia, Latin America, Latin America & Caribbean, South America
by Elena McGrath, ILAS Stipendiary Fellow and PhD Candidate at University of Wisconsin-Madison On August 26, 2016, Bolivian deputy minister of the interior Rodolfo Illanes was found beaten to death in Panduro, Bolivia, approximately 160 kilometres southeast of La Paz....
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...
May 22, 2016 | Ecuador, Latin America, Latin America & Caribbean, South America
por Manuela Celi, Doctoranda en la Universidad Complutense-Instituto Universitario Investigación Ortega y Gasset, y Associate Fellow en ILAS Previo a la llegada de Alianza País (AP) al escenario político ecuatoriano, la crisis de representación fue un tema de análisis...
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 2, 2016 | Argentina, Brazil, Central America, Chile, Latin America, South America
by Christine Anderson (Latin America Research Librarian) and Julio Cazzasa (Special Collections Cataloguer), Senate House Library On 23 February 2016, Senate House Library will be hosting “Thinking Inside the Boxes”, a series of talks about its extensive...
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