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Analysis of Colombia vote
Dr. Annette Idler published her analysis on the Colombian "No" vote in The Washington Post
Policy Brief: Securing Peace in the Borderlands: A Post-Agreement Strategy for Colombia
Dr Annette Idler has recently published the policy brief 'Securing Peace in the Borderlands: A Post-Agreement Strategy for Colombia' which is available in English and Spanish.
Successful alumni event in Lima
Our Director, Diego Sánchez-Ancochea, participated in an alumni event in Lima on Friday 9 September.
LAC alumnus appointed Minister of Finance of Peru
We are pleased to announce that Alfredo Thor
New DPhil in Area Studies Launched at Oxford
The School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies (SIAS) is proud to announce the launch of a new and distinctive DPhil in Area Studies to complement its existing world-renowned master’s programmes. Applications for our doctorate will be accepted from September 1st 2016, for entry in October 2017.
Workshop "Forty years on from Operation Condor: Comparative Experiences in the Southern Cone and Brazil:” Final Report now available in English, Spanish, French and Portuguese
On June 24, 2016, Dr Francesca Lessa organised together with the Observatorio Luz Ibarburu a closed-session workshop, held at the Montevideo’s Municipal Government in Montevideo, Uruguay, with the participation of human rights activists, judges, prosecutors, lawyers, and members of national minis
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DPhil student wins thesis prize at the Museum of Memory in Santiago, Chile
Hugo Rojas Corral, an Oxford DPhil student, was awarded a prize for his thesis “The Veil of Oblivion: Explaining indifference to past human rights violations in Chile” by the Museum of Memory in Santiago,
Operation Condor, 40 Years Later: a three-day event by the Latin American Centre and the Observatorio Luz Ibarburu
The Latin American Centre of the University of Oxford and the Observatorio Luz Ibarburu (OLI), together with Montevideo’s Municipal Government and the Human Rights Secretariat of the Central Trade Union PIT-CNT, held a three-day event in Montevideo (Uruguay) from June 22 to 24, 2016, within the f
Horizontes 2016
We are pleased to announce the publication of our 2016 edition of Horizontes, the University of Oxford Latin American Centre newsletter.
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James McGuire Analyzes Conditional Cash Transfers in Bolivia
On 5th November 2013, Professor James McGuire, chair of the Department of Government at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, analyzed the conditional cash transfer programmes introduced by the government of Evo Morales since 2006.
LAC presentation in Harvard at Workshop on the History of Electoral Fraud and Democratization
Dr Eduardo Posada-Carbó visited Harvard University on 1-2 November, where he presented a paper at the workshop ‘The Causes and Consequences of Electoral Fraud: Lessons from the Histo
Paulo Visentini named Rio Branco Professor for 2014
Professor Paulo Visentini (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre) has been selected as the Rio Branco Visiting Professor of International Relations at the University of Oxford.
Mario Tello, CAF Professor 2013, Lectures on Social Inclusion in Peru
On 29th October 2013, Dr Mario Tello, professor of economics at the Catholic University of Peru, and also the Oxford-CAF Visiting Fellow in Latin American Economics for Michaelmas Term 2013, gave a lecture on social inclusion during Peru's recent economic boom.
Horizontes Newsletter No 1, Summer 2013
Dear friends, Queridos amigos, We are pleased to announce the launch of the first edition of Horizontes, the University of Oxford Latin American Centre newsletter
LAC Debates Remittances to Latin America
On 22nd October 2013, the LAC held a roundtable discussion on the economic and political effects of remittances to Latin America.
Francesca Lessa’s participation in Uni Radio programme of the Universidad de la República, Uruguay
On October 1, 2013, Dr Lessa was a guest on the radio programme “Te Digo la Otra” run by students of political science of the Universidad de la República.
Marie Arana at the Latin American Centre
Students and members of staff listen to the Washington-based writer Marie Arana, who gave a talk on Simon Bolívar and the wars of independence in Spanish America at the LAC on 18 October. The author of various books, including the novel Cellophane, and a memoir about her bicultural chi
The Chilean coup of 1973, forty years on
On 15th October 2013, the LAC held a roundtable discussion on the legacy of the Chilean military coup of 11th September 1973, which deposed the elected Socialist president Dr Salvador Allende and led to 17 years of military dictatorship by General Augusto Pinochet.
Timothy Power Visits Institute of Latin America, Moscow
On 4th October 2013, Dr Timothy Power (Director, Brazilian Studies Programme) visited the Institute of Latin America (ILA) of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. Dr Power gave a lecture on Brazil’s street protests of 2013 to an audience of about 30 ILA faculty and students.