... Ibero-America in a Globalizing World: History and Modernity" held at St. Petersburg State University to present its report "
Russia-Mexico Relations: Traditional Basics and Imperatives for Renovation
" produced by Director of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies Vladimir Davydov and Ambassador Valery Morozov, both RIAC experts, who familiarized the audience with the key points of the paper.
Dr. Davydov focused on the report's practical aspects, the staple of all RIAC's analytical materials,...
... Colombia, where drug trafficking is a serious challenge). Another threat comes from across the ocean from African countries, primarily Guinea-Bissau, which has been actively involved in drug trafficking as part of the global route to deliver cocaine from Latin America to the European Union.
As for the engagement of the Brazilian Navy in international operations, the best-known incidents include the fleet’s role in securing Brazil’s mission to Haiti and participation of Niterói-class ...
Russia and China on the Latin American Arms Market
Argentina: Fighting on the Outskirts
The fledgling military-technical cooperation between Russia and Argentina was the subject of a recent
article
. The only recent contracts between the two parties are the delivery of two ...
This is the main question in the wake of the 8th EU-LAC summit held in Brussels on June 10-12, 2015. It is worth recalling that the first bi-regional meeting of the heads of state and government of Latin America and the Caribbean with their counterparts from the European Union was held in Rio de Janeiro in 1999. These regional summits take place every two years in order to review transcontinental cooperation and map out plans for the future. After ...
With the arrival of 21st century, the Internet has become a key factor in global development, although Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is often seen as one of the poorest and socially insecure regions, largely bypassed by global technological trends. However, LAC has is playing a dynamic role in the virtual space, as university-based advanced technologies ...
Russia and China in the Brazilian Arms Market
In recent years, Latin American countries have drastically altered their military doctrines, most of them now willing to significantly diversify their military hardware suppliers and drop their absolute dependence on the United States and Europe. Their military budgets ...
Russia and China in the Latin American Arms Market. Venezuela, Cuba, Nicaragua
At Commission on Military-Technical Cooperation (MTC) session with Foreign States on January 27, 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin encouraged those present to seek out new markets, in particular ...
... Makhmutov and Ambassador Valery Morozov, a RIAC expert, took part in the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum to present RIAC's report "
Russia-Mexico Relations: Traditional Basics and Imperatives for Renovation
" at the session on Russia's relations with Latin America. The event was attended by heads of Latin American missions including those from the Pacific Alliance, as well as members of the Krasnoyarsk Area administration, business community and civil society engaged in promotion of Russia's interests ...
On February 26, 2015, Ambassador Valery Morozov, a RIAC Expert, visited the Siberian Federal University as part of the cooperation program between the two institutions to deliver a lecture on the current role of Latin America, prospects for its cooperation with Russia, political and economic specifics of Latin American countries, as well as their relations with the United States, EU and China with the focus on the rise of new regional integration associations....
The Pacific Alliance project has attracted close attention from governments and economists worldwide. Assessments of its orientation and activities are quite ambiguous. A number of politicians and public figures in Latin America (LA) have taken the news of the establishment of the Alliance with caution, seeing it as an avenue for the promotion of US policy in the region and an antagonist to Mercosur. How correct are these views? What are the opportunities for the ...
