Latin Americans Respond to the Challenge
As was the case with the American continent before 1492, today, Latin American universities are largely terra incognita for most of the world. Known mostly to scholars from the same continent and a slim number ...
Speech by Vladimir Davydov
Speech by Vladimir Davydov, Director of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) Institute of Latin America, at the Roundtable “Russia and Pacific Alliance: Opportunities for Expanded Cooperation”, RIAC, September 30, 2014.
Russian-Mexican Relations: the Imperatives of Development at the Present Stage
Dear Igor Sergeevich,
Your Excellency ...
Speech at the Roundtable “Russia and Pacific Alliance: Opportunities for Expanded Cooperation”
Speech by Alexander Shchetinin, Director of the Latin American Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, at the Roundtable “Russia and Pacific Alliance: Opportunities for Expanded Cooperation”, RIAC, September 30, 2014.
Dear Igor Sergeevich,
Your Excellency and my friend Ruben Beltran ...
... 125 years of bilateral relations. So, I think if we look at the panorama of what is in the future, we are on the way of strengthening our relations right now. Mexico, for instance, is the 14th exporter in the world. One third of all the exports from Latin America come from Mexico. So there is visible obstacle why the economic situation should not be improving in that direction. In the political area, we have a great number of coincidences in the multilateral and national dialogues. So, I guess, what ...
... roundtable "Russia and Pacific Alliance: Opportunities for Expanded Cooperation" which focused on the structure and goals of the Alliance, as well as on the integration processes.
The event was attended by Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov; Latin American ambassadors in Moscow, among them Ruben Beltran of Mexico, Gustavo Otero of Peru, Jaime Giron of Colombia and Juan Eduardo Eguiguren of Chile; Director of RAS Institute for Latin American Studies Vladimir Davydov; Valery Morozov, Russian ...
Time to Return. Competitors Never Sleep
Due to the Ukrainian crisis and the ensuing economic and trade conflict between Russia and the West, Moscow’s interests in Latin America go beyond the scope of geopolitics and ideology to include the search for new suppliers of food products supplied from this region. These developments offer hope for the establishment of effective and pragmatic mechanisms for strategic cooperation ...
The reaction across Latin America to events in Ukraine and Crimea was expected, since most countries in the region consider the principle of territorial integrity a kind of “sacred cow.” Over two centuries this principle has become deeply rooted in both the political ...
Vladimir Putin’s Latin American tour last July deserved the large amount of attention it received, among other things because of the last-minute change of itinerary to include a stop over in Nicaragua. The mystery of the schedule alteration was only later solved by the ...
The Latin American Labor Panorama
Demographically, Latin America is the world’s youngest region, and can therefore boast the largest population of working age. It is no coincidence the continent is flooded with investments, particularly from China....
Interview with Vladimir Davydov
Interview
A wave of anti-government protests has swept Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, over the last few months. We asked Director of the RAS Institute of Latin America and RIAC member
Vladimir Davydov
to share his insights on the situation in the country.
Venezuela is facing a critical phase of development, and political antagonism in the country has intensified. The economy has proved incapable of meeting ...