The page presents some interesting news about Latin America, EU and EU-LAC relations, or any other themes of interest. Those articles have not been written by a member of IRELAC.
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Second Semester 2018
News per country
La crisis de la izquierda en América Latina (general article)
Brazil’s Presidential Elections
- Brazil election: Five things you need to know
- Brazil elections: Hate crimes reported include a murder and a swastika attack
- Is Brazil candidate Jair Bolsonaro the Trump of the Tropics?
- Jair Bolsonaro: Five things about Brazil’s far-right front-runner
- El ‘Brasil primero’ de Bolsonaro genera incertidumbre también en la política exterior
- Information on Brazilian vote and first developments
Nicaragua
- Nicaragua’s humanitarian crisis won’t just affect the whole of Central America – once again, it will come to define US foreign policy
- Why speaking out in Nicaragua is getting tough
- La nueva revolucion de Nicaragua
Cuba
Honduras
Migrant crisis in Latin America
- La caravana migrante, desde dentro
- Una caravana de 2.500 migrantes hondureños se dirige a Estados Unidos
Violence, Corruption and Gender issues
Environment
- BNEF-Clean-Energy-Investment-Trends-Q3-2018
- Cambio climático
- ¿Conservar o convertir? La pregunta sobre el clima que nos debemos plantear
- ‘Global deal’ urgently needed to save nature, says WWF as it reveals wildlife has declined 60% in 40 years | The Independent
- Refugiados climaticos
Education
- Best Universities in the World – TimesHigherEducation
According to Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2019, four Belgian universities rank among the world’s Top 200 best universities. KU Leuven ranks 48, UCLouvain 128, while UGent ranks 143 and ULB 175. Top 5 universities are Oxford University (UK), Cambridge University (UK), Stanford University (USA), Massachusetts Institute of Technology – MIT (USA) and California Institute of Technology – Caltech (USA).
First Semester 2018
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