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On Tuesday 25 March Canning House hosted Marcela Chapa and Manuel Maldonado to discuss the ongoing work of the Strategic Economics Alliance (SEA), which is part of UCL’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose.

On Tuesday 25 February Canning House hosted the former President of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso Mendoza, for a talk entitled ‘Governance in the Americas amid global polarisation’.

The former President opened the event by explaining that Latin America remains in a precarious situation with living conditions not significantly improving, and violence at alarming levels. He expressed worry for the public institutions and Western Democracy in Latin America.

On Thursday 13 February the inaugural Canning House Latin American Academic Forum was held in London. The forum was chaired by Laurence Whitehead and featured presentations of recent work from Latin American academia. This space provided an opportunity for Latin Americanists from across academic disciplines to connect and share learnings and work with each other.

On the morning of 11 February, Canning House welcomed the Minister for Trade Policy and Economic Security, the Rt Hon Douglas Alexander MP, for a Business Breakfast. This provided our corporate members and network with an opportunity to speak directly to the Minister regarding trading relations with Latin America.

On Thursday 6 February, Canning House hosted a roundtable with Professor Anand Menon that provided an audit of the current state of the United Kingdom. Professor Menon is a foreign policy academic at King's College London and the Director of the academic think tank UK in a Changing Europe (UKICE).

Canning House is saddened to hear of the passing of Giles Paxman, former British Ambassador to Mexico and Spain, and trustee of Canning House. Our thoughts and best wishes are with his family.