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Canning House was joined by Gustavo Mohar, Founder and Director General of Grupo Atalya, for a webinar that looked at the first 100 days of AMLO's presidency.

Latin America is undergoing an unprecedented time of change. New governments in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico are formulating reform programmes of different varieties but all aim to make their countries more prosperous and economically stable. The UK Government is working closely with governments in each country delivering programmes designed to open markets and generate opportunities.

Canning House is delighted to be supporting Shaping Horizons 2019, the first international summit and action programme on science, policy and innovation for a changing world, gathering 150 young leaders from across the UK and Latin America to engage with senior world leaders and ignite change.

On Monday 11 February Canning House, in collaboration with the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Latin America, invited Members of the Commons and Lords and the general public to listen to a panel discussion about the crisis in Venezuela.

Earlier today, Canning House had the pleasure of meeting with Daniel Quintero, former Vice Minister of Digital Economy of Colombia and a mayoral candidate for the city of Medellín. Mr Quintero is in London as part of his Innovation Tour – aimed at identifying creative solutions for cities.

Cristina Cortes, CEO of Canning House, was delighted to participate in the fourth UK-Brazil Conversa in São Paulo from 1-2 February 2019.

Conversa is a forum for discussions between Brazilian and British businesspeople, policymakers, educationists and others, to explore how to make more of the relations and contacts between Brazil and the UK.