Past events

The UK-Brazil Conversa is a dialogue between policy makers and influencers, business leaders, academics, diplomats and governments, to help build closer relations and contacts between Brazil and the UK. Conversa 3 will take place at King's College London.

The Battle of the River Plate took place on December 13, 1939, when ships from the Royal Navy’s South American Division took on the might of Germany’s Graf Spee which had been attacking British merchant ships in the South Atlantic.

Following the death of Fidel Castro on 25th November last year, this conference will look at the legacy of one of the world's most significant, but also divisive, political figures. After leading the Cuban Revolution to victory in 1959, Fidel Castro went on to become the longest serving political leader of the 20th Century before handing over to his brother, Raúl, in 2008 citing health reasons. In this time he survived over 600 CIA assassination plots. To his detractors he was viewed as a ruthless autocrat whose close links to the Soviet Union brought the world to the brink of nuclear war. To his supporters, he was a revolutionary hero who created an alternative political vision in the 20th Century and stood up to the power of Washington. Cuba remains a communist state today.

The second instalment in the 'Thinking Ibero-America' series sees two giants of the classical guitar world - John Williams and Leo Brouwer, set the world to rights in a public interview at London's favourite classical guitar venue, the Bolívar Hall.