Events
Canning Paper Briefing: Venezuela - Crisis Management and the Next 2 Years
- SCI Belgrave Square, 14/15 Belgrave Square, London
The next Canning Paper will focus on the predicament currently affecting Venezuela, taking an in-depth analysis of the country’s economy, and political and social situation. The paper will also consider potential scenarios and implications such as how the policies currently being pursued by the radical leftist PSUV faction will pan out; factional infighting within the PSUV; and opposition winning power –either as a result of a military coup or by electoral means in the December 2018 election.
Events
Generation of '92: El Salvador’s Road Map to Sustained Peace
- SCI Belgrave Square, 14/15 Belgrave Square, London
Twenty-five years ago, with the signing of the Peace Accords, El Salvador ended a protracted internal conflict and set in place the institutional architecture needed to build a sustained peace. To reflect on the legacy of the Agreements, and looking ahead to the future, a panel of five young Salvadorans will share their visions for the way forward.
Seminar
Myths and Latin American Reality in Post-Truth Times - Conversation with Elmer Mendoza and Peter Watt
- Institute of Latin American Studies, Malet Street, London
The new series Thinking Ibero-America invites personalities from this vast cultural region and British experts to share and discuss their visions. The first instalment brings together Mexican novelist Èlmer Mendoza, a representative of the so-called narco-literature, and Dr. Peter Watt, a Hispanist from the University of Sheffield who specialises in human rights and organised crime.
Events
Chapecoense Air Disaster: UK Official Fundraiser
- SCI Belgrave Square, 14/15 Belgrave Square, London
Latin American Footballers’ Alliance (LAFA, www.latamfa.com ) & Canning House are hosting the following fundraising reception for Brazilian football team Associação Chapecoense de Futebol. The plane carrying the team tragically crashed on November 28th 2016 as they travelled to play the first leg of the 2016 Copa Sudamericana final against Colombia’s Atletico Nacional, in Medellín.