Canning House: Were The  UK Meets Latin America and Iberia

Bolivian Social Movements And The Morales Government: A Talk By Carlos Revilla

How have Bolivian social movements been affected by the current government? Carlos Revilla, sociologist and popular educator from Bolivia, will talk about his experience in the grassroots organisations of El Alto, which emerged during the neoliberal era of the 1990s and now face new challenges under the government of Evo Morales. Carlos has contributed to the book, Remapping Bolivia: Resources, Territory, and Indigeneity in a Plurinational State. This is a joint event with the Bolivia Information Forum. More info and book here.

Thursday 12 September | 18:00 | 15 Belgrave Square | FREE EVENT

Can measuring peace improve our understanding of internal conflicts?

This is a joint event with the Institute for Economics and Peace, and Prospect Magazine. Our panel will discuss the relationship between peace and prosperity, and how we can gain a better understanding of the cultural, economic and political factors that drive peacefulness.

Our speakers include: Steve Killelea AM, Founder & Executive Chairman, Institute for Economics and Peace; Anabel Hernandez, Mexican investigative journalist and winner of the 2012 Golden Pen of Freedom Prize; Sir Mark Moody Stuart, Vice President of Canning House; and Jonathan Derbyshire, Managing Editor, Prospect magazine (chair). More info and book here.

Monday 16 September | 18:30 | 23 Savile Row, London |£10.50 non-members / £5.50 members

Symposium: The Urgency Of Latin American Theatre

CASA Theatre Festival, Out of the Wing's at King's College London and the Institute for the Study of the Americas, with the support of Canning House, present 'The Urgency of Latin American Theatre.'

A detailed programme with speaker biographies is available here.

More info and book here.

Friday 27 September | 10am - 6pm | Room G22/26, Senate House, London WC1E 7HU | Free registration

Pablo Neruda Forty Years On: A Talk By Adam Feinstein & Raul Zurita

In this talk to mark the fortieth anniversary of Pablo Neruda's death, Adam Feinstein, Neruda's acclaimed UK biographer, will explain why the extraordinary life and work of the great Chilean Nobel Prize-winning poet remain as relevant today as they ever were. Adam will be accompanied by Chilean Poet Raul Zurita in reading Neruda's poems. Prints by Brazilian artist, Ana Maria Pacheco, will also be on display. More info and book here.

Monday 30 September | 18:30 | Instituto Cervantes, London SW1W 9AN | £10 / Free for members

More Than Revenue: Taxation As A Development Tool

We are delighted to announce that the 

Inter-American Development Bank will be presenting their flagship publication on taxation at Canning House on 1st October. The book is entitled, 'More than Revenue: Taxation as a Development Tool', and will be presented by the book's editors, Ana Corbacho and Vicente Fretes. More info and book here. 

Click here to view the executive summary and publication page. 

Tuesday 1 October | 18:30 | 15 Belgrave Square | £10 / Free for members

Argentina's Legislative Elections: Post-Results Analysis

An expert panel to analyse the results of Argentina's legislative elections, which are due to be held on 27 October, and discuss the domestic and international implications of the results.

Our panel will include: Dr Francisco Panizza, Lecturer in Latin American Politics at LSE; Fiona Mackie, Senior Editor/Economist at the Economist Intelligence Unit; and Dr Christopher Wylde, Assistant Professor in International Relations at Richmond, the American University in London. Dr John Hughes, former UK Ambassador to Argentina, and Chairman of Canning House will be chairing the evening's discussion. More info and book here.

Thursday 31 October | 18:30 | Location TBC | £10 non-members / £8 members

 Chile's Presidential Elections 2013: Analysing The Result

Canning House is putting on an event to analyse the results of this year's Chilean Presidential election. Our expert panel will discuss the domestic and international implications of the results. Our speakers will include: Gabriel Palma, Senior Lecturer in the economic development of Latin America at the University of Cambridge; and Jimena Blanco, Senior Latin America Analyst at Maplecroft.. The event will be chaired by Rob Capurro, CEO at Canning House. More info and book.

Thursday 21 November | 18:30 | Location TBC | £10 non-members / £8 members

Canning House Autumn Brazilian Portuguese Courses

Canning House 10 week Brazilian Portuguese Language Courses will begin in the last week of September. Please see this calendar to see when your course runs. To enrol on a course please go to the enrol section of our website.

Click here for more information on all of the courses available and for the dates of the assessment evenings.

'Great books of the hispanic and luso-brazilian worlds'

Canning House and King's College London present 'Great Books of the Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Worlds'. 

Academic staff from the Department of Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies at KCL invite you to join us in reading some of the great books from the Spanish and Portuguese speaking worlds.

More info and enrol here.

Course runs from 2 October to 4 December and costs £100 for members / £120 for non-members

PLUS... On 28 November John Blashford-Snell will be giving a presentation on his 'Expedition to Wildest Peru' which is due to take place in 2014.

Details here.

OTHER NEWS...

The Law Society have events coming up on Resolving Disputes: A comparison between England and Colombia, and Exploring UK - Mexico legal business.

Adriano Adewale & Benjamim Taubkin are embarking on a UK tour from 26 September to 10 October. Click here for details.

Check out our 'Other Events' section for more on all things Latin America and Iberia in the UK.