Author: Rafael

The jury of the 18th edition of the Carlos V European Award, granted by the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation, decided to confer the award on the Spanish politician Josep Borrell Fontelles, vice-president of the European Commission and High Representative for the Union’s Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (2019–2024), and president of the European Parliament (2004–2007), “for his career, defence of peace, democracy, and European values, and his contribution to European integration and the advancement of the European Union’s external action, contributing to strengthening the Union’s role and leadership in the world during particularly delicate times”.

The doctoral thesis Pintura, comercio e intercambio cultural entre Sevilla y Nueva España (1620–1640), by Dr. Ester Prieto Ustio, has been awarded the 9th Research Prize to Ibero-American Doctoral Theses, organised by the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation. This study offers an in-depth understanding of the cultural and artistic exchanges between Spain and New Spain, highlighting the significance of transatlantic trade in the 17th century.

With the aim of exploring the links between technological changes and international relations, the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation, the University of Extremadura, and the Research Centre for Ibero-American Studies of Rey Juan Carlos University have organised the 7th International Congress on Relations between Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe. This year’s edition, entitled “Digitalisation, Artificial Intelligence, and International Relations”, will take place on 1 April at the Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe.

More than sixty judges, notaries, and registrars from Spain and Ibero-America gathered on 11 and 12 March at the Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe for the third edition of the course on “Ibero-American and European Agricultural and Livestock Law”, organised by the European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation and the General Council of the Judiciary under the agreement signed between both institutions.