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The European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation, the University of Extremadura (UEx), and the Ibero-American Research Centre of the Rey Juan Carlos University (CEIB-URJC) have organised the 9th International Congress on Relations between Latin America, the Caribbean and Europe, which this year is entitled “The Role of Latin America and Europe in a World at War”. The session will take place on 25 March in the Sala Capitular of the Royal Monastery of Santa María de Guadalupe. (23/3/2026)

So far, 190 people have registered to attend, both in person and online, from Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, El Salvador, Spain, the Philippines, France, Guatemala, Israel, Morocco, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, the Czech Republic and Uruguay.

The aim of this meeting of experts, professionals, analysts, academics and researchers is to examine the interaction that has taken place between the Americas and Europe over the past five centuries in greater depth, as well as to advance research into migration flows between these two regions. It will also address the challenges faced by these parts of the world and offer responses to the conflicts and challenges posed by global powers. In addition, participants will analyse the different positions adopted by countries in these two continents from the perspective of the media.

To this end, the congress will feature contributions from the lawyer and former member of the Venezuelan Senate, Antonio Ledezma; the writer Jesús Sánchez Adalid; the colonel and head of the Defence Culture area at the General Secretariat for Defence Policy, Juan Billón Laá; the analyst at the Spanish Institute for Strategic Studies, Rocío de los Reyes Ramírez; the full professor of Public International Law and International Relations at the University of Zaragoza, Yolanda Gamarra Chopo; the journalist and political analyst Esther Jaén; and the journalist and correspondent for Cadena COPE, Ángel Expósito.

To complete the session, young researchers, doctoral candidates and PhD holders will present their papers, addressing topics such as trade relations between the European Union and Latin America in times of war; populism from a historical perspective; mestizaje (cultural and racial mixing) between Extremadura and the Americas; the journey of the writer Camilo José Cela to Cuba in 1965; the work of intelligence services in the European Union and the Caribbean; women’s political leadership in Central America; and the genetic consequences of armed conflicts, among other topics of interest.

The programme of the 9^th International Congress will conclude with the presentation of the 9^th Research Prize to Ibero-American Doctoral Theses, endowed with €3,000, and including the publication of the thesis in the Foundation’s book series “Tesis Doctorales”.

The congress organising committee is composed of the director of Yuste Foundation, Juan Carlos Moreno; the full professor of Public International Law and International Relations at the Rey Juan Carlos University, Sagrario Morán; the full professor of Public International Law and International Relations and Director of CEIB, Cástor Díaz; and the senior lecturer in the History of the Americas, head of the Americas area and vice-president of the Spanish Association of Americanists, Sigfrido Vázquez.

This edition of the congress forms part of the activities of the project “Cooperación UE-ALC en un mundo en transformación: fortalecimiento institucional para la gobernanza global” (EU–LAC Cooperation in a Changing World: Institutional Strengthening for Global Governance), funded by the Extremaduran Agency for International Development Cooperation (AEXCID). The project aims to strengthen institutional capacities, bi-regional political dialogue and strategic cooperation between the European Union (EU) and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) in the context of an international scenario marked by profound economic, social, technological and geopolitical changes.

This activity forms part of the School of Guadalupe, a knowledge and knowledge-transfer programme launched by Yuste Foundation to promote reflection and research in the fields of History, Law and International Relations. Its aims include contributing to academic, social and intellectual development in the region and providing Ibero-American society with tools that are useful for socio-economic progress, grounded in the historical relations between Ibero-American countries, the current state of these ties, and the pursuit of a shared future.