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<\/a>The European and Ibero-American Academy of Yuste Foundation, the University of Extremadura (UEx), and the Centre for Ibero-American Studies of the Rey Juan Carlos University are organising the \u201c5th<\/sup> International Congress on Relations between Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe. Economy and International Conflicts\u201d along with the city council of Guadalupe and the Franciscan Community. The event will take place at the Royal Monastery of Guadalupe on April 10th<\/sup>. \u00a0(3\/04\/2024)<\/strong><\/p>\nOne of the objectives of this congress is to continue deepening the interaction that has been taking place between America and Europe over five centuries. Likewise, it aims to prioritise research that studies this relationship, which has been shaping a historical reality in both spaces, evidenced by a cultural and material heritage that is, in many cases, common.<\/p>\n
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ECONOMIC CRISIS AND INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS<\/p>\n
In this edition, the congress focuses on the analysis and debate about the international conflicts that are straining geopolitics and international relations, and which influence the world economy, which is in a more turbulent situation in this context.<\/p>\n
The opening presentation is entitled \u201cIbero-America and Spain, a Shared History\u201d, and will be given by the president of the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation of Spain, Manuel Pizarro Moreno. Following this, a roundtable discussion on the economic crisis and the current situation in the bi-regional space has been scheduled, with participation from Tom\u00e1s G\u00f3mez Franco, professor of Economics at the Francisco de Vitoria University; Baudilio Tom\u00e9 Muguruza, Tax Inspector and State Auditor, expert in International Law and Taxation; Marta Villar Ezcurra, professor of Financial and Tax Law (USP-CEU) and member of the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation of Spain; and Carla Ledezma Castro, director and researcher of the Interdisciplinary Network for Global Justice and American Integration (RIJIA).<\/p>\n
Another roundtable will address clashes and conflicting interests in the Europe-Latin America space in international conflicts, with the participation of Francisco Oda-\u00c1ngel, director of the Cervantes Institute in Tetouan (Morocco); Jos\u00e9 Alberto Azeredo Lopez, professor of International Law at the Catholic University of Portugal (Porto); Ignacio Perotti Pinciroli, professor of International Law and director of the Master\u2019s Degree in Human Rights at the European University of Madrid; and Mar\u00eda Dolores Algora Weber, senior researcher at the Centre for International Security at Francisco de Victoria University.<\/p>\n
International conflicts will also be analysed from a journalistic perspective by former RTVE correspondent in the Middle East, Mexico, and Central America, Javier Guti\u00e9rrez, who will give a lecture entitled \u201cUkraine-Gaza: Two Conflicts with Global Repercussions\u201d.<\/p>\n
The conference programme is completed by \u201cDeath in the Snow: Pedro de Alvarado and the Conquest of the Andes\u201d, which will be offered by George Lovell, Geography professor at Queen\u2019s University (Canada) and visiting professor at Pablo de Olavide University in Seville.<\/p>\n
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YOUNG RESEARCHERS<\/p>\n
One of the pillars of this congress is based on research and aims to enhance the debate between the two regions, promoting, above all, the participation of young researchers in the fields of International Relations and the History of Ibero-America as a space of deep relations between the two regions.<\/p>\n
In this edition, 19 papers have been received from Spain, the Philippines, Ecuador, and Canada, 12 of which will be presented by their authors during the Congress, and the rest will be published on Yuste Foundation\u2019s YouTube channel for consultation.<\/p>\n
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RESEARCH PRIZE TO IBERO-AMERICAN DOCTORAL THESES<\/p>\n
In addition to the lectures and papers, the congress is the framework chosen by Yuste Foundation to award the Research Prize to Ibero-American Doctoral Theses, which was awarded to the Cuban researcher Alain J. Santos Fuentes in this edition for his work La Constituci\u00f3n de C\u00e1diz y la modernidad pol\u00edtica en Cuba: actores, pr\u00e1cticas y conceptos (1810-1823)<\/em>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n THE SCHOOL OF GUADALUPE<\/p>\n This congress is part of the School of Guadalupe, a programme that was launched by Yuste Foundation in order to foster reflection and research on History, Law, and International Relations. Among its aims is to contribute to academic, social, and intellectual development in the region and to provide the Ibero-American society with tools that are useful for socio-economic progress, based on the historical relationships between Ibero-American countries, the current state of links, and the search for a common future.<\/p>\n