Our Community Outreach program touches on the origins of Latin American life. We offer our culturally-rich  community  the best of border life.

Through Community Outreach Program, the Institute

•    Promotes networking
•    Provides access to information about Latin America
•    Encourages business ties and better relations in the San Diego region
•    Serves as a forum where the binational community can appreciate and enjoy Latin American culture

The program is supported by individual and corporate members as well as sponsors. View details/join

Tequila Talks

These informal, off-the-record talks have become a premier cross-border forum for debating regional politics, immigration, human rights, labor and the looming fight over oil. Guest lecturers, often speaking in Spanish, address their audiences with a splash of Cuervo and a good measure of candor, setting the stage for aprovocative Q&A.

Arts and Culture

Folk art, ceramics, and cultural celebrations bring the pungent flavors, vibrant colors and rhythmic sounds
of Latin America to our multinational community.

Speaker Series

Political trends, foreign policy, investment and regional trade outlooks are the focus
of business briefings by Latin American experts in this ongoing series.

Encuentros (archived)

Series of interviews with politicians and personalities on Latin America’s political systems, economic growth, trade and U.S. foreign policy in the hemisphere aired on the UCSD-TV and UC-TV networks. The taped interviews are available on the Internet at UCSD-TV/ Encuentros.

For more information, contact Isabel Escalle at + 1 (858) 453-5560 or by e-mail