About Us - Neighboring Centers
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| The Institute of the Americas is located on campus at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Below is a brief description of UCSD and of two distinct centers housed within the Institute of the Americas Complex. The Institute of the Americas and the Center for U.S. Mexican Studies share a building. While the Institute is an independent, private non-profit, its two neighbors: The Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, and the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, are university academic and research centers. In addition to their core functions, each center offers numerous speakers programs, exhibitions, films, and other events that are open to the public. Please check the relevant websites for more information.  The University of California, San Diego (UCSD) has gained national and international renown for the quality of its undergraduate and graduate programs and the scope of its research contributions. It is proud to provide a unique combination of resources focused on Latin America, including the Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies. Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies (CILAS)Through this Center, the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) provides one of the most prominent programs for the study of Latin America in the United States. In addition to offering Latin American curricula at both the undergraduate and graduate level, the Latin American program at UCSD has distinctive characteristics. It has over eighty full-time Latin American specialists on faculty, the deliberate integration of teaching, research, and policy analysis, the promotion of interdisciplinary perspectives, and active collaboration with colleagues, students, and leaders from Latin America.  Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies The Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies is a campuswide research unit of the University of California, San Diego. With the support of UCSD’s Office of Research and the University of California Office of the President, the Center has become the premier institute for social science research on Mexico and U.S.-Mexican relations in the United States. The Center participates in and promotes multidisciplinary research relevant to current policy issues in Mexico and to the binational relationship in close collaboration with scientists at Mexican institutions. In addition, most of the Center's research involves comparative studies with a substantial Mexico component. |
President's Corner
"While U.S.-Latin America relations are not bad, they have deteriorated. The relative importance of the United States in Latin America has declined. The challenge for the United States is how to revitalize that relationship."
That's CAF President (and IOA Board member) Enrique García’s executive summary of U.S.-Latin American relations.
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| Women as economic and social entrepreneurs and lunch honoring San Diego philanthropist Deborah Szekely, Institute of the Americas, La Jolla, CA 02 06 2012 |
| Colombia Energy Roundtable, Hotel Dann Carlton Bogotá Colombia, Bogotá, Cundinamarca 02 09 2012 |
| Is China violating international trade rules? Clash tests diplomacy in Washington and Beijing, Institute of the Americas, La Jolla, CA 02 14 2012 |
| The Global Economy and Financial Crisis: Implications for the Americas, Institute of the Americas, La Jolla, CA 02 15 2012 |
| Mexican Space Agency: A briefing for San Diego and Baja California businesses, Institute of the Americas, La Jolla, CA 02 17 2012 |