Why Latin America Matters – A collection of essays

Foreword

Ana Lúcia Gazzola is Emeritus Professor of the Federal University of Minas GeraisUFMG, Brazil, and was the University’s Chancellor from 2002 to 2006. Ana is a former Director of the UNESCO Institute for Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean (2006-2008) and coordinator of the Regional Conference on Higher Education – CRES (2008). Ana holds a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from UNCChapel Hill, and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Duke University. She is also a former Secretary of Social Development (2010) and of Education (2011-2014) of the state of Minas Gerais. Ana is co-coordinator of the Kairós Group.

Why Latin America Matters – A collection of essays

Published on Nov 12, 2021

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This collection of essays exploring Why Latin America Matters aims to make the case for the importance of Latin America as a crucial region in global politics and development. With its rich history, culture, enormous resilience and creative innovation in the face of constant threats against nature and human dignity, Latin America can indeed show the way forward for the world. These essays are presented as an attempt to provide a deeper understanding of significant social, political, economic, environmental, and cultural approaches that have taken place in Latin America during recent decades. These experiences, and perspectives, offer concrete lessons that can provide a decisive framework for profound reflection over growing challenging issues in other regions – particularly in Europe – and at a global scale.

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