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After Chávez: international political, energy and security implications of Venezuela’s presidential succession 5 April 2013, 08.30-10.30 Litteraturhuset (room: Nedjma), Wergelandsveien 29, Oslo: Please register your attendance with NorLARNet by 3 April, 12.00A light breakfast will... more
Colombia after a peace agreement: What role for Europe and Latin America? 12 December 2012, 08.30-10.00 Hambro’s Café, Kristian IVs gate 7: On October 16th 2012 the Colombian government and the FARC initiated a dialogue that hopefully will result in a peace agreement. Should an agreement be reached a huge... more

Aiding Venezuela’s transition: Juan Gabriel Tokatlián 31 January 2013
In his second inaugural address President Obama pledged a more prudent, reasonable and constructive foreign policy. He suggested that Washington can or should be ready... more
In the shadows of globalisation: drug violence in Mexico and Central America: Benedicte Bull 19 December 2011
Mexico and the northern triangle of Central America (Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador) are currently experiencing a wave of violence with the dimensions of a humani... more
National and international dimensions of criminal violence in Latin America: Benedicte Bull 27 April 2011
Latin America has witnessed a surge in criminal violence during the past decade. In this paper, Benedicte Bull summarises the findings of a 2010 seminar on the interna... more
Latin America's Political Economy Post 9/11: 12 November 2010
Publisher: Norwegian Peacebuilding Centre (Noref) Brief introThe report - written by Augusto Varas - is the result of a cooperation between the Norwegian Latin America... more
Noref Report 6 - U.S. Policy toward Latin America after the 5th Summit of the Americas: 12 November 2010
On May 11, 2009 NOREF and the Latin America Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars organized the seminar After the Summit: New Initiatives and... more
Conference report: New Power Relations in Latin America and their Global Influence: 25 March 2010
Augusto Varas details the main findings of the international conference – Latin America’s new power relations and their global influence – organised by Noref and the D... more
Winds of change: Marcel Fortuna Biato 4 October 2009
The controversy surrounding events in Colombia and Honduras indicates that old paradigms have run their course. Latin America has demonstrated increasing confidence in... more
Noref Report 1 Latin America's Political Economy Post 9/11: 15 April 2009
The report - written by Augusto Varas - is the result of a cooperation between the Norwegian Latin America Research Network and Noref. Latin American countries a... more