Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences
Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales | |
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| Formation | 16 April 1957 |
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| Headquarters | San José, Costa Rica |
Official languages | Spanish and Portuguese |
Secretary General | Josette Altmann Borbón |
| Website | flacso |
The Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (Spanish: Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Portuguese: Faculdade Latino-Americana de Ciências Sociais or FLACSO) is a graduate-only university and inter-governmental autonomous organization for Latin America dedicated to research, teaching and spreading of social sciences. Headquartered in Costa Rica, it has several campuses and centers spread across Latin America.
It was created on April 17, 1957,[1] following a UNESCO initiative at the Latin American Conference on Social Sciences in Rio de Janeiro. Its goal was to promote academic research and development in the region.[1]
Its membership is open to Latin American and Caribbean countries that subscribe to the FLACSO agreement. Current members include: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Dominican Republic, Suriname and Uruguay.
Josette Altmann Borbón, a historian and former First Lady of Costa Rica, was elected Secretary General of FLACSO in June 2016.[1] She succeeded Manuel González on July 31, 2016.[1]
Notable people
[edit | edit source]- Paulina Aulestia - first Ecuadorian woman to summit Everest[2]
- Teresita de Barbieri
- Fernando Cortés Cáceres
- Carmen Diana Deere
- Ricardo Lagos Escobar
- Enrique Correa
- Fernando Henrique Cardoso
- Geraldina Guerra Garcés, women's rights activist and campaigner against femicide
- Hilda Herzer
- Amparo Menendez-Carrion
- Juan Carlos Portantiero
- Suzana Prates
- Paolina Vercoutere - Governor of Imbabura Province[3]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- FLACSO In Spanish.
- Flacso - Argentina In Spanish
- Flacso - Brasil In Portuguese
- Flacso - Chile In Spanish
- Flacso - Costa Rica In Spanish
- Flacso - Cuba Archived 2013-10-03 at the Wayback Machine In Spanish
- Flacso - Ecuador In Spanish
- Flacso - El Salvador In Spanish
- Flacso - Guatemala In Spanish
- Flacso - México In Spanish
- Flacso - Panamá In Spanish
- Flacso - Paraguay In Spanish
- Flacso - República Dominicana Archived 2006-07-13 at the Wayback Machine In Spanish
- Flacso - Uruguay In Spanish
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