In Latin America there is a great cultural wealth of ways of relating to the environment. Over the years, populations have constantly adapted to nature.

Carlos Saavedra Lamas, a distinguished Argentine jurist, academic and politician, contributed to the development of a Latin American tradition of international law in defense of security, justice and the rejection of the use of force.

Cooperation between Latin America and Africa should propose the discussion of Afro-descendant power and analyze the advocacy strategy for the transformation of democracy in the West.

Contemporary development strategies based on the economy of culture and knowledge must be translated into cross-cutting and cross-sectoral public policies.

This year marks the centenary of the birth of Victoria Santa Cruz (1922-2014), an icon of Afro-Peruvian culture and exponent of African influence in Latin America and the Caribbean.