Institute of Latin American Studies Russian Academy of Sciences

Founded in 1961, the Institute of Latin American Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (ILA RAN) is currently the largest European center, conducting integrated fundamental researches of economic, socio-political, cultural and international aspects of the modern development of the states and peoples of Latin America, the Caribbean and the countries of the Iberian Peninsula - Spain and Portugal.
The Institute examines current problems of Russia\'s cooperation with these countries, developing perspective directions to optimize relationships with them on a bilateral and multilateral basis.