Events
Honduras Presidential Election Analysis
- SCI Belgrave Square, 14/15 Belgrave Square, London
As of 30th November, a winner had yet to be announced for the presidential election in Honduras held on 26th November. With half of the votes counted, Salvador Nasralla, of the opposition Alianza de Oposición contra la Dictadura coalition, looked set to be the winner. The latest count however gives incumbent Juan Orlando Hernández, of the ruling right-wing Partido Nacional, the lead. Nasralla has announced that he will not recognise the final result and decries electoral fraud. International observers have expressed concern, especially in light of the violent nature of some protests.
Events
Brexit and Immigration: What Are The Rights Of EU Citizens? [second edition]
- SCI Belgrave Square, 14/15 Belgrave Square, London
This event is a follow-up to our very successful first 'Brexit and Immigration' panel, held in February this year. Since then, article 50 has been triggered, and negotiations are underway between Theresa May's government and the EU; yet the type of Brexit pursued continues to be unclear, and the question remains as to how the rights and status of EU citizens will be affected when the UK eventually leaves the European Union. This event is an opportunity to discuss the situation with a knowledgeable panel and unpick the possible future scenarios, with specific reference to the citizens of Spain and Portugal.
Seminar
Fifty Years After The Nobel Prize: The Legacy Of Miguel Angel Asturias
- Instituto Cervantes, 15-19 Devereux Court, London
Canning House and the Instituto Cervantes are delighted to welcome María Odette Canivell and Gerald Martin to deliver a lecture on Miguel Angel Asturias, Nobel-prize winning Guatemalan poet-diplomat, novelist, playwright and journalist. Asturias, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1967 for Hombres de maíz (1949), has been credited with contributing to the establishment of Latin American literature in the Western world, and is considered a precursor to the Latin American boom of the 1960s and '70s.
Events
Catalonia Election Analysis
- SCI Belgrave Square, 14/15 Belgrave Square, London
Spanish political analysts and commentators Ignacio Jurado and Ramón González Férriz from the Spain-based political consultancy and pollsters quantio, together with the Catalan political scientist, Berta Barbet, will be drawing upon the latest polling data to assess the likely outcome of the 21st December Catalan elections, as well as analysing the political and commercial implications of these likely results for Catalonia, Spain and Europe more generally. Canning House President Miriam González Durántez will be moderating the discussion, which will be followed by a Q&A session with the panellists.