The expansion of mining activities in Colombia has led to socio-environmental contradictions that aggravate armed conflicts, environmental destruction, and land and water grabs. Because gold […]
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While structural inequalities make women particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, there is a growing recognition of their agency in scaling adaptation, mitigation, […]
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While flooding is one of the most frequent natural disasters in the world, not all countries have the same financial and technical means to deal […]
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One of the most important events taking place in the whole world and especially in developed and high-industrialized countries is the fourth industrial revolution, or […]
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The Pacific Alliance members have long-standing ties with European countries. Yet, they chose the Asia-Pacific as a target region for their intensive international trade liberalisation […]
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Blockchain technology appeared for the first time in 2009. Since then, its popularity in several industries has increased due to its disruptive nature. In the […]
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The Amazon rainforest is a major carbon extractor whose conservation represents a worldwide challenge for climate change mitigation. The Amazon Fund was implemented by Brazil […]
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Looking at the impact of trade liberalisation following the 2012 EU-Central American Association Agreement, we find positive trends in overall trade. However, when disaggregating CA […]
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For contributions, questions and ideas concerning Latin America & Caribbean, please contact:
Lena Apke is Regional Co-Director for Latin America & Caribbean.
Lena is currently working as an intern at the department of sales and foreign trade for the region Latin America for a German automobile company. Prior to this, she graduated with a Bachelor´s degree in International Cultural and Business Studies from the University Passau and studied as an exchange student for one semester in Guadalajara, Mexico. Lena gained practical experience as a volunteer of the German Red Cross in Bolivia and as intern at the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation Peru, the German Mexican Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Mexico-City and Germany Trade and Invest in Bonn. Lena speaks German, English, Spanish and learns Portuguese.
E-Mail: lena.apke@ifair.eu
Carlotta Schilling is Regional Co-Director for Latin America & Caribbean.
Carlotta currently studies International Relations and Economics in her bachelor’s degree at the University of Erfurt and during an exchange semester at the Université Catholique de Lille, France. She works as a student assistant at the Institutional Economics and Economic Policy department and is involved in the student council of her faculty where she is responsible for public relations. Carlotta interned at the German Foreign Ministry in the Crisis Prevention, Stabilization and Post-Conflict Reconstruction unit with a focus on the MENA region, and at the Körber foundation where she gained further experience in project management related to her work for the EUSTORY network. Before Carlotta started studying, she worked as a “weltwärts” volunteer in a day-care center and with a mobile school for street children in Nicaragua, where she also taught German classes at a language academy. Carlotta speaks German, English, French and Spanish.
E-Mail: carlotta.schilling@ifair.eu
