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On December 6, 2024, within the framework of the Russia – Latin America Youth Forum “Hablemos con Rusia” (“Let's Talk to Russia”), IMEMO experts held a seminar for Latin American guests on the topic “Impact of US-China Competition on Latin America: a View from Russia”. The event was attended by a delegation of young activists and political figures from Argentina, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Venezuela, Honduras, Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, and Ecuador.

The moderators of the seminar were Alexandra Breslavtseva, Junior Research Fellow of the Center for North American Studies of IMEMO and Vernigora, Co-Chair of the Council of Young Scientists and Specialists of IMEMO, Junior Research Fellow of the Center for Strategic Planning Studies.

Welcoming remarks were made by Victoria Zhuravleva, Deputy Director of IMEMO, Head of the Center for North American Studies, Cand. of Science (Politics), and Irina Prokhorenko, Head of the Department of International Political Problems of IMEMO, Dr. of Science (Politics).

The reports were made by:

• •    Victoria Zhuravleva, Deputy Director of IMEMO, Head of the Center for North American Studies, Cand. of Science (Politics), (“The Future of US-China Competition: Factor of American Elections”); 
• •    Alexandra Voitolovskaya, Research Fellow of the Center for North American Studies of IMEMO, Cand. of Science (Politics), (“Donald Trump in the White House: What to Expect from the New Administration?”);
• •    Anton Boreyko, Research Fellow of the Center for Strategic Planning Studies of IMEMO, Cand. of Science (Politics), (“Dependence and Sovereignty of Latin America: Lessons and Prospects for Russia”); 
• •    Leonid Gamza, Senior Researcher of the Center for Asia Pacific Studies of IMEMO, Cand. of Science (Economics), (“Latin America in China's Foreign Policy on the Example of their Interaction within APEC and G20”);
• •    Nikolay Nikolayev, Junior Research Fellow of the Center for Asia Pacific Studies of IMEMO, (“China's Foreign Policy Approaches to Latin America”).

The Forum was held thanks to the project “Hablemos con Rusia” and cooperation between IMEMO and the Center for Support and Development of Public Initiative “Creative Diplomacy” with the support of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, the National Youth Council of Russia, the Presidential Grants Fund and MIREA – Russian Technological University.