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2000 - 2001

Institutional Activities

- First number of the Journal Convivium, and it is currently working on its distribution and the second issue.
Academic Activities
- Debates:
  * H.E. Victor G. Ricardo. - Former ambassador of Colombia to the U.K.
  * Rafael Santos - Co-director and journalist, “El Tiempo” newspaper.
  * Roberto Pombo - Editor and journalist “Cambio” magazine.
  * Martha Lucia Ramirez - Former minister for foreign commerce and investment)
- Inter-institutional conferences:
  * ‘Colombia: an International Debate on Drugs and Drug Policy’ hosted by Canning House (joint activity with Proexport).
  * ‘Why Colombia?’. - Organised by the Colombian Embassy.
Cultural Activities
- Once-a-week ‘Latin American-movie-night’:
   * ‘Estrategia del Caracol’ (Colombia). With the LSE-Mexican Society.
   *‘Golpe de Estadio’ (Colombia).
   * ‘Un Lugar en el Mundo’ (Argentina).
   * ‘Fresa y Chocolate’ (Cuba). Joint Activity with the LSE-LGBT Society.
   * ‘Estacion Central’ (Brazil).
   * ‘Sur’ (Argentina).
- Parrandas Latinas (two highly successful parties with over 400 people attending).
- Integration lunch (Sancocho) with Oxford‘s Colombian society.
- Football match with the LSE-Mexican society.
- Colombian-Mexican dinner and movie night.
 
 
 
 
1999 - 2000

Institutional Activities

- Redaccion, discusion y aprobacion de los estatutos de la Sociedad Colombiana del LSE..
- Convenios de cooperacion con la Embajada de Colombia ante el Reino Unido (con los Embajadores De la Calle y Ricardo)..
Academic Activities
- Evento “Pensar Pais” con la asistencia de William Ospina (poeta y ensayista) y Eduardo Posada-Carbo (Columnista del periodico El Tiempo y profesor del ILAS), y la moderacion de Jonathan Dijohn, profesor del LSE.
Preparacion, diseño, edicion e impresion del primer numero del Journal Convivium.
Organizacion de la “Marcha del No mas” en Londres.
Conferencia de Roberto Pombo (Editor de la revista Cambio).
Conferencia con el Alcalde de San Vicence (refugiado politico en ese momento en el Reino Unido).
Charla informal con Rafael Santos (Codirector del periodico El Tiempo).
Cultural Activities
- Fiesta colombiana en el Barco Latino.
Fiesta de integracion el 20 de Julio.
Sancocho de integracion con la Sociedad Colombiana de Oxford..
 
 
 
 

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