What is Brazil’s identity and how has it changed over time?
What is Brazil’s role as a regional leader in Latin America? Is Brazil an environmental powerhouse
or an ecological villain? What are Brazil’s global ambitions and how does its membership in BRICS advance Brazil’s interests?

Join the discussion on Brazil’s identity with Consul General of Brazil in the US Luís Cláudio Villafañe Gomes Santos.

Luís Cláudio Villafañe Gomes Santos is a diplomat, historian and biographer. As a diplomat, he served at several Brazilian Embassies including Mexico City, Washington, Montevideo, and Quito. He was Ambassador of Brazil to Nicaragua from 2017 to 2022 He is the author of several books about Brazil’s foreign relations history.

This public talk is sponsored by the Department of Hispanic Studies and Mroz Global Leadership Institute. It’s open to students, faculty, staff, and community members. This is an in-person event. We will also live-stream the talk.
Register for webinar @ shorturl.at/dfoEN