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Lecture with Dr. Joaquin Roy discussing, "Why Latin American Integration Systems are Different than the EU".
BIO
Joaquin Roy (Lic. Law, University of Barcelona, Ph.D., Georgetown University), Co-Director, European Union Center of Excellence, Miami-Florida, is the Jean Monnet Professor of European Integration at the University of Miami. He has published over 200 academic articles and reviews, and he is the author, editor, or co-editor of 25 books, among them The Reconstruction of Central America: the Role of the European Community (North-South Center, 1991), The Ibero-American Space/ El Espacio Iberoamericano (U.Miami/University of Barcelona, 1996), Cuba, the U.S. and the Helms-Burton Doctrine: International Reactions (University of Florida Press, 2000), Las relaciones exteriores de la Unión Europea (México: UNAM, 2001), Retos de la integración regional: Europa y América (México: UNAM, 2003), and La Unión Europea y el TLCAN (México: UNAM, 2004). He has also published over 1,200 columns and essays in newspapers and magazines. Among his awards is the Encomienda of the Order of Merit bestowed by King Juan Carlos of Spain.
