http://www.international.ucla.edu/lai Facilitate cutting-edge research about Latin America at UCLA en-us International Institute, UCLA, June 5, 2013 — A conference and design review funded by the UCLA Latin American Institute will explore how design can improve the impacts of the Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA), the largest and most ambitious infrastructure integration project ever implemented in the region. http://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/article.asp?parentid=132397UCLA graduate students presented a diverse array of research to donor representative Russell Faucett at an annual luncheon hosted by the Latin American Institute on May 16, 2013.http://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/article.asp?parentid=132098WATCH: Video footage from two-day conference on organized crime, corruption and drug trafficking in Latin America. http://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/article.asp?parentid=131252"Ballads Without Borders: The Mexican Corrido Past & Present" will examine the history, development and significance of one of Mexico's most popular and enduring oral traditions.http://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/article.asp?parentid=130452Librarian Emeritus at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and founder of the Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI)http://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/article.asp?parentid=130425Prominent scholar of Latin American and Iberian music, composer and UCLA professor died on December 22, 2012 of natural causes.http://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/article.asp?parentid=129676The UCLA Latin American Institute is a proud community and cultural supporter of this year’s AFI Film Festival presented by Audi from November 1 - 8. This year, the LAI is the official host of the film "After Lucia" (Despues de Lucia). http://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/article.asp?parentid=128663A series of five films in Spanish being screened October 30th through November 13thhttp://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/article.asp?parentid=128312Kevin Terraciano, professor of history and acting director of UCLA’s Latin American Institute, is the 2012 winner of the Gold Shield Faculty Prize. http://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/article.asp?parentid=126466A inside look at the rainforest's quilomboshttp://www.international.ucla.edu/lai/article.asp?parentid=125602