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| Formation | 16 April 1957; 68 years ago (1957-04-16) |
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| Headquarters | San José, Costa Rica |
Official languages | Spanish andPortuguese |
Secretary General | Josette Altmann Borbón |
| Website | flacso |
TheLatin American Faculty of Social Sciences (Spanish:Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales,Portuguese:Faculdade Latino-Americana de Ciências Sociais orFLACSO) is agraduate-onlyuniversity and inter-governmental autonomous organization forLatin America dedicated to research, teaching and spreading ofsocial sciences. Headquartered inCosta Rica, it has several campuses and centers spread acrossLatin America.
It was created on April 17, 1957,[1] following aUNESCO initiative at the Latin American Conference on Social Sciences inRio de Janeiro. Its goal was to promote academic research and development in the region.[1]
Its membership is open to Latin American and Caribbean countries that subscribe to the FLACSO agreement. Current members include:Argentina,Bolivia,Brazil,Costa Rica,Cuba,Chile,Ecuador,Honduras,Guatemala,Mexico,Nicaragua,Panama,Dominican Republic,Suriname andUruguay.
Josette Altmann Borbón, a historian and formerFirst Lady of Costa Rica, was elected Secretary General of FLACSO in June 2016.[1] She succeeded Manuel González on July 31, 2016.[1]
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