Pablo Antonio Fernández Sánchez, member and former president of the IHLADI, has been elected director of the University Institute for Research on Latin American Studies (IEAL). The University Institute of Latin American Studies (IEAL) is an interdisciplinary research and teaching center of the University of Seville, founded in 2008 and formed by professors and researchers from different areas of knowledge and research groups linked by working, from different fields and visions, on Latin America.