Biographical resume: 

Luis A. Fretes Carreras is an associate researcher of the Center of International Studies (CEI-IUL) and assistant guest professor of the ISCTE-IUL since 2015.

Professor of the Economic Diplomacy IBS Program, Latina America Today and Political Systems of Latin America in the Department of History of the School of Sociology and Public Policies (ESPP).

Lawyer (Paraguay), Diploma in Regional Development (Chile), Master in Political Science (Paraguay) and Master in Public Management Policy (Spain). 

He was the first Ambassador of the Republic of Paraguay to the Portuguese Republic (2009-2014)

He was Director of the Department of Social Sciences at the Faculty of Philosophy and Human Sciences of the Catholic University of Asunción.

Professor of Law and Political Science in the School of Law, Philosophy and the Theology Institute of the Catholic University of Asuncion (1994-2009) and the Institute of High Strategic Studies of the National Defense Minister (2002-2008). 

Director of the Department of Social Sciences in the School of Philosophy and Human Sciences (2004-2009) and Director and researcher of the Center of Public Policy Studies at the Catholic University of Asuncion (2005-2009).

Facultative adviser for the National Congress of Paraguay, Consultant and Coordinator of projects for the Organization of American States (OAS), the Interamerican Bank of Development (BID), The World Bank, the United Nations Program for Development (UNDP) and Consultant for International Transparency- Chapter Paraguay (IT-Py).

Member of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), Latin American Studies Association (LASA) and Red Iberoamericana de Relaciones Internacionales (RIBEI). Member of the RIBEI Executive Comittee 2016-2020. 

Areas of interest:

International Relations, Democracy, Political Transitions, Latin American Studies.

Areas of expertise:

Democracy and International Relations in Latin America.es.

Project Research

- Research in REDE COOPMAR. Transoceanic Cooperation. Public Policies and Ibero-American sociocultural community.

- Coordinator of Specialization Seminar in Latin America Today.

Recently published works

Fretes Carreras, Luis A. and Moriconi, M. (2018), ‘The pursuit of the (Latin) American dream in the time of crises: Portugal’s diplomatic and commercial changes towards the region (2005–15)’, Portuguese Journal of Social Science, 17:2, pp. 141–65, doi: 10.1386/pjss.17.2.141_1

Fretes Carreras, Luis A. (2017) “Conservatism in post-dictatorship Paraguay ” in Russia and Iberoamerica in a Globalizing World: History and Modernity. Reports and Materials of the Third International Forum. pp. 2680 - 2695, Edit. St. Petersburg State University

Fretes Carreras Luis A. (2016) “Geopolitical transformations in South America: Crisis of the international relations of Paraguay in MERCOSUR and UNASUR.” In Estudios Iberoamericanos. UMCS, vol. IV, pp. 73-93, Edit. Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin

Fretes Carreras, Luis A. (2015) “Diversification and political dynamism of Portugal in Latin America” in Russia and Iberoamerica in a globalizing world: History and Perspectives. Reports and Materials of the Second International Forum. Vol. II, pp. 506-515, Edit St. Petersburg, Russia.

Fretes Carreras, Luis A. (2013), “Paraguay and the asymmetric integration in South America – what is next?” in European Union-Latin American relations after the Santiago de Chile Summit. Athens, Greece.

Fretes Carreras, Luis A. (2012), “Democratic consolidation in Paraguay.” In Revista América Latina Hoy Nº 60, pp. 67-82. Salamanca, Spain.