Antonella Mori, PhD in Economics, Catholic University of Milan; MSc in Economics of Latin America, University of London, UK and BA in Economics and Social Sciences, Bocconi University, Milan. She teaches Macroeconomics and Economic Prospects at Bocconi University in Milan, and Macroeconomics and Political Economy at the Master’s course in Diplomacy at ISPI, where she is Senior Research Fellow in the Latin American area. In 2011 she received an official award from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for having favoured the strengthening of Italian-Latin American relations. Her main research interests are Latin American economies, and the economic relations between the EU and Latin America.