America since 2015, and has contributed to parliamentary papers examining the UK's relationship with Latin American nations. Each year Canning House holds the Canning Lecture, a series of lectures presented by visiting heads of state in which they offer their perspective on UK–Latin America relations and explore possible avenues for cooperation in the future. Previous figures to have given lectures include former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet, the President of Colombia Ivan Duque, and former President of Brazil Fernando Henrique Cardoso. In 2010, then-Foreign Secretary William Hague became the first British Foreign Secretary to give the Canning Lecture, renamed in that year as the Canning Agenda. In it, he set out the government's foreign policy agenda with a renewed focus on Latin America, outlining a desire to increase trade and encourage British businesses to explore the region in the context of an increasingly globalized world economy. Canning House has strong links with a range of educational institutions across the UK. It has partnered with the Latin America and Caribbean Centre at the London School of Economics to create the Canning House Research Forum, a "multi-year rolling programme of research and policy engagement around the overarching theme of 'The Future of Latin America and the Caribbean' with particular reference to UK-–Latin America relations". The Canning House Library Collection, a collection of 54,000 works covering a broad range of subject areas concerning the Hispanic and Lusophone countries of the world, now resides in King's College London having been gifted to the university in 2012. It was originally housed inside Canning House from its creation in 1943. As well as its weekly newsletters which include a summary of current affairs news from the region and are distributed to members, Canning House produces a number of reports each year for its members called 'Canning Papers'. These reports focus on a particular topic and include the latest research and data available and aim to inform members of the latest developments in the region. Structure Canning House operates a membership system that includes both Individual and Corporate membership offerings. Individual and Public members are given access to Canning House newsletters, Canning Insights and to Geopolitical, Cultural, Flagship and Business, Trade and Investment events at a discount, while corporate members have full access to all Canning House events and publications References External links Official Website The Hispanic and Luso-Brazilian Council at Open Charities Charities based in London