The Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO) is a non-governmental international organization with UNESCO associate status, established in 1967. It currently brings together 587 research centers and graduate schools in the field of the social sciences and humanities in 46 Latin American countries, the United States, Canada, Germany, Spain, France and Portugal. 

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