New Malta Consul in Brazil

Prof Thales Castro, the Governor of International Council CCLP Worldwide has been appointed as Honorary Consul of Malta in Brazil

Thales Cavalcanti Castro, who is 35 years old, holds a BA cum laude in International Studies and an MA in Public Affairs from Indiana University where he was an honours graduate and featured on the Dean’s list.

He also holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Pernambuco, in Recife, Brazil.

He is a Professor at the Catholic University of Pernambuco (11,000 students) where he holds the positions of Coordinator of the economics degree programme and of Dean for International and Inter-institutional Affairs.

Castro is also involved in the University’s Latin American Studies Institute, of which he was President for some time. He has lectured both locally and internationally and has written three books and a number of articles on his major areas of expertise, namely international relations theory, international security, and Brazilian foreign policy.