Parra-Aranguren, Gonzalo Keywords: Latin America | Private international law | Harmonisation | Conventions | Mots clefs: Amérique latine | Droit international privé | Unification | Conventions | ABSTRACT The oldest attempt of codification of private international law has seen the light of day in the American continent, the oldest being linked to the Congress of Panama convened by Simon Bolivar. However, Gonzalo Para-Aranguren, Professor at the University of Caracas, studies the recent developments (at the time of writing t…