Simón Bolívar Chair
The Simón Bolívar Chair in Latin American Studies was established in 1968 with a grant from the Venezuelan government for the purpose of bringing a distinguished Latin American scholar or intellectual each year to Cambridge. Like all other Professors in the University, each holder of the Chair is assigned to the Faculty most appropriate to his or her academic interests and is elected a Fellow of a College. The Professor is also usually closely associated with the work of the Centre. The following have been appointed to the Simón Bolívar Chair:
| 1968 - 1969 | Arnaldo Gabaldón | 1993 - 1994 | José de Souza Martins |
| 1969 - 1970 | Octavio Paz (Nobel Prize in Literature 1990) | 1994 - 1995 | Jaime Requena |
| 1970 - 1971 | Marcel Roche | 1995 - 1996 | Julio Ortega |
| 1971 - 1972 | Sergio Villalobos | 1996 - 1997 | Enrique Florescano |
| 1972 - 1973 | Alvaro Jara | 1997 - 1998 | Eduardo Viveiros de Castro |
| 1973 - 1974 | Celso Furtado | 1998 - 1999 | Rodolfo Cerdas-Cruz |
| 1974 - 1975 | Pedro Grases | 1999 - 2000 | Enrique Tandeter |
| 1975 - 1976 | Ignacio Bernal | 2000 - 2001 | Fernando Pérez Oyarzún |
| 1976 - 1977 | Fernando Henrique Cardoso | 2001 - 2002 | Asdrúbal Baptista |
| 1977 - 1978 | Mario Vargas Llosa (Nobel Prize in Literature 2010) | 2002 - 2003 | Guillermo O’Donnell |
| 1979 - 1980 | Tulio Arends | 2003 - 2004 | Guillermo de la Peña |
| 1981 - 1982 | Pablo González Casanova | 2004 - 2005 | Mercedes González de la Rocha |
| 1982 - 1983 | Ramón Escovar Salom | 2007 - 2008 | José Luis Lanata |
| 1985 - 1986 | Allan Brewer Carias | 2008 - 2009 | Scarlett O’Phelan Godoy |
| 1986 - 1987 | Carlos Fuentes | 2009 - 2010 | Carlos Iván Degregori |
| 1988 - 1989 | Blas Bruni-Celli | 2010 - 2011 | Fabián Michelangeli |
| 1989 – 1990 | Gustavo Gutiérrez | 2011 – 2012 | Adrián Gorelik |
| 1991 - 1992 | Beatriz Sarlo | 2013 | Manuel Antonio Garretón |
| 1992 - 1993 | Luis Castro | ||