In 1982, the First Latin American Workshop on Plasma Physics was held in Cam- buquira (Brazil). It has been a long way since this first meeting up to the actual one, the VII LA WPP held in Caracas, Venezuela. However, the structure of this first Meeting has remained unchanged. The first week of the workshop is always de- voted at short courses in the different fields of Plasma Physics, and the presentation of contributed and review papers is carried...