Academic Module: U.S.-Latin America Relations: A New Direction for a New Reality
Author: Shannon K. O'Neil, Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies
November 25, 2008
This module features teaching notes by CFR Douglas Dillon Fellow for Latin America Studies Shannon K. O'Neil, director of the CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force on Latin America, U.S.-Latin America Relations: A New Direction for a New Reality, along with other resources to supplement the text. This Task Force report offers recommendations for U.S. policy toward Latin America and identifies four crucial areas—poverty and inequality, public security, migration, and energy security—that should provide the basis of a new U.S. approach.
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Speaker:
Michelle Bachelet, President, Republic of ChilePresider:
Garrick Utley, President, The Levin Institute
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Alvaro Uribe Vélez, President of the Republic of ColombiaPresider:
Sergio J. Galvis, Partner, Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
6:30-7:30 p.m. - Meeting
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Speaker:
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, President of the Argentine RepublicPresider:
Richard N. Haass, President, Council on Foreign Relations
1:00-2:00 p.m. - Meeting
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CFR Symposium: The International and the Domestic - Latin America and U.S. Policies and Politics, Session Four
Speaker:
Arturo Vargas, Executive Director, National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational FundModerator:
David R. Ayón, Senior Research Associate, The Center for the Study of Los Angeles, Marymount UniversityThis meeting is not for attribution.
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CFR Symposium: The International and the Domestic - Latin America and U.S. Policies and Politics, Session One
Panelists:
Kimberly Ann Elliott, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute For International Economics, Carl E. Meacham, Senior Professional Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Janice O'Connell, Senior International Adviser, Hogan & Hartson, LLPModerator:
Elizabeth H. Becker, Fellow, Economic Policy Program, The German Marshall Fund of The United StatesThis meeting is not for attribution.
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CFR Symposium: The International and the Domestic - Latin America and U.S. Policies and Politics, Session Two
Panelists:
Edward Alden, Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations, Thomas F. McLarty III, President, McLarty AssociatesModerator:
Hector Tobar, Columnist, Los Angeles TimesThis meeting is not for attribution.
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CFR Symposium: The International and the Domestic - Latin America and U.S. Policies and Politics, Session Three
Panelists:
Michael A. Levi, David M. Rubenstein Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment, Council on Foreign Relations, David J. Rothkopf, President and CEO, Garten RothkopfModerator:
Steven Mufson, Energy Correspondent, Washington PostThis meeting is not for attribution.
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Speaker:
Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of StatePresider:
Carla A. Hills, Chairman and CEO, Hills and Company; Co-Chairman, Board of Directors, Council on Foreign Relations
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. - Meeting
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