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| Staff: | Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies |
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October 1, 1989 - Present
The Latin America Roundtable provides updates on breaking economic and political events in Latin America. The seminars are designed to provide prompt, thoughtful analysis of rapidly changing political and economic developments in the region. Although the seminars may be treated as discrete topics, taken together, the series provides a broad overview and a comparative perspective on the major issues, events, and debates in the Americas. Seminars have examined prospects for Colombia’s future; the Chávez regime in Venezuela; Argentinean presidential elections; the politics of Mexican economic and political transition; Latin America’s response to the global economic crisis; and the problems of development and regional integration in the Caribbean.
The roundtable also expanded its activities in Washington, D.C., to examine such topics as the consolidation of democracy, U.S.-Latin American relations, and a country focus on Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico and Cuba.
This roundtable is made possible by the generous support of the Ford Foundation.
Meetings
Latin America Roundtable: Expansion of the Panama Canal - Implications for Trade and Security
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Speaker: | Samuel Lewis Navarro, Vice President of Panama |
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| Presider: | Stephen Donehoo, Kissinger McLarty Associates |
12:30 - 2:00 p.m.
Latin America Roundtable: Energy in the Western Hemisphere
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Speaker: | Sidney Weintraub, CSIS |
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| Presider: | Julia E. Sweig |
Cosponsored by the GEC.
Latin America Roundtable: Race and Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Speaker: | Epsy Campbell Barr, Legislator, Costa Rican National Assembly |
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| Presider: | Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
* Please note this meeting will be conducted in Spanish.
Latin America Roundtable: Latin America's Horizon with Arturo Valenzuela
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Presider: | Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director of Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speakers: | Arturo A. Valenzuela, Georgetown University |
| Pat Maher, National Intelligence Council |
5:30–7:30 p.m. Meeting
Latin America Roundtable: Justice in Latin America
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Speakers: | Judge Juan Guzman, U. Centro de Chile |
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| Jose Miguel Vivanco, Human Rights Watch | |
| Presider: | Julia E. Sweig |
Latin America Roundtable: Latin America Round Up Discussion
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Presider: | Julia E. Sweig |
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Brazil: The Political and Economic Challneges Facing the President Elect and Implications for U.S. Policy in Latin America
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Presider: | Eli Whitney Debevoise, Arnold and Porter |
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| Speakers: | Walter Molano, BCP Securities |
| Kenneth R. Maxwell, Council on Foreign Relations |
Contact Michael McCarthy at 202-518-3418 or mmccarthy@cfr.org
The Crisis in Argentina
Related Projects: Chase Manhattan Inter-American Issues Series, Latin America Roundtable
| Presider: | Kenneth R. Maxwell |
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| Speakers: | Rosendo Fraga, Centro de Estudios Union para la Nueva Mayoria |
| Felipe de la Balze, Consejo Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales | |
| Mark Falcoff, American Entreprise Institute for Public Policy |
Contact: Tomas Amorim at 212-434-9616 or tamorim@cfr.org
The Middle East and South America: Is There a Terrorist Connection?
Related Projects: Roundtable on the Middle East and Islam, Latin America Roundtable
| Speaker: | Alberto R. Coll, Naval War College |
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Contact: Nora Kahn at 212-434-9610 or nkahn@cfr.org
Cuba
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Presider: | Julia E. Sweig |
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| Speakers: | Piero Gleijeses, Johns Hopkins University, School for Advanced International Studies |
| William LeoGrande, American University |
Contact: Michael M. McCarthy at 202-518-3418 or mmccarthy@cfr.org
Where Geography Is Not Destiny: The Wider Caribbean in the 21st Century
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Presider: | Kenneth R. Maxwell |
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| Speaker: | Victor Bulmer, Director, Royal Institute of International Affairs |
Contact: Tomás Amorim 212-434-9616 or tamorim@cfr.org
America’s Response to Terrorism: Cooperation and Tension in the Transatlantic Relationship—Which Force will Prove Stronger?
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Presider: | Kenneth R. Maxwell |
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| Speaker: | Victor Bulmer, Director, Royal Institute of International Affairs |
Contact: Tomas Amorim at 212-434-9616 or tamorim@cfr.org
A Conversation with Lincoln Gordon
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Presider: | Kenneth R. Maxwell |
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| Speaker: | Ambassador Lincoln Gordon |
Dinner with Governor Tasso Jereissati of Brazil
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Presider: | Kenneth R. Maxwell |
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| Speaker: | Tasso Jereissati |
The Politics of Mexican Economic and Political Transition
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Presider: | Kenneth R. Maxwell |
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| Speaker: | Luis Rubio, Director, Center of Research for Development (CIDAC) |
After 70 years of authoritarian rule and stage-managed presidential successions, one of the most important elections since the Second World War will take place in Mexico in July 2000. Competition among the political parties-best reflected in the 1997 midterm election when the PRI lost its historical dominance in Congress-has increased dramatically, giving more opportunities to the opposition presidential candidates. On November 7, a new era in Mexican politics was inaugurated with PRI's historic first primary, which was run with a degree of legitimacy unseen for several decades, and saw Francisco Labastida emerge as the clear PRI candidate. But the path to democracy runs through dangerous minefields. The banking crisis, social insecurity and rising violence and crime, particularly in Mexico City, the unresolved Chiapas conflict, and the unequal distribution of income and poverty are only a few of the issues the candidates will face.
Luis Rubio, Director of CIDAC - Center of Research and Development, an independent institution devoted to the study of economic and political policy issues, will discuss this complex transition period confronting Mexico. Dr. Rubio is author and editor of nearly thirty volumes, including Mexico's Dilemma: The Political Origins of Economic Crisis and Political Reform: Necessary Component of Modernity. His most recent book is Mexican Democracy.
Argentina: Economic and Political Prospects in a Post-Menem Era
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Presider: | Kenneth R. Maxwell, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations |
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| Speakers: | Rosendo Fraga, Executive Director, Centro de Estudios Unión para la Nueva Mayoría |
| Felipe de la Balze, Centro Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI) |
The election of Fernando de la Rúa on October 24 ended a decade during which Carlos Menem and the Justicialist Party dominated the Argentine political scene, in power longer than any other president. De la Rúa, the center-left Alliance candidate, achieved a comfortable victory, having campaigned on a platform of sobriety and "moral change" that proved attractive to voters. However, Argentina still faces enormous political and economic challenges.
Dr. Rosendo Fraga is Executive Director of the Centro de Estudios Unión para la Nueva Mayoría, a research center on military, political, and historical topics. Dr. Felipe de la Balze who has wide experience in the private sector, is a Board Member of the Centro Argentino para las Relaciones Internacionales (CARI) and Professor of International Economics at Argentina's Foreign Affairs and National Defense Schools. Dr. Fraga will address the political consequences of the election, while Dr. de la Balze will examine the economic and financial repercussions.
Presidential Election Series: PAN Presidential Candidate
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Speaker: | Vicente Fox, PAN Presidential Candidate, PAN |
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Mexico's Presidential Succession: Implications of the Recent Primary Elections
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Speaker: | Wayne A. Cornelius, Professor, Princeton and University of California, San Diego |
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Religion in Latin America
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Speaker: | Carlos Manuel De Cespedes, Monsignor |
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Update on Colombia (October 1999)
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Speaker: | Michael Shifter, Inter-American Dialogue |
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Political, Constitutional, Economic, and Regional Implications of the Current Venezuelan Reform Process
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Presider: | Elliott Abrams |
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| Speakers: | Moises Naím, Editor, Foreign Policy Magazine |
| Terry Karl, Director, Center for Latin American Development Studies, Stanford University | |
| David Myers, Professor of Political Science, Pennsylvania State Unviersity | |
| Ricardo Hausmann, Chief Economist, International American Development Bank |
I. Introduction
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Speakers: | Robert Graham, Member, U.S. Senate (D-Flor.) |
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| Angel Corcostegui, United States-Spain Council | |
| Thomas F. McLarty III, McLarty International | |
| Kenneth R. Maxwell |
II. Perspectives on the Brazilian Economy
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Speaker: | Pedro Sãmpaio Malan, Minister of Finance, Brazil |
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III. Integration of Capital Markets
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Speakers: | Richard Grasso, Former Chairman, New York Stock Exchange |
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| Antonio Zoida, Madrid Stock Exchange | |
| Alfredo Rizkallah, São Paolo Stock Exchange | |
| Richard Syron, American Stock Exchange |
IV. Credit Market Integration
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Speakers: | Angel Corcostegui, Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, Citigroup |
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| William R. Rhodes, Mexico | |
| Guillermo Ortiz, Banco Bilbao-Viscaya | |
| Juan Palacios |
The Regional Relevance of the Organization of American States
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Presider: | George A. Dalley, Partner, Holland & Knight |
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| Speaker: | Cesar Gaviria, Secretary-General, Organization of American States |
USAID in Latin America: Priorities for Democratic Consolidation
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Presider: | Tara D. Sonenshine, Senior Adviser, U.S. Institute of Peace |
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| Speaker: | Mark Schneider, Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean, U.S. Agency for International Development |
III. Europe and the United States in the External Agenda of Mercosur
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Commentators: | Paolo Wrobel, The Royal Institute of International Affairs, London |
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| Andrea Stochhiero, Istituto di Affari Internazionale, Rome | |
| Panelist: | Renate Rennie |
| Speaker: | Roberto Bouzas, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales |
IV. Mercosur from a European Perspective
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Commentators: | Aldo Ferrer, Univeristy of Buenos Aires |
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| Clodoaldo Hugueney, Ambassador of Brazil to the European Union | |
| Panelist: | Wolfgang Wessels |
| Speaker: | Victor Bulmer, Institute for Latin American Studies (ILAS), London |
V. U.S. Policy Options on Mercosur
Related Project: Latin America Roundtable
| Commentators: | Wolf Grobendorff, Ministry of Economy, Public Works, and Services, Argentina |
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| Felix Pena | |
| Panelist: | Kenneth R. Maxwell |
| Speaker: | Riordan Roett |
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