Latin America Events
A Review of Brazil's Environmental Policies and Challenges Ahead
October 20, 2010 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Brazil Institute
Stressing that sustainable development, not just conservation, must be the focus, Izabella Teixeira, Brazil's minister of the environment, discusses the challenges and goals of her ministry in the coming years.
Complex Connections: Ecological Impacts of Chinese Investment in Southeast Asia
October 20, 2010 // 9:00am — 11:00am
China Environment Forum
As the world's factory, it should not be surprising that China has had to expand its search for raw resources well beyond its borders. Over the past few years China has become a major global investor into resource extraction industries—oil, gas, minerals, timber, and agricultural products.
Book launch: The New Brazil
October 13, 2010 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Brazil Institute
Author Riordan Roett, Professor, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University; Commentator Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center
Outcomes of the October 3 Presidential and General Elections in Brazil
October 04, 2010 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Brazil Institute
Riordan Roett, Professor, SAIS, Johns Hopkins University; Christopher Garman, Director, Eurasia Group; Clifford Young, Executive Director, IPSOS Public Affairs Brazil; Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center
A New Approach to Social Policy: Measuring Access to Opportunity
September 30, 2010 // 12:30pm — 2:30pm
Latin American Program
This seminar explored the Human Opportunity Index, designed to measure difference in access within and among countries of the region.
Challenges for Latin American Police Forces: The Complex and Changing Environment
September 29, 2010 // 8:30am — 12:30pm
Latin American Program
The Latin America Program held a seminar that included a panel of experts from the region discussing the challenges of police reform throughout Latin America.
Leadership and Responsibility in the New Brazilian International Agenda
September 23, 2010 // 9:00am — 1:00pm
Brazil Institute
Thomas Shannon, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil; Ernesto Fraga Araújo, Minister, Brazilian Embassy; Albert Fishlow, Professor, Columbia University; Denise Gregory, Executive Director, CEBRI; Joel Velasco, Chief Representative for North America, Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association (UNICA); Donna Hrinak, Senior Director of Latin America Government Affairs, Pepsico Co.; Ricardo Mendes, Managing Partner, Prospectiva Consulting; Peter Hakim, Inter-American Dialogue; Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center
Media Briefing on the Presidential Election in Brazil
September 22, 2010 // 11:15am — 12:00pm
Brazil Institute
Ricardo Mendes, Managing Partner, Prospectiva Consulting; João Augusto de Castro Neves, Founding Partner and Political Analyst, CAC Consultoria; Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute
Public Opinion in Brazil: Findings from the Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project
September 22, 2010 // 9:30am — 11:00am
Brazil Institute
Richard Wike, Associate Director, Pew Global Attitudes Project; Juliana Menasce Horowitz, Senior Researcher, Pew Global Attitudes ProjectCommentators: Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center; Ricardo Mendes, Managing Partner, Prospectiva Consulting
Promoting Citizenship and Immigrant Integration
September 17, 2010 // 9:00am — 12:00pm
Mexico Institute
Alejandro Mayorkas, Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)