Events
Brazil and 'Latin America' in Historical Perspective
March 02, 2010 // 8:30am — 10:30am
Leslie Bethell, Senior Scholar, Brazil Institute; Eric Hershberg, Director of Latin American Studies, American University; Julia Sweig, Director for Latin American Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Forum Brasil Luncheon 2010 at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
February 24, 2010 // 11:30am — 1:30pm
Augusto Wagner Padilha Martins, Vice Minister, Brazilian Presidential Special Office for Port Development
Land Use and Rural Development in the Brazilian Amazon
February 24, 2010 // 8:30am — 10:00am
Paulo Barreto, Senior Researcher, Amazon Institute of the People and the Environment (IMAZON); and Steve Schwartzman, Director, Tropical Forest Policy, Environmental Defense Fund
Rivers of the Amazon: Can They Be Used on a Sustainable Basis as a Source of Renewable Hydropower?
February 03, 2010 // 8:15am — 10:00am
Luiz Gabriel Todt de Azevedo of Construtora Norberto Odebrecht S.A discusses the effects of hydropower plant construction on the Southwestern Amazon ecosystem. Christine Pendzich comments on rainforest protection and climate change.
Book Launch: Participatory Institutions in Democratic Brazil
January 28, 2010 // 9:30am — 11:00am
Leonardo Avritzer, Associate Professor of Political Science at the Federal University of Minas Gerais
The Rule of Law, Economic Development, and Modernization of the State in Brazil: Lessons from Existing Experience for Policy and Practice
January 15, 2010 // 9:00am — 10:30am
Judith Tendler, Professor of Political Economy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Salo Vinocur Coslovsky, Assistant Professor of International Development, New York University
The Cotton Case: Implications of WTO Authorized Retaliatory Measures Against the U.S.
December 14, 2009 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Philip Fox-Drummond Gough, Trade Counselor, Embassy of Brazil in Washington; Ricardo Mendes, Executive Director, Prospectiva Consultoria; Jon E. Huenemann, Principal Coordinator, Trade Policy, WTO and Market Access Practice Group, Miller & Chevalier
Director's Forum with Fernando Henrique Cardoso: The Challenges of Brazil After Lula
December 10, 2009 // 9:30am — 11:00am
Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Former President of Brazil; Albert Fishlow, Emeritus Professor at the University of California, Columbia University
The Road to Copenhagen: Perspectives on Brazil, China and India
October 26, 2009 // 3:30pm — 5:30pm
A lone ranger mindset inflicting both developed and developing countries stands in the way of a significant reduction of carbons emissions, but the world will eventually have to put differences aside in order to reach an agreement on climate change, say experts on Brazil, China, and India.
The Road to Copenhagen: Progress and Challenges on Sustainable Development in Chico Mendes's Homeland
October 05, 2009 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
Arnóbio (Binho) Marques, Governor, Brazilian Amazon State of Acre; Foster Brown, Senior Scientist, Woods Hole Research Center; Adriana Gonçalves Moreira, World Bank Senior Environmental Specialist, Sustainable Development Department for Latin America and Caribbean Region; Moderator Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center; Michael Shifter, Vice-President for Policy, Inter-American Dialogue
