Events
The "New Left" and Democratic Governance in Latin America
November 06, 2006 // 8:00am — 4:00pm
On November 6, 2006, the Latin American Program held the initial workshop of a three-year project on "The ‘New Left' and Democratic Governance in Latin America," a comparative project focusing on Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Uruguay, and Venezuela. A group of distinguished scholars and practitioners from the United States, Latin America, and Europe discussed core definitions of what constitutes "the left" in Latin America and how it differs from earlier periods. Workshop participants also considered whether or not the left has a distinct approach to social and economic policy as well as to issues of human rights, political participation, institutional design and development, and foreign policy.
Fifteen Years After the Peace Agreement: Problems of Peace-Building in El Salvador
November 01, 2006 // 7:30am — 9:00am
With Rubén I. Zamora, President of CAPAZ Foundation and UNDP consultant
The Politics of Energy in Latin America
October 23, 2006 // 9:00am — 11:00am
A panel of experts looks at the nationalization of hydrocarbons in Bolivia, Venezuela's use of "oil diplomacy" in the hemisphere, the development of the Camisea natural gas pipeline in Peru, and increased concern over the security of U.S. energy supplies. All of these issues serve to underscore the intensely political aspects of energy relations in Latin America.
Unsilencing the Victims
July 10, 2006 // 12:30pm — 2:00pm
Santiago Jaramillo, a lawyer with the Victims of the Armed Conflict Project in Medellín, Colombia, discusses the city government's efforts to respond to the needs and support the rights of the victims of the armed conflict.
The Future of the Andean Region
May 02, 2006 // 3:00pm — 5:00pm
With Marcelo Giugale, Director, Andean Region, The World Bank; andCarol Wise, Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar and Associate Professor of International Relations, University of Southern California
Live Webcast - Latin America and the United States: The Future of the Relationship
April 25, 2006 // 2:00pm — 5:00pm
Book Launch: Enforcing the Rule of Law
April 18, 2006 // 4:00pm — 5:30pm
Enrique Peruzzotti, Universidad Torcuato di Tella; Commentary by Felipe Agüero, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and University of Miami and Leonardo Avrizter, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
The April 9 Presidential Election in Peru
April 05, 2006 // 8:30am — 10:00am
with Carlos Basombrío, Capital Humano y Social, S.A., and Peru 21 and Professor Julio Carrión, University of Delaware
Comparative Peace Processes in Latin America
April 03, 2006 // 8:00am — 5:00am
Colombia's Peace Processes: Multiple Negotiations, Multiple Actors
March 27, 2006 // 2:00pm — 4:30pm
Jaime Bermúdez, Office of the Presidency, Republic of Colombia;Alfredo Rangel Suárez, President, Fundación Seguridad y Democracia;León Valencia, Columnist, El Tiempo;Padre Darío Echeverri, Comisión de Conciliación Nacional and Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia; David Henifin, Deputy Director for Andean Affairs, U.S. Department of State
