We Will Prevail: Together as One
The Wilson Center is pleased to announce that Dr. Manuel Cuesta Morúa, a leading scholar and political activist from Cuba, will receive the 2016 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award. Dr. Manuel Cuesta Morúa has worked extensively on democratic reforms in Cuba and over the last two decades he has played a leading role in a number of human rights organizations. Please join Dr. Morúa and a leading panel of experts to discuss the future of a post-Castro Cuba.
Overview
2016 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award Workshop
The Wilson Center is pleased to announce that Dr. Manuel Cuesta Morúa, a leading scholar and political activist from Cuba, will receive the 2016 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award. Dr. Manuel Cuesta Morúa has worked extensively on democratic reforms in Cuba and over the last two decades he has played a leading role in a number of human rights organizations. Please join Dr. Morúa and a leading panel of experts to discuss the future of a post-Castro Cuba.
2016 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award Recipient
Manuel Cuesta Morúa
Coordinator, Plataforma Nuevo País and 2016 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award Recipient
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
The Honorable Jane Harman
President, Director and CEO, The Wilson Center
Hector Schamis
El País and Adjunct Professor, Center for Latin American Studies, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service
Keynote: We will Prevail: Together as One
Manuel Cuesta Morúa
Coordinator, Plataforma Nuevo País and 2016 Ion Ratiu Democracy Award Recipient
Roundtable Discussion
Carl Gershman
President, National Endowment for Democracy
Roger Noriega
Visiting Fellow, American Enterprise Institute
Richard Feinberg
Professor of International Political Economy, School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego and former Wilson Center Public Policy Scholar
The Award Ceremony and Reception will follow.
Established in 2005, the Ion Ratiu Democracy Award (IRDA) aims to bring visibility and international recognition to the ideas, ideals and accomplishments of individuals around the world who are working on behalf of democracy. Previous awardees include Jamil Hasanli (2015), Mustafa Nayyem (Ukraine, 2014), Angela Kocze (Hungary, 2013), Aung San Suu Kyi (Myanmar, 2012), Nabeel Rajab (Bahrain, 2011), Oleg Kozlovsky (Russia, 2010), Adam Michnik (Poland, 2009), Eleonora Cercavschi (Moldova, 2008), Anatoli Mikhailov (Belarus, 2007), Saad Ibrahim (Egypt, 2006), and Sergio Aguayo (Mexico, 2005).
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Latin America Program
The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
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