Conference on Latin America and Globalization
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The purpose of this conference is to present diverse views on the present situation, major issues and future prospects for Latin America in a globalized world. A variety of views will be sought reflecting Latin America, the United States, and Europe as well as special attention to the emerging role of China. The conference will also focus on problems created by globalization, including crime and environmental issues. A publication will result from these sessions. Registration - see below. |
PROGRAM:
15 April, 2008
14:00 Welcome
Alan Irwin, Dean of Research, CBS
14:15 Panel
Venezuela’s Challenge to Globalization.
Ambassador John Maisto, United States Ambassador to the Organization
of American States, to Venezuela, and to Nicaragua and Latin American
Advisor on the National Security Council, US.
Dr. Francisco Mayorga, Director of the Instituto Alberto Magnus
in Nicaragua, former director of Nicaragua's Central Bank and a
Presidential Candidate, Ph.D. from Yale, US, Nicaragua.
16:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Latin America’s Economy in a Globalized World
Dr. Isaac Cohen, former Deputy Director United Nations Economic Commission
on Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL), Guatemala.
17:30 Reception.
16 April, 2008
09:00 Welcome
Annette Villemoes, Head of the Department of
International Culture and Communication Studies, CBS.
09:15 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Mexico in a Globalized World
Dr Sergio Aguayo, Mexico (TBC).
10:30 Panel:
Globalization’s Impact on Latin America.
The Case of a Smaller Nation -
Dr Francisco Mayorga, Nicaragua.
Popular Views of Globalization -
Dr. Orlando Perez, Professor of Political Science at Central Michigan
University and has published extensively on Panama and on Public Opinion
in Latin America, US.
Globalization and the Political Left –
Dr. Martin Nillson,Professor of Political Science and Associate Dean at Växjø
University, Sweden. Has been awarded a fellowship for advanced study in the
United States for 2008-2009, Sweden.
Globalization and Democracy -
Dr. Roberto Espindola, United Kingdom.
12:00 Lunch:
China and Latin America
Dr William Ratliff, of the Hoover Institution,
Stanford University, leading specialist on Chinese
involvement with Latin America, US.
13:45 Panel:
The Dark Side of Globalization.
Illegal Armed Actors –
Dr Dirk Kruijt,Professor at the University of Utrecht, NL, published widely on
Violence and on Political Culture in Latin America, frequent advisor to the
government of the Netherlands, Netherlands.
Central America’s Criminal Gangs –
Mr. T. Shannon Stiles,Adjunct Professor of Political Science at Webster
University and a Board Member of the Council on Foreign Relations,
St. Louis Committee.He specializes in Central American security issues, US.
Threats to the Environment –
Dr Juan Facetti, former Minister of the Environment
and Advisor to the Vice President of Paraguay.
He served on the OAS Mission to Haiti, as advisor to Ecuador's
Constituent Assembly, and with the United Nations in Vienna, Paraguay.
Globalization, Crime, and Security in Mexico –
Dr Patricia Olney, United States.
15:30 Panel:
Future Prospects and Pitfalls.
Ambassador John Maisto, United States.
Ambassador Marta Barcena Coqui, Ambassador of Mexico in Denmark, Mexico.
Dr Roberto Espindola, Professor of Political Science and Director of
the European Studies Center at Bradford University, England.
Specializes in politics in Latin America and in Latin American
relations with Europe, UK.
Ambassador Eduardo Vallarino, former Ambassador of Panama to the United States,
Presidential Candidate of the Christian Democratic Party,
and President of Panama's Council of Private Industry, Panama.
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Presentations from the conference are available under 'Publications' in the main menu, at the center's website.