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October 22, 2010: Bolivia and the Global Fight Against Climate Change: A Discussion with Pablo Solón
By Rachel Sadon
The Inter-American Dialogue and George Washington University’s Latin American & Hemispheric Studies Program hosted a lunch conversation with Pablo Solón, Bolivia’s Ambassador to the United Nations. Solón, Bolivia's top UN climate change negotiator, offered his perspective on the October round of talks in China and the outlook for the November United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Cancun.

October 21, 2010: The Political Crisis in Ecuador: A Conversation with José Miguel Insulza
By Bridget O'Loughlin
The Inter-American Dialogue hosted a breakfast discussion on Ecuador’s recent political crisis featuring José Miguel Insulza, the secretary general of the Organization of American States. The session took place on Thursday, October 21 at the Inter-American Dialogue.

October 20, 2010: LGBT Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean: Why Now and What Next?
By Daphne Morrison
Javier Corrales, a professor of political science at Amherst College on lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LBGT) politics in Latin America at a first of a kind discussion on October 20 at the Inter-American Dialogue.

October 19, 2010: IACHR Report on Citizen Security and Human Rights
By Bridget O'Loughlin
Citizen security remains a top concern for most Latin American governments as crime and violence spiral out of control and cripple political and economic institutions in the region. Still, government response needs to be aligned with the promotion of human rights, said a panel of experts at an October 19 discussion co-sponsored by the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) at the Inter-American Dialogue. Presenting the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights’ (IACHR) new Report on Citizen Security and Human Rights, the panel—including several members of the Commission—advocated preventative and collaborative security policies that balance human rights with citizen security.

October 8, 2010: A Conversation with Katiuska King, Ecuador’s Minister Coordinator of Economic Policy
By Michael Lisman
The Inter-American Dialogue hosted a lunch discussion with Katiuska King, the Minister Coordinator of Economic Policy of Ecuador, on October 8. King’s remarks focused on the Ecuadoran government’s current economic agenda and priorities, and the country’s development outlook.

October 8, 2010: Cuban Oil Prospects Could Spur Change in U.S. Relations: Experts
By Rachel Sadon
As the semi-submersible rig contracted by Spanish energy company Respol nears completion and prepares to begin the trek to drill exploratory wells in the waters of Cuba's north coast, experts say the development of Cuba's offshore oil reserves could be a significant game changer for the Caribbean nation, in particular its fraught relations with the United States.

October 1, 2010: Democracy and Politics in Venezuela: A Conversation with José Virtuoso
By Catherine Kuerbitz
The Open Society Institute and the Inter-American Dialogue hosted a breakfast discussion on democracy and politics in Venezuela, featuring Father José Virtuoso and Venezuelan Ambassador to the United States Bernardo Alvarez.

September 28, 2010: RAND Report on Haiti: Challenges and Recommendations on Building a More Resilient State
By Heloisa Vila
“The extent of the devastation of the earthquake is greatly exacerbated by the weakness of the government in Haiti and its lack of capacity, systems and resources,” said Laurel Miller, senior political analyst at the RAND Corporation and co-author of a new RAND report on Haiti, at an Inter-American Dialogue public session on September 28. The discussion focused on the findings of the study, among them a set of state-building recommendations that, according to the authors, are priorities to effectively rebuild the Haitian state.

September 23, 2010: Leadership and Responsibility in the New Brazilian International Agenda
By J.C. Hodges
On Sept. 23, the Brazil Institute, the Inter-American Dialogue, the Brazilian Center for International Relations (CEBRI), and Prospectiva Consulting hosted the conference “Leadership and Responsibility in the New Brazilian International Agenda.” This conference was convened to discuss Brazil’s new international profile, and to analyze both its rise and challenges from political and business perspectives. Two questions in particular guided the discussion: is this growth and new-found influence sustainable and how will Brazil use this recently-gained international position? The first panel discussed Brazil-U.S. relations specifically; the second looked at Brazil’s rise from the private sector’s point of view; and the third examined Brazil foreign policy, both current and future.

September 16, 2010: Book Launch: Brazil on the Rise
By Renata Johnson
As the host of the 2014 Soccer World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, Brazil seems ready to take its place on the world stage. This is a dramatically different country than the one New York Times culture reporter Larry Rohter encountered when he first visited Brazil in 1972 during the military dictatorship. After covering several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, Rohter settled in Brazil, where he spent 14 years, first as a correspondent for Newsweek and later as the New York Times bureau chief. For his book Brazil on the Rise: The Story of a Country Transformed, published by Palgrave Macmillan and launched on Sept. 16 at the Woodrow Wilson International Center, Rohter interviewed Brazil’s key political, business, cultural and religious leaders.

September 16, 2010: A Conversation with Martín Redrado, former president of the Central Bank of Argentina
By Daphne Morrison
In January of this year, Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner dismissed Central Bank governor Martin Redrado in an unprecedented move that caused a national an international uproar. The controversy involved over $6 billion in foreign currency reserves that Redrado refused to hand over to the president to repay debts. President Kirchner then dismissed Redrado from his post by emergency decree—a move that was seriously questioned by constitutional experts. Redrado, who spoke at the Inter-American Dialogue on Thursday, September 16, eventually resigned.

September 14, 2010: A Conversation with Ollanta Humala
By Bridget O'Loughlin
The Inter-American Dialogue hosted an afternoon discussion with Ollanta Humala, an important Peruvian political figure and expected candidate for president in the April 2011 elections, on September 14.

September 13, 2010: Political Options and Outlook in Ecuador
By Bridget O'Loughlin
The Inter-American Dialogue hosted a discussion on the current political situation in Ecuador featuring seven members of the National Assembly of Ecuador: Fernando Aguirre (Partido Sociedad Patriótica), Fausto Cobo (Partido Sociedad Patriótica), Fernando González (independiente), César Montúfar (Concertación Nacional), Magali Orellana (Pachacutik), Andrés Paez (Izquierda Democrática), and Leonardo Viteri (Partido Social Crisitiano).

September 10, 2010: The Evolving Role of the Cuban Diaspora
By Chris Cote
Three Cuba experts led off the discussion: Juan Antonio Blanco, founder of the Felix Varela Center, one of the few NGOs operating in Havana, and now assistant director of Florida International’s Cuban Research Institute; Uva de Aragón, associate director of the Institute; and Emilio Morales, author of Cuba: Tránsito silencioso al capitalismo.

September 9, 2010: XIV Annual CAF Conference on the Americas
By Mary Dempsey
CAF, the Inter-American Dialogue, and the Organization of American States organize the annual conference in Washington, D.C., as a platform to identify pivotal issues in the region and make related policy recommendations. Among the participants are U.S. and Latin American government officials, international economists, lawmakers, policy analysts, journalists, and corporate and financial leaders.

July 22, 2010: Cuba's Political Puzzle
By Carl-Henri Prophète
This month we have witnessed the two most important political events in Cuba since Raúl Castro became president four years ago – the announcement of plans to release 52 political prisoners and Fidel Castro’s first major public address since he fell ill in late 2006. On July 22 the Dialogue held a breakfast discussion on the medium and longer term significance of these developments.

July 16, 2010: A Conversation with Fernando Cordero, President of the National Assembly of Ecuador
By Bridget O'Loughlin
The Inter-American Dialogue hosted a conversation on Ecuador’s political situation, policy agenda, and new constitution, featuring Fernando Cordero, the president of Ecuador’s National Assembly.

July 15, 2010: The Age of Productivity: Transforming Economies from the Bottom Up
By Chris Cote
The economies of Latin America and the Caribbean suffer from a chronic low-growth disease caused by low productivity. Unfortunately, the region has become so accustomed to this economic ailment, that it no longer considers slow growth its most pressing problem. And yet, the countries of the region are paying dearly for not assigning economic growth the highest priority.

July 6, 2010: Latin America's Economic Future: Can the Region Become an Engine of Economic Growth?
By Dialogue Staff
“Developing countries could be rescued by developing countries as a whole,” said a senior official at the World Bank in an afternoon discussion at the Dialogue on July 6, 2010. Otaviano Canuto, vice president of the World Bank and head of its Poverty Reduction and Economic Management network (PREM), and Marcelo Giugale, director of PREM, led a discussion on the “negative legacy” of the crisis in the developing world and prospects for the region to become an engine for economic growth. The following summary reflects the views expressed in their presentation.

June 27, 2010: 2010 Sol M. Linowitz Forum
By Inter-American Dialogue
The Inter-American Dialogue held its biennial Sol Linowitz Forum on June 25 to 27, 2010 in Washington, DC. The Forum brings the Dialogue’s 100 members together in Washington once every two years for an extended discussion of the most important issues in hemispheric affairs. Outside analysts and officials join Dialogue members to explore diverse perspectives and stimulate fresh thinking. The 2010 Forum marked the eighth meeting of the Forum, which was inaugurated in 1996, and the seventeenth time that the Dialogue membership has met in plenary session.