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Lisa Viscidi, Director of the Energy, Climate Change and Extractive Industries Program, testified before the US House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs on the subject of “Energy Opportunities in Latin America.”
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On May 9th, 2017, the Dialogue hosted an event with Kevin Casas-Zamora, Sarah Chayes, and Carlos Santiso, on how accountability reforms have changed Latin America’s fight against corruption.
“Pasé por tres campos de concentración durante más de un año; la clave fue sobrevivir. Y luego viví 10 años de exilio, con prohibición de reingreso al país. Muchos sufrieron harto más que yo, tantos desaparecieron, pero la mayoría mantuvo la resolución de luchar. […] Si uno se sume en la justificada amargura y deja que su espíritu se contamine con un ánimo negativo no puede convocar para construir una sociedad mejor. Decidí entonces dedicar mi vida a recuperar la democracia y la justicia. La tarea era construir una nueva fuerza política y social, y batallar por un mundo mejor, en libertad, sin dictadura.” Sergio Bitar al recibir el premio Guillermo el O´Donnell Democracy Award and Lectureship 2017.
“I was held at three concentration camps for more than one year; the key was to survive. Then I was expelled and I lived in exile for 10 years, barred from returning to the country. Many suffered much more than I did. […] During those years, I learned another lesson: If you allow yourself to sink into the justified bitterness and let your spirit to become contaminated with a negative animus, you cannot persuade and help mobilize others to build a better society. Therefore, the task was to build a new political and social force, and to battle for a better world, in liberty, without dictatorship.” Sergio Bitar receiving the Guillermo el O´Donnell Democracy Award and Lectureship 2017
Chile’s finance, deputy finance and economy ministers resigned on Aug. 31, dealing a blow to President Michelle Bachelet’s government. What was behind the resignations?
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CGTN’s Rachelle Akuffo spoke to Peter Hakim, president emeritus and senior fellow at Inter-American Dialogue. They discussed the challenges facing Chile’s economy and what prospects it has for the foreseeable future.
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On September 22, the Inter-American Dialogue co-sponsored an event at the Wilson Center with former President of Chile and current presidential candidate Sebastián Piñera Echenique.
En entrevista con EduPrensa, el director del programa de Educación del Diálogo Interamericano, Ariel Fiszbein, habla sobre los principales retos educativos que enfrenta América Latina y sobre los avances de los últimos años en algunos países que han priorizado la educación.
How can Chile use school resources more effectively to ensure educational equity, strengthen leadership and improve teaching?
Conservative presidential candidate Sebastián Piñera, who led Chile from 2010 to 2014, on Dec. 17 will face off against center-leftist Alejandro Guillier in a runoff that polls suggest will be very close. Who will win and why?
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Chile looked to the past to pick its future leader. Former President Sebastian Pinera is the projected winner of a presidential runoff election. With nearly all the votes counted, his challenger Alejandro Guillier conceded and congratulated the conservative billionaire on his victory. Michael Shifter, president of the Inter-American Dialogue, discusses with CGTN’s Susan Roberts.
Former Chilean President Sebastián Piñera on Sunday defeated his opponent Alejandro Guillier in the country’s presidential runoff election. To what can Piñera attribute his victory?
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On January 25, 2018 the Inter-American Dialogue’s Migration, Remittances & Development Program hosted “Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean in 2017,” an annual event presenting remittance flows to the region.
If the region increases renewables to 80% of the electricity matrix and expands integration, countries can save billions of dollars in investments, avoid blackouts and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, argue Lisa Viscidi and Ariel Yépez.
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On February 15, the Inter-American Dialogue hosted an event titled “Piñera’s Second Term” to discuss the implications and challenges of president-elect Piñera’s second term. This event was moderated by Michael Shifter with speakers Robert Funk (Universidad de Chile), Gabrielle Trebat (McLarty Associates), and Sergio Urzua (University of Maryland). The speakers discussed the social, political, and economic implications of Piñera’s victory and forthcoming challenges.
