Enrique García, president of CAF – Development Bank of Latin America, will be presented with the Dialogue’s Distinguished Leadership for the Americas Award at a gala dinner by Enrique Iglesias, former president of the Inter-American Development Bank and former Ibero-American secretary general.
Ambassador Thomas A. Shannon Jr., one of the highest ranking Latin America experts in the history of the State Department, will offer special remarks at the Dialogue’s 2016 Leadership for the Americas Awards Gala.
Ángel Cabrera, Julieta Castellanos, Arturo Condo, Denise Damiani, Julio Frenk, Gustavo Grobocopatel, Julissa Reynoso, Juan Manuel Urtubey, Roberto Veiga, and María Eugenia Vidal join Dialogue membership.
The Dialogue has launched an updated version of the China-Latin America Finance Database, featuring all Chinese state-to-state lending in LAC through 2015.
The Dialogue has appointed Kevin Casas-Zamora, a Costa Rican lawyer and political scientist, as senior fellow and director of the Peter D. Bell Rule of Law Program.
Univision anchor María Elena Salinas will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the Dialogue’s inaugural Leadership for the Americas Awards Gala on November 17, 2015.
The Dialogue will honor former Prime Minister Felipe González and Grupo Vidanta founder Daniel Chávez Morán at a gala dinner on November 17, 2015.
The Dialogue will honor US Senator Tim Kaine and philanthropist Salvador Paiz at a gala dinner on November 13, 2014.
The purpose of this statement is to reiterate the Dialogue’s commitment to transparency and intellectual independence.
The Inter-American Dialogue has won the US Think Tank of the Year Award 2014, given annually by Prospect Magazine, a prestigious British publication.
The Dialogue was ranked among the top two percent of think tanks in the US for the third consecutive year.
US Secretary of State John Kerry will deliver remarks on Monday, November 18th at an event co-organized by the Dialogue and the Organization of American States.
