INTERAMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY
Invites you to the
Forum Quo Vadis Latin America
Live:
Coral Gables Museum
285 Aragon Avenue, Coral Gables, 33134. FL. (Google Maps)
August 17, 2022
8:30AM – 12:30PM
8:30 Registration
9:00 a.m.
Welcoming Remarks
Tomás Regalado
President IID
Keynote Address
Thomas Shannon (USA)
Ambassador and Former Secretary of State
Panel 1
Academic view
Héctor Schamis (USA)
Georgetown University
Ricardo Israel (Chile)
IID
Robert Evan Ellis (USA)
War College
Moderator: Luis Fleischman (Uruguay)
Panel 2
Organized Crime
Alberto Capella (México)
Former Secretary for Public Safety of Tijuana and Quintana Roo
Iván Simonovis (Venezuela)
Intelligence Analyst and Criminal Investigator
Juan Antonio Blanco (Cuba)
Director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Initiatives
Ricardo Villadiego
CEO Lumu Technologies
María Paula Romo (Ecuador)
Former Minister of Government
Moderator: Norberto Spangaro (Argentina)
Panel 3
Freedom of the Press
José Carlos Paredes (Perú)
Caretas
Vanessa Vallejo (Colombia)
El American
Luis Galeano (Nicaragua)
Café con Voz
Iliana Lavastida (Cuba)
Diario Las Américas
Tim Padget (USA)
National Public Radio
Oscar Haza (Rep. Dominicana)
Mega TV
Moderator: Ricardo Trotti
Inter American Press Association
Panel 4
Challenges to Governance
Antonio Ledezma (Venezuela)
Former Mayor of Libertador Municipality of Caracas
Simón Ferro (USA)
Former US Ambassador to Panamá
Francisco Santos
Former vicepresident Colombia
Federico Pinedo (Argentina)
Former Senate President
Luis Guillermo Solís
Former President of Costa Rica
Moderator: Daniel Hadad (Argentina)
Infobae
Closing Remarks
Carlos Sánchez Berzaín
Master of Ceremonies: Beatrice Rangel
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