International Seminar: “Contemporary Inter-American Relations,” Mexico City, Mexico, 2009.

Date: January 9-10, 2009.

Venue: Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México.

Organizers: Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México | Fundación Grupo Vidanta | Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica | Centro de Estudios y Programas Interamericanos.

Participants (In alphabetical order)

Cynthia Arnson (Estados Unidos)

Director of the Latin American Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Ana Covarrubias (México)

Professor at the Center for International Studies, El Colegio de México.

Jorge I. Domínguez (Estados Unidos)

PhD Harvard University. Antonio Madero Professor of Mexican and Latin American Politics, Harvard.

Cristina Eguizabal (Costa Rica)

Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Center (LACC), Florida International University.

Raúl Fernández de Castro (México)

Founder, head and professor-researcher of the Department of International Studies of the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM). Director of Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica magazine.

Claudia Fuentes (Chile)

Researcher at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), Chile.

Mónica Hirst (Brasil)

Director of the Department of Studies on Security, Torcuato Di Tella University.

Anthony P. Maingot (Estados Unidos)

Professor of Sociology and editor of Hemisphere magazine on Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Florida International University.

Cynthia McClintock (Estados Unidos)

Professor of Political Science and International Relations, and Director of the Latin American and Hemispheric Studies Program, University of Georgetown.

Marifeli Pèrez-Stable (Estados Unidos)

Vice President for Democratic Governance at the Inter-American Dialogue, Washington, D.C. Professor of sociology and anthropology, Florida International University, Miami.

Francisco Rojas (Chile)

Secretary General of FLACSO. Member of the Latin American Advisory Board of the Open Society Institute (OSI) and of the Managing Board of Fundación Equitas, Chile.

Carlos Romero (Venezuela)

Professor-researcher at the Institute of Political Studies of the Faculty of Juridical and Political Sciences, Central University of Venezuela.

Roberto Russell (Argentina)

President of the Grupo Vidanta Foundation and Director of the Master’s in International Studies at the Torcuato Di Tella University.

Fabián Vallas (Perú)

Professor of International Communication and Political Communication, University of Lima, Peru.