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Sergio Fajardo: "Education as the Engine of Social Transformation" (2016)
Sergio Fajardo was the governor of Antioquia, Colombia, from 2012-2015. He previously served as mayor of Medellín from 2003-07.
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Alma Guillermoprieto: "Reflections on Latin America: El Salvador, Mexico, and Colombia" (2012)
Alma Guillermoprieto is a Mexican journalist and author, known for breaking the story of the El Mozote massacre in El Salvador.
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Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas: "The Promise & Legacy of the Mexican Revolution: 1910-2010" (2010)
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas has been a candidate for president of Mexico three times, and served as Head of Government for the Federal District from 1997-99.
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Kirsten Sehnbruch: "Latin America's Development and Labor Markets" (2008)
Kirsten Sehnbruch is the Director of the Center for New Development Thinking at the Universidad Diego Portales in Chile.
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Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, "1988: The Mexican Transition to Democracy" (2006)
Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas has been a candidate for president of Mexico three times, and served as Head of Government for the Federal District from 1997-99.
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Peter Smith: "Democracy and Democratization in Central America" (2005)
Peter H. Smith is the Simon Bolivar Professor of Latin American Studies at University of California in San Diego.
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Jorge Arrate: "Argentina and Chile: Democracy and Integration" (2004)
Jorge Arrate was a minister of various departments in the Chilean government under Presidents Allende, Aylwin and Frei.
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David Bonior: "Revolution from the Left and Right in Central America, 1979 to 1994: U.S. Congressional Involvement" (2003)
David Bonior was was a leading voice in the U.S. House of Representatives during the debate over Central American policy and NAFTA in the 1980s & 90s.
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Javier Couso: "The Clash Between Liberal and Radical Constitutionalism" (2016)
Javier Couso is a professor and expert on constitutional law and the Universidad Diego Portales in Chile.
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Ricardo Lagos: "Latin American Development After the Crisis: the Emerging Middle Classes" (2012)
Ricardo Lagos served as President of Chile from 2000-06.
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Sergio Aguayo: "Rescuing Mexican Democracy: The Role of Civil Society" (2010)
Sergio Aguayo is a Mexican academic and human rights activist, and has been a professor and researcher at El Colegio de México since 1977.
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Daniel Coronell: "Contemporary Colombia" (2007)
Daniel Coronell is a Colombian journalist, and is President of News for Univision in the United States.
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Kirsten Sehnbruch: "Employment Policy in Latin America" (2006)
Kirsten Sehnbruch is the Director of the Center for New Development Thinking at the Universidad Diego Portales in Chile.
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Sabina Berman: "Mexican Theater Workshop" (2005)
Sabina Berman is considered Mexico's most acclaimed and commercially-successful playwright.
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Antonio Barros de Castro: "Brazil in Translation" (2003)
Antonio Barros de Castro was an economist specializing in Brazilian development policy.
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Sandy Tolan: "Politics and Petroleum" (2002)
Sandy Tolan is an award-winning author and associate professor of journalism at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at USC
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Enrique Dussel Peters: "Maquiladores in Central America and Mexico: Conditions and Challenges" (2002)
Enrique Dussel Peters is a professor at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
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Javier Couso: "Chile at the Crossroads" (2020)
Javier Couso (Ph.D., Law and Jurisprudence, UC Berkeley) is Professor and Director of Constitutional Law at the Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago.
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Bob King: "Labor and the Global Economy" (2014)
Bob King was the President of the United Auto Workers from 2010-14.
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Horacio Salinas: "La Nueva Canción and Popular Movements in Latin America" (2011)
Horacio Salinas is a Chilean guitarist and composer, and served as the director of the musical group Inti-Illimani.
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Alma Guillermoprieto: "Reflections on Latin America: Central America, Colombia, Venezuela (2009)
Alma Guillermoprieto is a Mexican journalist and author, known for breaking the story of the El Mozote massacre in El Salvador.
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Ricardo Lagos, "Latin American Development After the Crisis: the Emerging Middle Classes" (2007)
Ricardo Lagos served as President of Chile from 2000-06.
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Horacio Salinas: "La Nueva Canción and Popular Movements in Latin America" (2005)
Horacio Salinas is a Chilean guitarist and composer, and served as the director of the musical group Inti-Illimani.
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Kirsten Sehnbruch: "Employmeny Policy in Latin America" (2005)
Kirsten Sehnbruch is the Director of the Center for New Development Thinking at the Universidad Diego Portales in Chile.
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Nancy Applebaum: "Race, Region, and Nation: Colombia in Comparative Latin American Context" (2003)
Nancy Applebaum is currently the director of the Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies Program at Binghamton University.
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Lorenzo Meyer: "The U.S. and Mexico: A Never-Ending Quest to Accomodate Conflicting Agendas" (2002)
Lorenzo Meyer is professor at El Colegio de México A.C. and is on of the foremost historians and political analysts in Mexico.
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Sergio Fajardo: "Contemporary Politics: Perspectives from Colombia for the World" (2019)
Sergio Fajardo, a Colombian presidential candidate in 2018, was the governor of Antioquia, Colombia, from 2012-2015. He previously served as mayor of Medellín from 2003-07.
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Gabriela Cabezón Cámara: "El ritmo de la violencia, a writing workshop" (2013)
Gabriela Cabezón Cámara is an author and the long-time Arts & Culture Editor of Argentina's Clarín.
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Michelle Bachelet: "Democratic Governance, Development, and Global Women's Rights" (2011)
Michelle Bachelet served as President of Chile from 2006-10 and 2014-18.
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Juan Gabriel Valdés: "Where is Latin America Heading?" (2008)
Juan Gabriel Valdés has been Chile's Ambassador to the United States since 2014. He served as Ambassador to the United Nations from 2000-03.
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Sergio Aguayo: "Mexico 2006: The Presidential Election and Consequences for Democracy" (2007)
Sergio Aguayo is a Mexican academic and human rights activist, and has been a professor and researcher at El Colegio de México since 1977.
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Mariclaire Acosta Urquidi: "Democratic Change and Human Rights in Mexico" (2005)
Mariclaire Acosta is a Mexican academic, writer, and human rights activist.
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Jorge Wilheim: "Urban Planning: Innovations from Brazil" (2004)
Jorge Wilheim was an architect and urban designer who worked on the planning of many of Brazil's major cities.
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Sergio Aguayo: "Mexico: What Lies Ahead?" (2003)
Sergio Aguayo is a Mexican academic and human rights activist, and has been a professor and researcher at El Colegio de México since 1977.
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Diamela Eltit: "Author's Writing Workshop" (2003)
Diamela Eltit is a Chilean writer and academic.
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Ruth Cardoso: "Youth in Brazil: Social Situation, Culture and Public Policies" (2000)
Ruth Cardoso was a Brazilian anthropologist and professor at the University of São Paulo, and served as Brazil's first lady during Fernando Henrique Cardoso's presidency.