Event Description
This event will examine two intertwined themes: the forces that shaped the outcome of the U.S. elections in November and the implications of the elections for the U.S. and the countries of Latin America.
Descripción del Evento
Este evento examinará dos temas que se entrelazan: las fuerzas que dieron forma al resultado de las elecciones estadounidenses de noviembre y las implicaciones de éstas para Estados Unidos y los países de América Latina.
Speakers
Maria Echaveste has built a distinguished career working as a public policy consultant, lecturer, long-time community leader, corporate attorney, and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff during the second Clinton administration. She is a Senior Scholar at the Center for Latin American Studies and the President and CEO of the Opportunity Institute.
Daniel Coronell is an award-winning Colombian investigative journalist and the President for News for Univision in the United States. He has been editor in chief of the Colombian national newscasts Noticias Uno, NTC Noticias and Noticias RCN. He has been a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley and Senior Scholar at the Center for Latin American Studies.
Paul Pierson is the John Gross Professor of Political Science at the University of California at Berkeley. Pierson’s teaching and research includes the fields of American politics and public policy, comparative political economy, and social theory. His most recent book with Jacob S. Hacker is Let Them Eat Tweets: How the Right Rules in an Age of Extreme Inequality.
Presentadores
Maria Echaveste ha desarrollado una carrera distinguida trabajando como consultora de políticas públicas, conferencista, líder comunitaria, abogada corporativa y ex jefa de personal adjunta de la Casa Blanca durante la segunda administración Clinton. Actualmente es la presidenta y directora ejecutiva del Opportunity Institute.
Daniel Coronell es un periodista de investigación colombiano y presidente de noticias de Univisión en Estados Unidos. Ha sido editor en jefe de los noticieros nacionales colombianos Noticias Uno, NTC Noticias y Noticias RCN.
Paul Pierson es el profesor John Gross de Ciencias Políticas en la Universidad de California en Berkeley. La enseñanza e investigación de Pierson incluyen los campos de la política estadounidense y las políticas públicas, la economía política comparada y la teoría social.