Event Photos
Miami, Florida
China’s Engagement with Latin America:
Implications for the Region
Featured Speaker: David Hale, Founding Chairman, David Hale Global Economics, Inc., Chicago
Panel 1 - China’s Economic Outlook and its Impact on Latin America Economies
Speakers (L to R): Derek Scissors, Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Erik Bethel, Partner and Co-Founder, SinoLatin Capital, Shanghai, China; Ray Ruga, Principal, CVOX Group LLC, Miami; Erica Downs, Fellow, Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.; Gaston Fornes, Fellow, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol, United Kingdom, and China Programme Director, ESIC Business School, Madrid, Spain
Speaker: Erik Bethel, Partner and Co-Founder, SinoLatin Capital, Shanghai, China
Speaker: Erica Downs, Fellow, Foreign Policy, John L. Thornton China Center, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
Speaker: Gaston Fornes, Fellow, School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies, University of Bristol, United Kingdom, and China Programme Director, ESIC Business School, Madrid, Spain
Speaker: Derek Scissors, Research Fellow, Asian Studies Center, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Moderator: Ray Ruga, Principal, CVOX Group LLC, Miami
Panel 2 - China’s Relationships in the Region: Argentina, Brazil and Mexico
Speakers (L to R): Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; Carlos Moneta, Director, Specialization in Economy and Business with Asia Pacific and India, Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero (UNTREF), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Ambassador Sergio Ley, President, Centro Asia Pacífico, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Guadalajara, Mexico, and Former Ambassador of Mexico to China; João Augusto de Castro Neves, Analyst, Latin America Practice, Eurasia Group, Washington, D.C., and Editor, “The Brazilian Economy,” Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil
Speaker: João Augusto de Castro Neves, Analyst, Latin America Practice, Eurasia Group, Washington, D.C., and Editor, “The Brazilian Economy,” Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil
Speaker: Ambassador Sergio Ley, President, Centro Asia Pacífico, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Guadalajara, Mexico, and Former Ambassador of Mexico to China
Speaker: Carlos Moneta, Director, Specialization in Economy and Business with Asia Pacific and India, Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero (UNTREF), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Panel 3 - Shifts in the Geopolitical Global Order: The Growing Influence of China
Speakers (L to R): Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; Adrian Hearn, Coordinator of International Relations, China Studies Centre, University of Sydney, Australia, and Future Fellow, Australian Research Council; June Teufel Dreyer, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Miami, Miami; Evan Ellis, Assistant Professor, Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, National Defense University, Washington, D.C.
Speaker: June Teufel Dreyer, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Miami, Miami
Speaker: Evan Ellis, Assistant Professor, Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, National Defense University, Washington, D.C.
Speaker: Adrian Hearn, Coordinator of International Relations, China Studies Centre, University of Sydney, Australia, and Future Fellow, Australian Research Council
Central America Task Force, Session I February 2, 2012
Speaker: Jorge Mercado, Senior Specialist, Energy Division, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C.
Speaker: Carl Ross, Managing Director of Investments, Oppenheimer and Co., Atlanta, Georgia
Speaker: James Meyer, Partner, Harper Meyer LLP, Miami, Florida
Panel
Speakers (L to R): James Meyer, Carl Ross, Susan Kaufman Purcell, Jorge Mercado
AACCLA’s “Outlook on the Americas” Luncheon January 26, 2012
Speaker: José Orive, Chair of AACLA
Speaker: Fabiola Rodríguez-Ciampoli, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Public Diplomacy, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Panel
Speakers (L to R): José Raúl Perales, Executive Director, AACCLA; Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; Barbara Kotschwar, Trade Policy Analyst for Latin America, Peterson Institute for International Economics; Catherine Mellor, Director, Asia, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Global Foreign Policy Priorities for 2012 January 19, 2012
Featured Speaker
Speaker: Michael A. Hammer, Acting Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Economic Forecast 2012: Global Change and Shifting Dynamics in Latin America
Panel 1: The Global Economic Landscape
L to R: Joydeep Mukherji, Senior Director, Sovereign Ratings Group, Standard and Poor’s, New York; Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy; Antoni Estevadeordal, Manager, Integration and Trade Sector, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C
Speaker: Antoni Estevadeordal, Manager, Integration and Trade Sector, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C
Speaker: Joydeep Mukherji, Senior Director, Sovereign Ratings Group, Standard and Poor’s, New York
L to R: Joydeep Mukherji, Susan Kaufman Purcell, Antoni Estevadeordal
Panel 2: Economic Prospects for Latin America
L to R: Paulo Vieira da Cunha, Partner and Head of Emerging Markets Research, Tandem Global Partners, New York; Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy; Alberto Bernal, Head of Research and Partner, Bulltick Capital Markets, LP, Miami; Gabriel Casillas, Executive Director and Chief Mexico Economist, J.P. Morgan, Mexico, D.F.
Speaker: Alberto Bernal, Head of Research and Partner, Bulltick Capital Markets, LP, Miami
Speaker: Gabriel Casillas, Executive Director and Chief Mexico Economist, J.P. Morgan, Mexico, D.F.
Speaker: Paulo Vieira da Cunha, Partner and Head of Emerging Markets Research, Tandem Global Partners, New York
L to R: Paulo Vieira da Cunha, Susan Kaufman Purcell, Alberto Bernal
Panel 3: The Political Risk Climate in the Region
L to R: Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy; Jeffry Frieden, Stanfield Professor of International Peace, Department of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Ramiro Prudencio, President and Chief Executive Officer, Burson-Marsteller Latin America, Miami; Riordan Roett, Sarita and Don Johnston Professor, Director, Western Hemisphere Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C.
Speaker: Jeffry Frieden, Stanfield Professor of International Peace, Department of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Speaker: Ramiro Prudencio, President and Chief Executive Officer, Burson-Marsteller Latin America, Miami
Speaker: Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy
Speaker: Riordan Roett, Sarita and Don Johnston Professor; Director, Western Hemisphere Studies, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C.
L to R: Susan Kaufman Purcell, Jeffry Frieden, Ramiro Prudencio, Riordan Roett
A Brunch With Francisco J. Sanchez November 17, 2011
Francisco J. Sanchez, Undersecretary of Foreign Trade at the Department of Commerce
Francisco J. Sanchez addresses the crowd
Keynote Speaker: Francisco J. Sanchez
Moderator: Susan Kaufman Purcell Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy
Marcello Zorovich, 2011 Visiting Fellow at the Center, asks a question about trade with Brazil
Fifth Annual Latin America Conference April 27, 2010
Luncheon Speaker
Speaker: H.E. Porfirio Lobo President, Republic of Honduras
Latin America 2010: Economic, Business and Trade Forecast February 5, 2010
Featured Speaker
Speaker: Manuel Sánchez, Deputy Governor, Banco de Mexico, Mexico, D.F
Global Economic Outlook and the Impact for Latin America
L to R: Jeffrey Schott, Senior Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, DC.; Michelle Billig Patron, Senior Director, PIRA Energy Group, New York; Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy; Brian O’Neill, Vice Chairman, Lazard International, New York; Former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Western Hemisphere, Department of the Treasury
Latin America 2010: Economic Scenarios
L to R: Sergio Martín, Chief Mexico Economist, HSBC, Mexico, D.F.; Liliana Rojas-Suarez, Senior Fellow, Center for Global Development, Washington, D.C.; Joseph Ganitsky, Research Professor, Department of Management, University of Miami; Vladimir Werning, Executive Director, Emerging Markets Economics and Strategy, JP Morgan Chase & Co., New York; Alberto Bernal, Head of EM Macroeconomic Strategy, Bulltick Capital Markets, Miami
Political Risk in the Region
L to R: Peter Romero, CEO, Experior Advisory, Washington, D.C.; Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Otto Reich, President, Otto Reich Associates LLC, Washington, D.C.; Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Andres Oppenheimer, Syndicated Columnist, ‘The Oppenheimer Report,’ The Miami Herald; Jorge Castañeda Global Distinguished Professor of Politics and Latin American & Caribbean Studies, New York University, New York; Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mexico
Bogotá, Colombia
Colombia-United States Forum
October 20-21, 2010
Moderator: Susan Kaufman Purcell Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy
Keynote Speaker: Hon. Michael McKinley Ambassador of the United States to Colombia
L to R: John Murphy Vice president, International Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C.; Santiago Montenegro President, Asofondos, Bogotá; Susan K. Purcell Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy; Alberto Bernal Head of EM Macroeconomic Strategy, Bulltick Capital Markets, Miami; and Roger Tissot Energy Consultant, British Columbia, Canada
L to R: H.E. Gabriel Silva Ambassador of Colombia to the United States; Hon. Michael McKinley Ambassador of the United States to Colombia; and Santiago Montenegro President, Asofondos, Bogotá
Keynote Speakers: Hon. Michael McKinley Ambassador of the United States to Colombia, and H.E. Gabriel Silva Ambassador of Colombia to the United States
Panel on Colombia’s Foreign Policy and Colombia-U.S. Relations
L to R: Edward Schumacher-Matos Director, Migration and Integration Research Program, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts and Syndicated Columnist, The Washington Post Writers Group; Susan K. Purcell Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy; Carlos Caballero Director, Escuela de Gobierno Alberto Lleras Camargo, Universidad de los Andes; Sandra Borda Co-Director, Centro de Estudios Estadounidenses (CEE), and Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá; and Bruce Bagley Chair and Professor, Department of International Studies, University of Miami
L to R: José Darío Uribe Governor, Bank of the Republic of Colombia; and Carlos Caballero Director, Escuela de Gobierno Alberto Lleras Camargo, Universidad de los Andes
L to R: H.E. Gabriel Silva Ambassador of Colombia to the United States; Carlos Caballero Director, Escuela de Gobierno Alberto Lleras Camargo, Universidad de los Andes; and Susan K. Purcell Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami
Santiago, Chile
The Recovery of Emerging Markets: Political and Economic Perspectives
June 14-15, 2010
Speaker: Ricardo García President, AmCham Chile
Speaker: Susan Kaufman Purcell Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy
Speaker: Juan Jaime Díaz Subdirector, Periódico El Mercurio
Speaker: Juan Andrés Fontaine Ministro de Economía, Fomento y Turismo
Speaker: Juan Andrés Fontaine Ministro de Economía, Fomento y Turismo
Speaker: Walter Bastian Deputy Assistant Secretary, Western Hemisphere, U.S. Department of State
Speaker: Juan Andrés Fontaine Ministro de Economía, Fomento y Turismo
L to R: Carlos Pareja Ambassador of Peru in Chile; Rubén Covarrubias Universidad Mayor, Santiago; and Julio Dittborn
L to R: Marcela Vélez Coordinadora, “Economía y Negocios,” El Mercurio, Santiago; Claudio Loser President, Centennial Group, Washington, D.C.; Oscar Landerretche Professor, Economics Department, Universidad de Chile, Santiago; and John Murphy Vice President, International Affairs, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C.
L to R: Karen Poniachik; Susan Kaufman Purcell Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy; Hernán Felipe Errázuriz Presidente, Consejo Chileno para las Relaciones Internacionales; and Peter Hakim President Emeritus, Inter-American Dialogue
São Paulo, Brazil
Second Brazil-U.S. Forum
June 9-10, 2010
Susan Kaufman Purcell welcoming H.E. Henrique Meirelles, governor of the Central Bank of Brazil
L to R: Abram Szajman president of Fecomercio, and Mario Marconini president of the Council for International Affairs at Fecomercio, São Paulo
L to R: Susan Kaufman Purcell Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy; Hon. Thomas Shannon Ambassador of the United States to Brazil; and Mario Marconini President, Council for International Affairs, Fecomercio, São Paulo
L to R: Susan Kaufman Purcell Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy; Stephan Schwartzman Director of Tropical Forest Policy, Environmental Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.; Mario Marconini President, Council for International Affairs, Fecomercio, São Paulo; George Philippidis Energy Director, Applied Research Center, Florida International University, Miami, Florida; Marco Antonio Fujihara Manager, Brazil Sustainability Fund, BNDES, Rio de Janeiro
Hon. Thomas Shannon Ambassador of the United States to Brazil
L to R: Albert Fishlow Professor Emeritus of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University; Mario Marconini President, Council for International Affairs, Fecomercio, São Paulo; Susan Kaufman Purcell Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy; Emy Shayo Cherman Executive Director, Brazil Equity Strategy, JP Morgan; Jon E. Huenemann Principal Coordinator, Trade Policy, WTO & Market Access Group, Miller & Chevalier, Washington, D.C.
H.E. Henrique Meirelles Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil
L to R: Amb. Rubens Antonio Barbosa President, Rubens Barbosa & Associados; Susan Kaufman Purcell Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy; Hon. Thomas Shannon Ambassador of the United States to Brazil; Mario Marconini President, Council for International Affairs, Fecomercio, São Paulo; Amaury de Souza Senior Partner, MCM Associated Consultants
Hon. Thomas Shannon Ambassador of the United States to Brazil, and Mario Marconini President, Council for International Affairs, Fecomercio, São Paulo
Hon. Thomas Shannon being interviewed by the press
L to R: Susan B. Davis Associate Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy; Hon. Thomas Shannon Ambassador of the United States to Brazil; Hon. Thomas White Consul General of the United States in São Paulo
Latin America: 2009 Economic, Business and Trade Forecast
Friday, November 21, 2008
Panel on ‘Global Economic Forecast’
L to R: Ernest ‘Chip’ Brown, Head, Economics Research, Santander Investment Securities, Inc., New York; Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; Tulio Vera, Managing Director & Chief Investment Strategist, Bladex Asset Management, New York
Speaker: Ernest ‘Chip’ Brown, Head, Economics Research, Santander Investment Securities, Inc., New York
Speaker: Tulio Vera, Managing Director & Chief Investment Strategist, Bladex Asset Management, New York
Panel Moderator: Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami
Panel on ‘Latin America 2009: The Economy’
L to R: Jonathan Heath, Chief Economist Latin America, HSBC, Mexico, D.F.; Roberto Steiner, Research Associate, Fedesarrollo, Bogotá (Executive Director as of January 2009); Former Alternate Execuitve Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, D.C.; John Price, Managing Director, Kroll-InfoAmericas, Miami; Claudio Loser, Visiting Senior Fellow, The Inter-American Dialogue, Washington, D.C.; Former Director, Western Hemisphere Department; Paulo Vieira da Cunha, Partner and Head of Emerging Markets Research, Tandem Global Markets’ Emerging Markets Fund, New York; Former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Brazil
Speaker: Jonathan Heath, Chief Economist Latin America, HSBC, Mexico, D.F.
Speaker: Roberto Steiner, Research Associate, Fedesarrollo, Bogotá (Executive Director as of January 2009); Former Alternate Execuitve Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, D.C.
Panel Moderator: John Price, Managing Director, Kroll-InfoAmericas, Miami
Speaker: Claudio Loser, Visiting Senior Fellow, The Inter-American Dialogue, Washington, D.C.; Former Director, Western Hemisphere Department
Speaker: Paulo Vieira da Cunha, Partner and Head of Emerging Markets Research, Tandem Global Markets’ Emerging Markets Fund, New York; Former Deputy Governor, Central Bank of Brazil
Panel on ‘Political Risk in the Region’
L to R: Russell Crandall, Associate Professor of Political Science, Davidson College, North Carolina; Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; Juan Vásquez, Deputy Editorial Page Editor, The Miami Herald; Amb. Roger Noriega, Director, Tew Cardenas, LLP., Washington, D.C.; Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
Speaker: Russell Crandall, Associate Professor of Political Science, Davidson College, North Carolina
Speaker: Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami
Speaker: Amb. Roger Noriega, Director, Tew Cardenas, LLP., Washington, D.C.; Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs
Panel Moderator: Juan Vásquez, Deputy Editorial Page Editor, The Miami Herald
Panel on ‘Latin America 2009: The Business and Trade Environment’
L to R: Antonio Villamil, Dean, School of Business, St. Thomas University; Principal Advisor, The Washington Economics Group, Inc., Miami; Former U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs; Mario Marconini, President, Council of International Relations, Federação do Comércio do Estado de São Paulo (Fecomercio); President, ManattJonesMarconini Global Strategies, São Paulo; Former Foreign Trade Secretary, Ministry of Development, Brazil ; Ian McCluskey, Senior Advisor, International Economic Development, IOS Partners, Miami; Jerry Haar, Associate Dean, International Affairs and Projects, College of Business Administration, Florida International University, Miami
Speaker: Antonio Villamil, Dean, School of Business, St. Thomas University; Principal Advisor, The Washington Economics Group, Inc., Miami; Former U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs
Speaker: Mario Marconini, President, Council of International Relations, Federação do Comércio do Estado de São Paulo (Fecomercio); President, ManattJonesMarconini Global Strategies, São Paulo; Former Foreign Trade Secretary, Ministry of Development, Brazil
Speaker: Jerry Haar, Associate Dean, International Affairs and Projects, College of Business Administration, Florida International University, Miami
Panel Moderator: Ian McCluskey, Senior Advisor, International Economic Development, IOS Partners, Miami
Venezuela: Oil, Politics and Foreign Policy
October 22, 2008
Supporting Organizations:
CAMACOL, The Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce, Florida International Bankers Association, Gateway Florida, Georgetown University Club of Miami,The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Oxford University Society and Venezuelan Business Club
Media Partners:
AméricaEconomía, DailyMe, Latin Business Chronicle, LATIN TRADE, Mercado de Dinero, and WorldCity Business
Featured Speaker: Aníbal Romero, Professor of Political Theory, Universidad Metropolitana, Caracas, Venezuela; Visiting Fellow, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami
Conference Moderator: Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami
Panel on ‘Economic Forecasts and Political Risk Scenarios’
L to R: Javier Corrales, Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Amherst College, Massachusetts; Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; Michael Penfold, Director, Center for Management Development, Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administración, Caracas, Venezuela; Benjamin Ramsey, Vice President, Andean Region Economics and Strategy, JPMorgan, New York
Panel on ‘The Petro-politics of Venezuela’
L to R: Jorge Piñón, Energy Fellow, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; Former President, Amoco Oil Latin America; Ramón Espinasa, Consultant, Energy Division, Inter-American Development Bank, Washington, D.C.; Former Chief Economist, Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA); Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; Evanan Romero, CEO, Grupo Asesor Petrolero Venezolano, LLC., Former Venezuelan Deputy Minister of Energy and Mines
Panel on ‘Chávez´s Revolution in Foreign Policy’
L to R: Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; Michael Shifter, Vice President for Policy, The Inter-American Dialogue, Washington, D.C.; Otto Reich, President, Otto Reich Associates, LLC, Washington, D.C.; Former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela; Jaime Suchlicki, Director, Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies (ICCAS), University of Miami
Election ‘08: The Global Impact
September 19, 2008
With the nation set to elect a new president in the coming weeks, analysts and political experts across the country continue to speculate about how the next commander in chief will address today’s global challenges. On September 19, two noted national experts presented their views on that topic, when the University of Miami’s Center for Hemispheric Policy cosponsored ‘Election ‘08: The Global Impact,’ a one-day forum at the Biltmore hotel.
Above: During the forum, retired Four-Star General Barry McCaffrey, center, former commander of the U.S. Southern Command, expresses his opinion, while former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, left, and moderator Antonio Mora, a news anchor at Miami’s WFOR-TV, listen in. Cosponsors of the event were the Center for U.S. Global Engagement and the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.
Briefing - Hon. Hugo Llorens - U.S. Ambassador to Honduras
August 12, 2008
Supporting Organizations:
The Beacon Council, Central America-U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Gateway Florida, Georgetown Club of Miami, The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Oxford University Society, and The Jay Malina International Trade Consortium
Hon. Hugo Llorens, U.S. Ambassador to Honduras
Center for Hemispheric Policy Conference and Activities in
São Paulo and Buenos Aires
June 23-27, 2008
São Paulo
‘Fórum Brasil-Estados Unidos’
Co-sponsored with Federaçao do Comércio do Estado de São Paulo (FECOMERCÍO)
June 23,2008
L to R: Josué Gomes, President,COTEMINAS, and Brazil Chairman, U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum; and Donna E. Shalala, President, University of Miami
Buenos Aires
‘Foro Argentina-Estados Unidos:
Elecciones Presidenciales, Contexto Económico Y Situación Energética’
June 27,2008
Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami
Private Dinner - H.E. Arturo Cruz - Ambassador of Nicaragua to the United States
September 18, 2008
L to R: Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; H.E. Arturo Cruz, Ambassador of Nicaragua to the United States; Charles E. Cobb, Jr., CEO, Cobb Partners Ltd.
L to R: H.E. Arturo Cruz, Ambassador of Nicaragua to the United States, and Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami
Briefing - Hon. Hugo Llorens - U.S. Ambassador to Honduras
August 12, 2008
Supporting Organizations:
The Beacon Council, Central America-U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Gateway Florida, Georgetown Club of Miami, The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce, Oxford University Society, and The Jay Malina International Trade Consortium
Hon. Hugo Llorens, U.S. Ambassador to Honduras
L to R: Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; and Hon. Hugo Llorens, U.S. Ambassador to Honduras
Attendees at private briefing with U.S. Amb. Hugo Llorens
Center for Hemispheric Policy Conference and Activities in
São Paulo and Buenos Aires
June 23-27, 2008
São Paulo
‘Fórum Brasil-Estados Unidos’
Co-sponsored with Federaçao do Comércio do Estado de São Paulo (FECOMERCÍO)
June 23,2008
L to R: Josué Gomes, President,COTEMINAS, and Brazil Chairman, U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum; and Donna E. Shalala, President, University of Miami
L to R: Josué Gomes, President, COTEMINAS, and Brazil Chairman, U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum; Donna E. Shalala, President, University of Miami; Mario Marconini, President, Council of International Relations, FECOMERCIO; Hon. Clifford M. Sobel, Ambassador, Embassy of the United States in Brazil
L to R: Paulo Sotero, Director, Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars; Donna E. Shalala, President, University of Miami; Mario Marconini, President, Council of International Relations, FECOMERCIO; Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; Edward Schumacher-Matos, Robert F. Kennedy Visiting Professor, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, Harvard University
Donna E. Shalala, President, University of Miami
Buenos Aires
‘Foro Argentina-Estados Unidos:
Elecciones Presidenciales, Contexto Económico Y Situación Energética’
June 27,2008
Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami
Featured Speaker: Thomas Kelly, Charge d’affaires ad interim, Embassy of the United States in Argentina
L to R: Miguel Kiguel, Executive Director, EconViews; Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director, Center for Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami; Javier González Fraga, Former President, Central Bank of Argentina; Vladimir Werning, Executive Director, Emerging Market Economics & Strategy, JP Morgan
Featured Speaker: Hernán Lacunza, Director, Central Bank of Argentina
In his speech, President George W. Bush urged the passage of free-trade agreements.
CHP Director Susan Kaufman Purcell was a member of the conference panel.
President Bush Speaks at Free-Trade Conference Cosponsored by UM
October 12th, 2007
Urging congressional approval of free-trade pacts with Peru, Panama, and Colombia, President George W. Bush gave a speech Friday to more than 500 people at the Radisson Hotel in Miami as part of a free-trade conference cosponsored by the University of Miami’s Center for Hemispheric Policy (CHP).
Passage of the agreements would level the economic playing field for businesses and farmers in the United States while at the same time lifting millions in the hemisphere out of poverty, Bush said to the audience, which included members of the business and trade communities.
‘When trade expands, American workers gain,’ the president said. ‘People around the world want to buy products that say ‘Made in the U.S.A.’‘
Bush noted that many U.S. products that are shipped overseas face stiff tariffs and that passage of the agreements would help eliminate that trend.
His speech followed a one-hour panel discussion on ‘Trade and Prosperity in the Americas.’ The conference was cosponsored by the CHP, an academic think tank on issues critical to the hemisphere, and the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce.
The panel discussion was largely an endorsement of the pending trade agreements, with all the participants voicing their approval and reasons why ratification of the pacts would be mutually beneficial to the U.S. and Latin America.
The agreements would help the United States ‘create a partnership of free markets and cement the country’s economic relationship with the rest of the world,’ said Jose Antonio Villamil, CEO of the Washington Economics Group, Inc. and one of five panelists.
The trade pacts, if passed, would also make it easier for Latin America to sustain democratic governments, would facilitate higher levels of economic growth and prosperity in the region, and help the United States gain access to new sources of energy and raw materials that are abundant in Latin America, said CHP Director Susan Kaufman Purcell.
Purcell lauded the conference, calling it the most important event staged by the CHP since its founding in 2005. UM President Donna E. Shalala, under whose administration the CHP was created, was in attendance at the event.
Other panel members included Jorge L. Arrizurieta, host committee chair of the Inter-American Development Bank, Miami 2008; Brian C. Dean, executive director of the Florida Free Trade Area of the Americas, Inc.; and Simon Ferro, former U.S. Ambassador to Panama. Charles E. Cobb, chair of the Florida Free Trade Area of the Americas, Inc. and a former chair of UM’s Board of Trustees, moderated the panel.
President Leonel Fernandez Visit
September 17, 2007
H.E. Leonel Fernandez, President of the Dominican Republic
Second Annual Latin America Conference
April 19th, 2007
“Second Annual Latin America Conference Agenda”
Conference Pictures
H.E. José Miguel Insulza - Secretary General, Organization of American States (OAS)
Donna Shalala - President, University of Miami
Susan K. Purcell - Director, Center For Hemispheric Policy, University of Miami
Donna Shalala - President, University of Miami
H.E. José Miguel Insulza - Secretary General, Organization of American States (OAS)
Conference Participants
Enrique García - President, Andean Development Corporation (CAF)
H.E. Antonio Patriota - Ambassador of Brazil to the United States
H.E. Arturo Sarukhán - Ambassador of Mexico to the United States
H.E. José Miguel Insulza and Susan K. Purcell
David Malpass
Anoop Singh
Susan K. Purcell and Anoop Singh
Jorge Piñón
Peter Sommer
Matt McManus
Peter Sommer; Jorge Piñón and Matt McManus
David Rothkopf and Susan K. Purcell
David Rothkopf
Enrique García
Susan K. Purcell and Enrique García
Conference Luncheon Attendees
H.E. Antonio Patriota
Susan K. Purcell and H.E. Antonio Patriota
H.E. Arturo Sarukhán
Susan K. Purcell and H.E. Arturo Sarukhán
Dinner Pictures
Rodrigo Arboleda showing the $100 laptop to Enrique Bargioni and Howard Glicken
Matt McManus, David Malpass, and Ambassador George Landau
Consul General of Brazil João Almino; Ambassador Antonio Patriota; Rubens Gama, Head of the Trade Bureau at the Brazilian Embassy; Thomas Skola
Conference Dinner Guests
Conference Dinner Guests
Ambassador Antonio Patriota addressing conference dinner and guests
David Malpass addressing conference dinner guests