Los Retos de la Centroamérica Contemporánea y el Papel de la Integración Regional

November 14, 2006

A group of U.S. and Central American academics, as well as representatives from governmental and nongovernmental offices, will discuss in a closed workshop issues of globalization, trade, and democratization in Central America and their impact on regional integration. The event will close with a public panel, conducted in English and Spanish, in which the participants will present the main conclusions of the two-day debate.

Please join us for the panel at 4:00 p.m. and the reception to follow.

Participants from Central America

Ernesto Torres Chico, Consultant, Programa de Apoyo a la Integración Regional Centroamericana (PAIRCA)
Dante Ramírez, Special Adviser to the Secretary General, Sistema de Integración Centroamericana (SICA)
William Pleitéz, Coordinator, Human Development Report, United Nations Development Program (PNUD), EL Salvador
Luís Guillermo Solís, Regional Coordinator of Projects, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Costa Rica
Jorge Nowalski, Director, International Center for Human Development, Costa Rica
Juan Alberto Fuentes, Executive Director, Instituto Centroamericano de Estudios Fiscales (ICEFI), Guatemala
Amparo Pacheco, Vice-Minister of International Trade, Costa Rica
Mario Roger Hernández, Consul General del Salvador, Dallas
Alex Segovia, Consultant, PAIRCA, El Salvador
Rolando Castillo, Adviser to the Office of the Vice-Presidency, Guatemala
Pedro Caldentey, Consultant, PAIRCA, El Salvador
Sr. Enrique Saénz, Task Manager, European Union, Nicaragua
Héctor Dada Sánchez, Director, PAIRCA, El Salvador
Rony Abiú, Expert on Integration, PAIRCA, El Salvador

Participants from UT Austin

James K. Galbraith, Director, University of Texas Inequality Project
Charles R. Hale, Professor, Department of Anthropology
Patricia Hansen, Professor, Law School
Bryan Roberts, Director, Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS)
Kurt Weyland, Professor, Department of Government

Sponsored by the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS), the Programa de Apoyo a la Integración Regional Centroamericana (PAIRCA), the Programa Transformación Estructural en Centroamérica de la UCA, and the European Union.