Avances y prioridades para una mejor Centroamérica

La revista Americas Quarterly está orgullosa de lanzar su última edición, "A Special Report on Central America—Which Future?" en colaboración con la Fundación para el Desarrollo de Guatemala (FUNDESA). Esta edición de AQ proporciona una mirada profunda acerca del progreso que ha tenido América Central durante las últimas décadas y los complejos desafíos que enfrenta hoy en día, particularmente en El Salvador, Guatemala y Honduras. El evento de lanzamiento—el primero de AQ en Guatemala—incluirá una entrevista con el destacado periodista Richard Lapper, quien comenzó su carrera cubriendo los conflictos de la región en los ochenta y quien escribió la historia principal de esta edición, la cual estará disponible para todos los que asistan al evento. El evento incluirá una discusión con un panel de expertos de los sectores privados y públicos en Guatemala moderada por Brian Winter, editor-en-jefe de AQ.

Americas Quarterly magazine is proud to publicly launch its latest issue, "A Special Report on Central America—Which Future?" in collaboration with the Guatemalan Development Foundation (FUNDESA). This edition of AQ provides a comprehensive look at the progress Central America has made over recent decades and the extraordinarily complex challenges it faces today, particularly in the Northern Triangle countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. The launch event—AQ's first in Guatemala—will feature a conversation with Richard Lapper, who began his journalism career covering the region’s wars of the 1980s and authored the feature story in this issue of the magazine, which will be available for all event attendees. The launch will also feature a panel discussion with members from the private and public sector in Guatemala, moderated by AQ Editor-in-Chief Brian Winter.

Speakers:

• Rubén Morales Monroy, Minister of Economy of Guatemala
• Felipe Bosch, President, FUNDESA @FelipeBoschg
• Richard Lapper, AQ Correspondent; Former Latin America Editor, Financial Times
• Salvador Paiz, Vice President, FUNDESA; Co-chairman, Grupo PDC @salva_paiz
• Luis Pellecer, Journalist, Grupo Albavisión
• Rootman Pérez, Secretary of Criminal Policy, Public Ministry of Guatemala
• Raquel Zelaya Rosales, President of the Board of Directors, Association for Research and Social Studies (ASIES)
• Brian Winter, Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly; Vice President, Policy, Americas Society/Council of the Americas (moderator) @BrazilBrian

Registration: This event is complimentary for all registrants.
Prior registration is required.

The event will be conducted in Spanish.

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Event Information: Brendan O’Boyle | boboyle@as-coa.org | 1-212-277-8366
Press: Adriana La Rotta | alarotta@as-coa.org | 1-212-277-8384
Cancellation: Contact Juan Serrano-Badrena at jserrano@counciloftheamericas.org before 3:00 p.m. on Monday, June 6.

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