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    • 11:00 am to 12:00 pm ET

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    Uruguay 2024 Elections Outlook

    The Council of the Americas will hold a private discussion on the October 27 general elections in Uruguay.

    11:00 am to 12:00 pm ET

    Location
    Zoom
    Online

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    Overview

    Uruguayans will vote in presidential elections on October 27. Polls suggest that the contest is between Yamandú Orsi of the Broad Front, Álvaro Delgado of the National Party, and Andrés Ojeda of the Colorado Party, all selected in June primaries. 

    As the nation prepares for this pivotal moment, this expert discussion on Zoom will offer a platform to better understand the potential priorities of Uruguay’s next administration, focusing on anticipated policies in trade, regulatory environments, and macroeconomic policy. 

     Panelists: 

    • Diego W. Pereira-Garmendia, Chief Economist for Southern Cone & Peru, JP Morgan
    • Samar Maziad, Vice President-Senior Analyst, Moody's
    • Nicolás Saldías, Senior Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, The Economist Intelligence Unit 

     Registration: dcprograms@as-coa.org

    Speakers

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    Diego Pereira-Garmendia
    Chief Economist for Southern Cone & Peru, JP Morgan

    Diego W. Pereira-Garmendia is the chief economist for Argentina, Chile, Peru, Paraguay and Uruguay at J.P. Morgan, which he joined in 2011. He covered Southern Cone macroeconomics as well as strategy focusing on Latin American foreign exchange from 2013 to 2016. In 2016, he was...

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    Samar Maziad
    Vice President & Senior Analyst, Moody’s Investors Service

    Samar Maziad is vice president and senior analyst at Moody’s Sovereign Risk Group in New York. She is the lead credit analyst for a portfolio of Latin American sovereigns, including Brazil and Colombia, among others. Prior to joining Moody’s, Maziad was a senior economist at the...

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    Nicolás Saldías
    Senior Analyst for Latin America and the Caribbean, The Economist Intelligence Unit

    Nicolás Saldías is a Latin America and Caribbean senior analyst for The Economist Intelligence Unit. He obtained his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Toronto, Canada. Previously, he worked as a senior research fellow at the Latin American Program and Argentina...

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    Eric Farnsworth
    Vice President, AS/COA, Washington

    Eric Farnsworth leads the Washington office of the Council of the Americas and the Americas Society with a passion for promoting the importance of the Western Hemisphere for U.S. economic, security, and strategic interests.  A recognized expert, he maintains an important policy...

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