Grupo Vidanta Foundation - International Conferences and Seminars

International Conferences and Seminars

• International Seminar: "Explaining the gap between Latin America and the United States," Buenos Aires, 2005.
• Presentation of the Book La brecha entre América Latina y Estados Unidos (Francis Fukuyama (editor), Fondo de Cultura Económica, Buenos Aires, 2006), Mexico City, 2007.
• Workshop "Latin America: Explaining its Strategies and External Alliances", Washington DC, 2006.
• Workshop "Latin America: Explaining its Strategies and External Alliances II", Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico, 2007.
• Workshop "Final Revision of the Papers on Integration and Fragmentation in Latin America", Mexico City, 2007.
• International Seminar "Latin America: Integration or Fragmentation?", Mexico City, 2007.
• International Seminar "Contemporary Inter-American Relations", Mexico City, 2009.
• Presentation of the Book América Latina: ¿integración o fragmentación? (Ricardo Lagos (editor) Edhasa, Buenos Aires, 2008), Buenos Aires, 2009.
• First International Seminar: "The Bicentennial: Lessons and Opportunities, 1910-2010.", Santiago, Chile, 2009
• Round table "Bicentennials: their Meaning", Santiago, Chile, 2009
• 2005 Buenos Aires conference, on “Explaining the Gap between Latin America and the United States,” held on November 10–11, 2005 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It was organized by the Foundation and the University Torcuato Di Tella of Buenos Aires, Argentina The Conference discussed the development gap between First World nations and Latin America. Some speakers in the event included Jorge Domínguez, Tulio Halperín Donghi, Francis Fukuyama, Enrique Krauze, Celso Lafer, Adam Przeworski, James A. Robinson, Riordan Roett, Julio María Sanguinetti Hernando de Soto and Ernesto Zedillo In August 2008, Oxford University Press published the book "Falling Behind: Explaining the Development Gap between the United States and Latin America" edhited by Francis Fukuyama, which was a direct result of an investigation on this topic financed by Grupo Vidanta Foundation. He said in his book "I owe thanks to everyone who played a role in the completion of this volume, especially Fundacion Grupo Mayan.". The book was also published in Spanish by Fondo de Cultura Económica under the title La Brecha entre América Latina y Estados Unidos. Determinantes políticos e institucionales del desarrollo económico
• 2007 Mexico City conference, in Meico City, on "Latin America: Fragmentation or Integration?". It was held by the Foundation in collaboration with ITAM and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, . World famous speakers included José Miguel Insulza, Eric Hobsbawn, Francisco Javier Solana de Madariaga, Mario Vargas Llosa and Ricardo Lagos. An article published in the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars said about the Mexico City event:

It was one of the most distinguished gatherings of public intellectuals in recent Latin American history, diplomats, scholars, government officials, novelists, representatives of international financial institutions and non-governmental organizations came together in Mexico City on April 17–18, 2007, for the conference “Latin America:Integration or Fragmentation?”

The Argentine newspaper Clarín, awarded the Eikon Award to the organizer of the conference.

Arturo Fernandez Perez, director of ITAM opened the ceremony with his welcoming speech. Mario Vargas Llosa published a paper titled "Latin America: Unity and Dispersion" to address the topics discussed in Mayan Resort's Grupo Vidanta Foundation Event in 2007.

Speeches and papers at the conference were presented by Ricardo Lagos, ex president of Chile ("Integration or Fragmentation of Latin America") and, Julio María Sanguinetti, ex president of Uruguay ("The Latin American Gap").

Eric Hobsbawm, the British Marxist historian attended via video conference./ Celso Lafer was a commentator in the conference., and Marcelo Ebrard, chief of Government for Mexico City, gave a closing speech.