II International Forum: 2022 Economic and Political Forecast for Latin America

On December 15-16, 2021, the Thomas Jefferson Institute for the Americas will host the II International Forum “2022 Economic and Political Forecast for Latin America” (audio in Spanish) online. An event sponsored by: AmCham Barranquilla, Amcham Guatemala, and the Bastiat Society of the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER).

Start time: 7:00 p.m. Argentina / Uruguay / Paraguay / Chile / Brasilia time – 4:00 p.m. Guatemala / El Salvador / Honduras / Mexico DF / Costa Rica / Nicaragua time – 5:00 p.m. Washington DC / Ecuador / Colombia / Peru / Panama time – 6:00 pm Venezuela / Bolivia time – 11:00 p.m. Spain time

Please register for free at the bottom of this page.

Program of the event (Argentina time GMT-3):

Day 1 – December 15, 2021:

7:00 p.m. Host: Eneas Biglione, President of the Thomas Jefferson Institute for the Americas, USA

7:10 p.m. Franklin López Buenaño – Conference “Monetary Policy and Inflation in Latin America”

7:30 p.m. Panel 1 – South American Countries I

* Moderator: Eneas Biglione, President of the Thomas Jefferson Institute for the Americas, USA
* Vanessa Kaiser – Conference “Chile Forecast”
* Roberto Cachanosky – Conference “Argentina Forecast”
* Gustavo Segré – Conference “Brazil Forecast”
* Luis Guillermo Vélez – Conference ” Colombia Forecast”

9:00 p.m. Panel 2 – Central American Countries

* Moderator: Juan Pablo Carrasco, President of AmCham Guatemala
* Paul Boteo – Conference “Guatemala Forecast”
* Otto Guevara Guth – Conference “Costa Rica Forecast”
* Julio Velásquez – Conference “El Salvador Forecast”
* Kelvin Tovar Viana – Conference “Panama Forecast”
* Estuardo Rodríguez Aspuru – Conference “Honduras Forecast”

10:40 p.m. Alberto Dahik Garzozi – Conference “¿Free Trade or Protectionism for Latin America?”

11:00 p.m. Day 1 closing

Day 2 – December 16, 2021:

7:00 p.m. Pablo Arosemena-Marriott – Conference “Challenges to A Secure Free Society : The Case of Ecuador”

7:15 p.m Javier Fernández-Lasquetty – Conference “A European Perspective on Latin America”

7:30 p.m. Panel 3 – Autocratic countries

* Moderator: Esteban Delgado, President of the Menger Freedom Society
* Pedro Carmona Estanga – Conference “Venezuela Forecast”
* Micaela Hierro Dori – Conference “Cuba Forecast”
* Uriel Pineda – Conference “Nicaragua Forecast”
* Enrique Fernández García – Conference “Bolivia Forecast”

9:00 p.m.Panel 4 – México & South American Countries II

* Moderator: Victoria Ibañez, Executive Director of AmCham Barranquilla
* Roberto Salinas León – Conference “Mexico Forecast”
* Jorge Calderón Salazar – Conference “Ecuador Forecast”
* Carsten Pfau – Conference “Paraguay Forecast”
* Eugenio D’Medina Lora – Conference “Peru Forecast”
* Álvaro Rossa – Conference “Uruguay Forecast”

11:00 p.m. Event closing

You can find all short bios of the speakers here.

Important: All presentations will last a maximum time of 20 minutes.

Los días 15 y 16 de Diciembre de 2021 el Thomas Jefferson Institute for the Americas tendrá su segundo Foro Internacional “Perspectivas económicas y políticas para América Latina en 2022” en línea. Un evento realizado con el apoyo de Amcham Barranquilla, de AmCham Guatemala y la Sociedad Bastiat del American Institute for Economic Research (AIER).

Horario de inicio: 7:00 p.m. Argentina / Uruguay / Paraguay / Chile / Brasilia – 4:00 p.m. Guatemala / El Salvador / Honduras / México DF / Costa Rica / Nicaragua – 5:00 p.m. Washington DC / Ecuador / Colombia / Perú / Panamá – 6:00 pm Venezuela / Bolivia time – 11:00 p.m. España

Programa del evento (horario de Argentina, zona GMT-3 )

Día 1 – 15 de Diciembre de 2021:

7:00 p.m. Anfitrión: Eneas Biglione, Presidente del Thomas Jefferson Institute for the Americas, EEUU

7:10 p.m. Franklin López Buenaño – Conferencia “Política monetaria e inflación en América Latina”

7:30 p.m. Panel 1 – Países de América del Sur I

* Moderador: Eneas Biglione, Presidente del Thomas Jefferson Institute for the Americas
* Vanessa Kaiser – Conferencia “Perspectivas para Chile”
* Roberto Cachanosky – Conferencia “Perspectivas para Argentina”
* Gustavo Segré – Conferencia “Perspectivas para Brasil”
* Luis Guillermo Vélez – Conferencia “Perspectivas para Colombia”

9:00 p.m. Panel 2 – Países de América Central

* Moderador: Juan Pablo Carrasco, Presidente de AmCham Guatemala
* Paul Boteo – Conferencia “Perspectivas para Guatemala”
* Otto Guevara Guth – Conferencia “Perspectivas para Costa Rica”
* Julio Velásquez – Conferencia “Perspectivas para El Salvador”
* Kelvin Tovar Viana – Conferencia “Perspectivas para Panamá”
* Estuardo Rodríguez Aspuru – Conferencia “Perspectivas para Honduras”

10:40 p.m. Alberto Dahik Garzozi – Conferencia “¿Libre comercio o proteccionismo para América Latina?”

11:00 p.m. Cierre del día 1

Día 2 – 16 de Diciembre de 2021:

7:00 p.m. Pablo Arosemena-Marriott – Conferencia “Desafíos para alcanzar una sociedad libre y segura: El caso de Ecuador”

7:15 p.m. Javier Fernández-Lasquetty – Conferencia “Una perspectiva europea de América Latina”

7:30 p.m. Panel 3 – Países autocráticos

* Moderador: Esteban Delgado, Presidente de la Menger Freedom Society
* Pedro Carmona Estanga – Conferencia “Perspectivas para Venezuela”
* Micaela Hierro Dori – Conferencia “Perspectivas para Cuba”
* Uriel Pineda – Conferencia “Perspectivas para Nicaragua”
* Enrique Fernández García – Conferencia “Perspectivas para Bolivia”

9:00 p.m. Panel 4 – México & Países de América del Sur II

* Moderadora: Victoria Ibañez, Directora Ejecutiva de AmCham Barranquilla
* Roberto Salinas León – Conferencia “Perspectivas para México”
* Jorge Calderón Salazar – Conferencia “Perspectivas para Ecuador”
* Carsten Pfau – Conferencia “Perspectivas para Paraguay”
* Eugenio D’Medina Lora – Conferencia “Perspectivas para Perú”
* Álvaro Rossa – Conferencia “Perspectivas para Uruguay”