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October

21
2015

10:30 am EDT - 12:30 pm EDT

Past Event

Is Latin America prepared to resist the turbulent global economy?

  • Wednesday, October 21, 2015

    10:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT

Brookings Institution
Falk Auditorium

1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC
20036

After a decade of high growth and high expectations about the Latin America’s future, the new and less complacent global context—driven by declining commodity prices, a deceleration of Chinese growth, and prospects of rising U.S. interest rates—is already contributing to a major slowdown in the region and to a deterioration of macroeconomic fundamentals. In this increasingly uncertain world, Latin American policymakers are faced with some difficult questions: What are the macroeconomic challenges that lie ahead for the region? Is Latin America resilient enough to withstand the turbulent global economy?

On October 21, the Brookings-CERES Economic and Social Policy in Latin America Initiative (ESPLA) and El País cohosted a discussion on these key issues for Latin America. The discussion was held in Spanish and featured as a special edition of NTN24’s Club de Prensa later that week. Simultaneous translation was available for event attendees.

Join the conversation via Twitter at #LatinAmGrowth.


Watch the event in Spanish »

Agenda

  • October 21
    • Panel 1

      MJ
      Muni Jensen Political Analyst - Club de Prensa and El País
      ET
      Ernesto Talvi Former Brookings Expert
      AdlT
      Augusto de la Torre Former Brookings Expert
      headshot of Alejandro Werner
      Alejandro Werner Director - Georgetown Americas Institute, Nonresident senior fellow - Peterson Institute
    • Moderator

      JCI
      Juan Carlos Iragorri Director of Club de Prensa - NTN24
    • Panel 2

      MB
      Marc Bassets U.S. Correspondent - El País
      JJH
      Jose Jaime Hernandez Correspondent - El Universal de México
      PL
      Paula Lugones Correspondent - Clarín
      JMR
      José Manuel Restrepo Economic columnist - El Espectador
      CT
      Cláudia Trevisan Correspondent - O Estado de São Paulo