Events Detail

The Center for Latin American Studies

Argentina's Effects on Latin America:

A Current Economic and Political Outlook

Monday, September 22, 2008

1:00 – 3:00PM

A reception with the panelists and guests followed.

The Penn Club of New York

Tarnopol Room – 10th Floor

30 West 44th Street

New York, New York 10036

In August, Standard and Poor's downgraded Argentina's debt rating five points below investment grade and Moody's revised its debt outlook from positive to stable.  Following several months of farmer strikes; a vote by the Vice President to end President Kirchner's export tariff increase; growing financial dependence on Venezuela; Wall Street concerns of default scenarios; and just recently, President Kirchner's willingness to repay its public debt to the Paris Club, this event will provide an opportunity for a timely analysis.

The event focused on Argentina's impact throughout Latin America, and specifically examined Argentina's investment climate, food supply and commodity prices, and energy polices on other Latin American countries. The discussion also highlighted the current developments and milestones in President Kirchner's presidency.

Ambassador Nancy Soderberg

American Task Force Argentina (ATFA) Co-chair and former Deputy U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations under President Clinton

Gabriel Torres

Moody's Investor Service Vice President and Sovereign Risk Group Senior Analyst

Joydeep Mukherji

Standard and Poor's Director of Sovereign Credit

Ambassador Jaime Daremblum (moderator)

Director of Hudson Institute's Center for Latin American Studies and former Costa Rican Ambassador to the U.S

For more information, please contact Ioannis Saratsis at

isaratsis@hudson.org or (202) 974-2403.