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Can Argentina Free Itself from Chavismo?

A Discussion on Argentina's Relations with the United States and the Region

Tuesday, March 22

12:00 - 3:00 PM

Once considered the "Jewel of South America," Argentina is now suffering from runaway inflation and declining regional influence. Argentina's foreign policy has taken an increasingly anti-American direction. President Cristina Kirchner has taken cues from Hugo Chávez by attacking and intimidating private companies, adopting statist anti-market policies. Moreover, Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timmerman speaks in increasingly anti-American rhetoric. Argentina, in short, is in step with Venezuela.

Hudson Institute hosted an in-depth discussion of the internal and external situation in Argentina. What should the role of the U.S. be toward Argentina? How should a new U.S. Congress help foster democracy and economic growth, development, and good governance towards our neighbors in the Hemisphere?

             Daremblum, Sands, Gutierez,

                    Alconada, and Bohmer

  Daremblum, Fisk, Gutierez, and Roberts

Panel I---President Cristina Kirchner's Tilt toward Chavez?

Hugo Alconada, Author and lead investigative journalist for La Nacíon (Buenos Aires)

Martin Bohmer, Professor and Dean of the School of Law, University of San Andrés, Argentina

Lino Gutierez, CEO, Gutierrez Global LLC, and former U.S. Ambassador to Argentina

Moderated by Christopher Sands, Hudson Institute Senior Fellow

Panel II—Argentine-U.S. Relations

Dan Fisk, VP for Policy and Strategy Planning, International Republican Institute

Lino Gutierez, CEO, Gutierrez Global LLC, and former U.S. Ambassador to Argentina

James Roberts, Research Fellow for Economic Freedom and Growth, Heritage Foundation

Moderated by Jaime Daremblum, Hudson Institute Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Latin American Studies

Besty and Walter Stern Conference Center

Hudson Institute

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