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:: January 19, 2012
Brazil: the new global player
The main subject of number 27 of Perspectiva magazine is entitled “Brazil: the new global player”, and seeks to sheed a light on the positive and negative aspects of a growing country, analyzing its main opportunities and the main challenges that this Latin American nation faces. Several members of CADAL collaborated in this issue: Sérgio Fausto, Eduardo Viola, Héctor Leis, Matías Franchini, María Laura Depetris and Gabriel Salvia, the latter with an interview to former president of Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardoso. Perspectiva magazine is edited by Instituto de Ciencia Política de Colombia with the support of several associated institutes from different countries, like CADAL, responsible for the diffussion and distribution in Uruguay.


:: January 12, 2012
2012 began with a Forum in Punta del Este
For third consecutive year, CADAL began its activities with a Foro Latinoamericano Punta del Este at hotel boutique AWA. The promotion of the forum in the most important Uruguayan beach was in charge of Marclos Gorlero Producciones, responsible for the communications of hotel AWA, attracting a lot of interest from local and national media. On this regard, Gabriel Salvia, General Director of CADAL, was interviewed from Montevideo by radio Sarandí and El Espectador; and in the local radios Maldonado and FM Gente. Besides, Salvia with Stefania Pesaveto, Executive Assitant of CADAL in Uruguay, took part in the TV shows of Channel 11, Cannel 7 and Punta Cable.


:: January 3, 2012
CADAL receives an international award for his work on human rights
The Center for the Opening and Development of Latin America was distinguished by Atlas Economic Research Foundation with 2011 Francisco de Vitoria award that "honors non-profit organizations that calls the attention towards human rights and the values that sustain free societies, besides from exposing unethical practices (be it from governmental or private entities) that undermine institutions in Latin America".


:: December 15, 2011
Book presentations in México DF, Lima, Santiago and Washington
The book “Diplomacia y derechos humanos en Cuba: de la Primavera Negra a la liberación de presos políticos”, edited by the Mexico Office of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung and CADAL, was presented during december in four capitals of the American hemisphere. The book has articles by former Swedish diplomat Ingemar Cederberg and was compiled by Gabriel C. Salvia, General Director of CADAL.


:: November 30, 2011
Opening of Foro Catalinas
With the presentation of the book “La religión populista: Una crítica al populismo posmarxista”, by Aleardo Laría, CADAL opened its series of cultural meetings called Foro Catalinas with the objective of offering a democratic and plural space for the presentation, dialogue and debate of books, with its authors and special guests.


:: November 9, 2011
Everything began with Solidarity in Poland
Within the “Program Good bye Lenin: The socialist experience in Central and Eastern Europe, transitions to democracy and lessons for Latin America”, organized by the Latin American School of Political and Economic Studies at CADAL, the 22nd anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall was remembered with a lecture on "Everything began with Solidarity in Poland", by Polish Ambassador in Argentina Jacek Bazanski. The lecture concluded with one of the most sensitive scenes of the movie "Good bye Lenin" and then a toast was organized to honor the guest speaker and the anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.


:: October 5, 2011
Participation on the German Unity Day
Bernd Löhmann, Officer in Argentina of Konrad Adenauerk Stiftung; Oscar Ensinck, Chairman of Asociación Civil de Estudios Populares (ACEP); Carlos Antonietti, Executive Secretary of Argentine Episcopal Conference; David McAllister, Governor of Niedersachsen (Ministerpräsident des Bundeslandes Niedersachsen), with the capital city of Hannover; and Gabriel Salvia, General Director of CADAL, at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Buenos Aires.


:: October 4, 2011
Agreement between Universidad del CEMA and CADAL
Universidad del CEMA, represented by Sybil Rhodes, and Fundación CADAL (Center for the Opening and Development of Latin America), represented by its Chairman and General Director, Gabriel C. Salvia, signed a cooperation agreement for both to organize activities that will include: establish channels of cooperation and assitance for the development, research and implementation of training programs, and/or any other activity related to CADAL and UCEMA's mission.


:: September 14, 2011
Representative Piemonte received CADAL's Programs Director in his office
Héctor Piemonte, Federal Representative (Coalición Cívica/Provincia de Buenos Aires), was awarded with a Special Mention for Legislative Transparency 2011 for publishing in his website the details of the schollarships and subsidies he gives away, his staff and assets declaration since 2009. Since he was not able to participate in the Awards Ceremony, Hernán Alberro, Programs Director of CADAL, met with him in his office in the Congress to congratulate him and discuss on the initiative.


:: August 24, 2011
Program Germán Sopeña
The Program has the objective of giving the practical and conceptual tools to perform in media outlets as well as in the areas of institutional relations, press relations, external affairs and corporative communications of business, public sector and civil society organizations. The lecturers are Fernando J. Ruiz, Daniel Muchnik, Néstor Scibona, Hugo E. Grimaldi, Javier Navia, Raúl Ferro, Pablo Cattoni, Facundo Etchebehere, Hernán Maurette and Tristán Rodríguez Loredo.


:: August 23, 2011
PLEA 2011 “José Ignacio García Hamilton” kicked off
The program is intended for university students and recent graduates, with a total of 21 hours of class work, with the objective of analyzing the different aspects of democratic governance, economics and institutions in Latin America. Starting this year, the Latin American Program of Academic Extension bears the name of the lawyer, journalist, writer and National Representative from Tucumán, José Ignacio García Hamilton (1943-2009).


:: July 29, 2011
Asia Pacific: the new path to prosperity
To analyze this subject, issue number 26 of Perspectiva magazine gathered different Latin American experts such as Marta Lucia Ramírez, former Colombian ambassador, minister and senator; Edgar Vieira, academic from Colegio de Estudios Superiores de Administración (Cesa); Andres Mauricio Ramírez, Eecutive vice-president of Consejo Privado de Competitividad; Maria Teresa Belandria, profesor at Universidad Central de Venezuela, and Ignacio de León, general director of Econlex Corporation. In the World section, Beatriz Vallejo, Colombian journalist, refers to hybrid courts; while Pablo Díaz de Brito, analyst of Cadal, wonders on the Chinese model of development without democracy.


:: May 11, 2011
Hernán Alberro in a Think Tank MBA in United States
The program underlines the critical importance of strategic thinking, while training the participants in the development of a plan that can later be applied in their respective organizations. In this sense, the course includes interactive discussions, role playings, group projects and campaigns and lectures by distinguished guest speakers.


:: April 29, 2011
Renewal of authorities
According with its social statute, the Center for the Opening and Development of Latin america (CADAL) renew its authorities of the Board of Administration. The new members are Ing. Horacio Reyser and Dr. Marcelo Loprete. The Board of Administration can have between three and five members and they are in charge of the designation of the Executive Committee. For the next three years the new authorities of CADAL will be: Gabriel C. Salvia, Chairman; Horacio Reyser, Vicechairman; Marcelo Loprete, secretary; and María Teresa Reviriego, Treasurer.


:: April 13, 2011
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Your Excellence Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė visits CADAL
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Your Excellence Asta Skaisgirytė Liauškienė, visited the Center for the Opening and Development of Latin America (CADAL) where she held a meeting with Gabriel Salvia and Hernán Alberro, General Director and Programs Director of CADAL, respectively. Vice-Minister assisted accompanied by Vaclovas Salkauskas, Ambassador of the Republic of Lithuania in Argentina; and Irena Skullerud, Head of the Division of Latin America, Asia and Pacific from the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Lithuania.


:: April 6, 2011
Prof. Bronisław Misztal, Executive Director of Permanent Secretariat of the Community of Democracies visits CADAL
During the meeting, Professor Misztal gave details on the changes to be implemented in the Community of Democracies and exchanged ideas with CADAL's general director to persue some joint initiatives. Professor Bronisław Misztal came to Argentina on occasion of his participation in an international event in Rosario.


:: March 31, 2011
CADAL honored the Chancellor of Czech Republic
The event in honor of your excellence Karel Schwarzenberg, First vice-president of Government and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Czech Republic, was organized by the Project Puente Democratico of the Center for the Opening and Development of Latin America. Historian and schollar of CADAL Ricardo López Göttig, doctorate at University Karlova of Prague was in charge of giving a plaque to Chancellor Schwarzenberg, acknowledging the Czech international commitment to human rights.


:: March 10, 2011
Unjustified delay in the publication of the Detailed Memory of the state of the Nation in Argentina
The Detailed Memory of the state of the Nation of Argentina is a document of 500 pages and the most relevant publication where the ministries and secretaries dependent of the Executive Branch account for their actions. The Memory is sent by the Executive Branch to the Congress on March 1, each year in coincidence witht he opening sessions of both chambers.


:: February 26, 2011
CADAL cellebrated its 8º anniversary
Carlos Facal, member of CADAL's Advisory Council; Tristán Rodríguez Loredo, Director of CADAL's Advisory Council; and Horacio Reyser, Director of CADAL's Business Council; among the participants of the toast in honor of the eight anniversary of the organization. The cellebration took place after the Foro Latinoamericano Buenos Aires on Friday 25th of February, with journalist Fernando Laborda as guest speaker.


:: February 14, 2011
The simple complexity of Venezuelan reality
Perspectiva magazine presents a special edition of 120 pages on the current Venezuelan situation. The content of this edition number 25 of Perspectiva is divided in seven sections, with 31 documents and tens of caricatures showing in the most complete, agile and current, the shades of the Venezuelan reality. For this special edition, among the authors there are important Venezuelan analysts. Besides, there are interviews to Moises Naim, former editor of Foreign Policy; Richard Pipes, American academic, and Laureano Márquez, Venezuelan humorist and journalist.


 


 

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