The De-Democratization of Argentina and Latin America

With the participation of guest speaker Héctor Shamis, CADAL organized the latest Latin American Forum in Buenos Aires, which was held at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation headquarters. Schamis is adjunct professor at the Center for Latin American Studies and the Democracy and Governance program of Georgetown University. He regularly writes for “El País” (Madrid) and is part of CADAL’s Academic Council.

With the participation of guest speaker Héctor Shamis, CADAL organized the latest Latin American Forum in Buenos Aires which analyzed “The De-Democratization in Argentina and Latin America.” The event took place at the Konrad Adenauer Foundation headquarters and among attendees were representatives from the embassies of Austria, Germany, Finland, Norway and Romania, and economist Eduardo Amadeo, ex-ambassador of Argentina to the United States.

Schamis is adjunct professor at the Center for Latin American Studies and the Democracy and Governance program of Georgetown University and previously taught at both Brown and Cornell universities. Dr. Shamis was a Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington DC and visiting researcher at the University of Cambridge and the Central European University in Budapest. He’s the author of “Re-Forming the State: The Politics of Privatization in Latin America and Europe” (2002) as well as other diverse articles and essays about authoritarianism, populism, democratization and the political economy of the exchange rate in Latin America.  In addition to his work as a professor and researcher, he has worked in the design and implementation of programs and workshops on corruption, privatization strategies and electoral administration in new democracies, in collaboration with governments, donors, universities and international agencies. He has published articles in “La Nacion”and “Clarin” (two newspapers from Buenos Aires), he regularly writes for “El País” (Madrid) and is also a contributor for the Club de Prensa, from NTN24, a news channel from Bogotá. Born in Argentina, he received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Columbia University. He is an Academic Advisor for the Centro para la Apertura y el Desarrollo de América Latina (CADAL).