As part of its activities, the Center annually invites two distinguished Latin American or Caribbean analysts of current political and economic developments and trends in the region to participate in the activities of the Center as Visiting Fellows. The Visiting Fellows participate in the work of task forces, as well as write and speak, both in Miami and elsewhere in the United States, on issues such as free trade, the sustainability of democracy in Latin America, prospects for economic and political reform, corruption, corporate social responsibility, and the upcoming elections.
Visiting Fellows 2008
The Center’s 2008 Visiting Fellows are Anel Townsend , a noted expert on human rights, anticorruption and transparency, and gender issues, and Santiago Montenegro, a noted expert on exchange rates, public finances, external shocks, and political economy.
Anel Townsend is currently a consultant for the Unit of Gender and Diversity at the Inter-American Development Bank, a Member of the Advisory Council of Latin American Parliament (PARLATINO), and a member of the Advisory Council of Vital Voices Global Partnership. From 1995 to 2006 she was a member of the Peruvian Congress, where she focused on issues of human rights, gender equality, and anti-corruption. Between 2001 and 2002 she served as chair of the Special Investigation Committee into the illegal activities of the Fujimori administration, which produced more than one hundred accusations against the former president, many of which were included in the extradition request approved by the Chilean Supreme Court. She is also a former minister of Women's Affairs and Social Development in Peru.
Santiago Montenegro is president of Asociación Colombiana de Administradoras de Fondos de Pensiones y Cesantías (ASOFONDOS), a private, non-profit national association of pension funds administrators in Bogotá, Colombia. From 2002 to 2006, Dr. Montenegro served in a cabinet position as general director of the Colombian National Department of Planning in the administration of President Álvaro Uribe. Prior to that, he was president of Asociación Nacional de Instituciones Financieras (ANIF), an economic think tank. From 1996 to 2000, Dr. Montenegro was dean of the School of Economics at La Universidad de Los Andes, where, in 1997, he founded the International Summer School of Economics, a program offering high-level, macro- and microeconomic courses to professionals in the public and private sectors. From 1991 to 1994, he was an economist in the Western Africa department in the country operations division of the World Bank Group. Dr. Montenegro received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Oxford in England, a Master of Science in economics from the London School of Economics in England and a master's in economics from La Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá. He is the author and editor of numerous books and articles on the topics of exchange rate, public finances, external shocks, Colombia's coffee economics and political economy, and has recently published Crisis mundial, protección e industrialización (2007) and Sociedad abierta, geografía y desarrollo (2006).
Visting Fellows 2007
The Center’s 2007 Visiting Fellows are Aníbal Romero, a noted expert on political and social theory, Patricio Navia, a noted expert on electoral systems, democratization, and democratic institutions, and Alberto Trejos, an active researcher in macroeconomics, international trade, and development economics.
Aníbal Romero is a professor of political theory at Universidad Metropolitana in Caracas. Dr. Romero was a professor of Political Science for 27 years at the Simón Bolívar University in Caracas, Venezuela. During that time, he served as a visiting scholar at Harvard University and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He also taught at Metropolitan University in Caracas, Venezuela. Dr. Romero received his Ph.D. and M.A. in Strategic Studies from King's College at the University of London. His most recent book publications include, "Sobre historia y poder," "Nuevos estudios de filosofía política," "Venezuela: Historia y política," and "Facismo, democracia, teoría política." Dr. Romero recently published several scholarly articles about Venezuelan politics, including, "¿Que va a pasar en Venezuela?," "La situación de Venezuela y sus perspectivas," "Las fuerzas políticas y la nueva Venezuela," and "Visiones del fracaso: intelectuales y desilusión en la Venezuela moderna." Additionally, he served as the political advisor to the National Security Council of Venezuela (1977-1979), political advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs (1985-1988) and political advisor to the Minister of Defense (1977-1978, 1987-1988, and 1992-1993).
Patricio Navia is a master teacher of global cultures in the General Studies Program and adjunct assistant professor in the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at New York University. He is also a researcher and professor at the Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Sociales at Universidad Diego Portales in Chile. He holds a Ph.D. in Politics from New York University, an M.A. in Political Science from the University of Chicago and a B.A. in Political Sciences and Sociology from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He has been a visiting professor at Princeton, New School University and Universidad de Chile. He has published scholarly articles and book chapters on democratization, electoral rules and democratic institutions in Latin America in Comparative Political Studies, Journal of Democracy, Current History, Democratization, Social Science Quarterly and Americas Quarterly. In Spanish, he has published in Política y Gobierno, Foreign Affairs en Español, Nueva Sociedad, Estudios Públicos, Perspectivas, Revista de Ciencia Política and the FLACSO yearly. He is a columnist at La Tercera newspaper and Capital magazine in Chile. His book "Las grandes alamedas: El Chile Post Pinochet" was a best-seller in Chile in 2004. His second book "Que gane el más mejor: Mérito y Competencia en el Chile de hoy" (coauthored with Eduardo Engel), published August 2006, is on its third edition and was in the best selling list in Chile for more than 25 weeks.
Alberto Trejos is a professor of economics at INCAE Business School in Costa Rica and former general director of its Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development. He is also president of CINDE (Costa Rica Investment Promotion Agency). Dr. Trejos served as the Costa Rican minister of Foreign Trade from 2002-2004, and acted as chief negotiator of CAFTA and CARICOM-FTA. He was responsible for Costa Rica's ratification of its FTA with Canada and its entry into the Central American Customs Union. Dr. Trejos received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1994. He was a professor in the Economics Department of Northwestern University from 1994 to 1998 as well as a visiting professor and research fellow at Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica de Barcelona, the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Fundação Getulio Vargas of Rio de Janeiro, and The University of Texas. Dr. Trejos is an active researcher in macroeconomics, international trade and development and has been a National Science Foundation grantee and a Fulbright scholar.
Visiting Fellows 2006
The Center’s 2006 Visiting Fellows are Mario Marconini, a noted Brazilian expert on trade issues, and Luis Rubio, one of Mexico’s leading political analysts.
Mario Marconini is the president of ManattJonesMarconini Global Strategies, an international consulting firm in São Paulo. He is also president of the Council of International Relations at Fecomercio (one-million-firm strong federation of commerce) and of the Services-Investment Chapter of the Mercosur-European Union Business Forum (MEBF). Mr. Marconini is an associate professor at the School for Advanced Studies on Advertising and Marketing (ESPM). He is one of the experts on Brazil's official list for both the World Trade Organization (WTO) and MERCOSUR. In 1999, he was trade secretary at Brazil's Ministry of Development. From 1996 to 1998, he was the deputy secretary for international affairs at Brazil's Ministry of Finance, and from 1988 to 1996, Mr. Marconini was counselor at the GATT/WTO in Geneva.
Read Mario Marconini's comments from a July 8, 2006 article featured in the Miami Herald.
Dr. Rubio is the founder, former president and current chairman of the Research Center for Development (CIDAC) in Mexico City. He also is a prolific author, writes a weekly column for Reforma, Mexico’s most influential newspaper, and has published numerous op-ed articles in the Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal and other U.S. newspapers.
Read Dr. Rubio's article on Mexico's recent presidential election, co-authored with Ambassador Jeffrey Davidow, featured in the September/October issue of Foreign Affairs. (On May 16, 2006 Ambassdor Jeffrey Davidow spoke at the Center for Hemispheric Policy on Mexico)
