Speakers:

• Daniel Artana, Chief Economist, FIEL, Presentation: "Fiscal and External Challenges" (Download his presentation.)
• Juan Luis Bour, Chief Economist, FIEL, Presentation: "Growth and Inflation" (Download his presentation.)
• Fernando Navajas, Chief Economist, FIEL, Presentation: "PPP, Infrastructure, and Growth" (Download his presentation.)

Argentina's GDP is expected to grow 2.5 percent in 2018, per the estimates of the Fundación de Investigaciones Económicas Latinoamericanas (FIEL). At an event in New York, three FIEL economists explained the factors behind Argentina's economic prospects for 2018, from the effects of infrastrucutre investment to the trajectory of inflation to government spending. The economists also answered questions about the Macri adminstration's economic reforms and ability to work with the Congress.

Speakers:

• Pedro Villagra Delgado, Argentina’s Sherpa to the G20
• Laura Jaitman, G20 Finance Deputy, Ministry of Treasury, Argentina
• Jorge Argüello, President, Fundación Embajada Abierta
• Susan Segal, President & CEO, Americas Society/Council of the America

In assuming the presidency of the G20, Argentina has set a list of priorities that are "people-centered." At an AS/COA event in New York, G20 leaders discussed the three main agenda items around sustainable development—the future of work, financing infrastructure, and sustainable food security—and the methods they plan to use to reach consensus at the first G20 summit to be held in South America, taking place in November. They also discussed the summit's work on international trade in relation to recent U.S.-China tensions.

Americas Society is honoring Argentine contemporary artist Marta Minujín for her accomplishments in an artistic career spanning half a century. The Americas Society Cultural Achievement Award recognizes extraordinary creativity and artistic mastery among Latin American cultural figures.

One of the main artworks produced by Minujín was Minucode, a seminal work related to her institutional attachment to the Americas Society, says Visual Arts Director and Chief Curator Gabriela Rangel. "The Americas Society was one of the first institutions that provided resources for her to develop something that was transgressive, avant-garde. An adventure in the future."

In this video, Rangel, MAMBA's Victoria Noorthoorn, and MOMA's Stuart Comer and Inés Katzenstein comment on Minujín's career and the impact of her work and persona beyond the art world.