Americas Quarterly Post-Election Issue
Americas Quarterly Post-Election Issue
To be released on November 6, the new Americas Quarterly will feature 31 memos to the U.S. President-elect from presidents, policymakers, business leaders, and activists. Visit the new website at americasquarterly.org for blogs, online polls, web exclusives, and feature content.
Just two days after the presidential election, the new Americas Quarterly (Fall 2008), in a special post-election issue, will feature 31 memos to the President-elect. Presidents, policymakers, business leaders and entrepreneurs, academics, journalists, and activists from across the
The 31 memos highlight the diversity of voices throughout the hemisphere, each drawing attention to a certain perspective and area of concern. Themes range from the economy to the environment and from security to immigration.
Featured authors include:
- H.E. Michelle Bachelet, President of
- H.E. Oscar Arias Sánchez, President of
- H.E. Leonel Fernández, President of the
- Celso Amorim, minister of external relations of
- H.E. Ana Vilma Albanez de Escobar, vice president of
- Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, former prime minister of
- Rick Waugh, president and CEO, Scotiaban (full text)
- Andrónico Luksic Craig, vice-chairman, Board of Directors, Banco de Chile
- María Teresa Ronderos, editor-in-chief, Semana.com
- Marcelo Claure, founder, chairman, president & CEO, Brightstar Corp
- Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga, former President of Bolivia
- Felipe Bosch, director, Corporación Multinversiones
- María Otero, president and CEO, ACCION International
- John Manley, former deputy prime minister of
- Carlos Basombrío, sociologist and former vice-minister of
- Jorge Luis García Pérez Antúnez, former Cuban political prisoner
- Marcos Galperín, CEO and director, MercadoLibre
- Victor Leonel Juan Martínez, deputy director, En Marcha magazine
- Phil Fontaine, National Chief, Assembly of First Nations in
- Jorge Gerdau Johannpeter, chairman, Gerdau Board of Directors
- Rosiska Darcy de Oliveira, founder and president, Women’s
- Adriana Cisneros de Griffin, vice president, Office of the Chairman and CEO, Cisneros Group of Companies
- Cristina Eguizábal, director, Latin American and Caribbean Center,
- Martín von Hildebrand, director, Fundación Gaia Amazonas
- Arturo Sarukhan, Mexican ambassador to the
- Alberto C. Vollmer, CEO, Ron Santa Teresa
- Kyffin Simpson, CEO, Interamericana Trading Corporation, The Simpson Group of Companies, and the SOL Group
- Casimira Rodríguez, former minister of justice of
- José Miguel Insulza, secretary-general, Organization of American States
- Cristiana Chamorro, executive director, Fundación Violeta Barrios de Chamorro
- Viviana Krsticevic, co-director, Center for Justice and International Law
- Eric Farnsworth, vice-president, Council of the
Please visit www.americasquarterly.org for updates on the new issue and subscription information.
