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Trump 2.0 and Latin America
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Mon, Apr 14, 2025
5 PM – 7 PM MDT (GMT-6)
Sie Complex, Room 1020 (The Forum)
2201 S. Gaylord Street, Denver 80208, United States
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This seminar offers a new understanding of the region and differentiated understanding of each national and local context. Join Dr. Lopez-Levy, expert on Cuba and Latin American international relations, and Dr. Rodriguez, expert on Venezuela and Latin American economics, as they share their insights. The talk will be moderated by Dr. Aaron Schneider, Director of ICRS and expert on Central America, Brazil, and Latin America.
Can't make it in person? We will also stream the event live using this link: https://udenver.zoom.us/j/84227959070
Where
Sie Complex, Room 1020 (The Forum)
2201 S. Gaylord Street, Denver 80208, United States
Speakers
Arturo Lopez-Levy
Georgia College & State University
Arturo Lopez-Levy, originally from Santa Clara, Cuba, holds a Ph.D degree in International Studies from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies of the University of Denver. and master's degrees in International Affairs and Economics from Columbia University (NYC) and Carleton University (Ottawa). In 1993, he graduated from Cuba's diplomatic academy (ISRI "Raul Roa") and worked until 1995 as a political analyst for the Cuban government, when he resigned. He is currently a lecturer at Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville. He has been a visiting professor at the Autonomous University of Madrid (Fulbright Professor), a Visiting Scholar at the Oslo Academy of Global Governance, and Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota. In 2005, he was awarded the Leonard Marks first prize on American Foreign Policy creative thinking of the American Academy of Diplomacy. His research combines the study of the political economy of development, liberalization, and democratization in Cuba and Latin America with themes of asymmetry, strategic triangles, economic sanctions, and agency of small states in international relations (USA-Cuba, USA-Panama, Russia-Finland) and U.S.-Latin American relations. His current research for a book explores strategic triangles of USA-Cuba relations with other major regional and global actors: Latin America, BRICS, the European Union, and Canada. He is a co-author of the book "Raul Castro and the new Cuba: A close-up view of change" (2012).
Francisco Rodriguez
Senior Research Fellow; Faculty Affiliate
Center for Economic and Policy Research; Josef Korbel School of Global & Public Affairs