Democratization in the Western Hemisphere

Foreign Policy Association

“Democratization in the Western Hemisphere: Prospects and Challenges”

* The New School for Social Research, 65 Fifth Avenue, (Between
13th and 14th Streets)
* October 30, 2006 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM

http://www.fpa.org/calendar_url2420/calendar_url_show.htm?doc_id=411868

Jorge Castaneda

Please join us for a discussion with Dr. Jorge Castaneda, Former Foreign
Minister of Mexico.

The discussion will be chaired by Carl Gershman, President, NED.

Monday October 30, 2006

This event is part of the New York Democracy Forum and is Co-sponsored
by The Foreign Policy Association, the National Endowment for Democracy,
Transregional Center for Democratic Studies, and The New School for
Social Research.

Admission: FREE

Register Online
http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=120272

Advanced registration is required. Seating is limited and available on a
first-come, first-serve basis

Jorge Castañeda is the former Foreign Minister of Mexico and a renowned
public intellectual, political scientist, and prolific writer. Dr.
Castañeda received a B. A. from Princeton University and a B. A. from
Universite de Paris-I (Pantheon-Sorbonne) an M. A. from Ecole Pratique
de Hautes Etudes, Paris I, and his Ph. D. in Economics History from the
University of Paris. He has taught at Mexico's National Autonomous
University (UNAM) Princeton, Berkeley and (since 1997) at NYU. Dr.
Castañeda was a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace (1985-87). Among his many books are Utopia Unarmed:
The Latin American Left after the Cold War (Knopf, 1993), The Mexican
Shock (New Press, 1995), Compañero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara
(Knopf, 1997), and Perpetuating Power: How Mexican Presidents Were
Chosen (New Press, 2000). Dr. Castañeda is a regular columnist for the
Mexican daily Reforma, and Newsweek International . Since 1997, Dr.
Castaneda has been Global Distinguished Professor of Political Science
and Latin American Studies, New York University. He has been Member of
the Board of Human Rights Watch since 2003.