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Democracy in Latin America
Alejandro Toledo
Former President of Peru
Johns Hopkins SAIS, Brookings Institution
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Wednesday, March 3
Registration: 400 p.m.
Program: 4:30 p.m.
This event is open to corporate members only.
For more information, contact the Council office
at 713.522.7811 or corporate@wachouston.org
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In the past, Latin America has struggled to develop and to preserve stable and democratic governments and to deliver improvements in living conditions to accompany economic growth. But in recent years, progressive leaders such as Dr Alejandro Toledo – former President of Peru– have made great strides in combating many of the region’s problems, showing that free trade and democracy are the basis for developed and united societies.
Alejandro Toledo is a non-resident senior fellow in the Foreign Policy and Global Economy and Development Programs at the Brookings Institution. He is also the founder and president of the Global Center for Development and Democracy. As president of Peru from 2001-2006, he led a period of sustained economic growth and poverty reduction. Toledo has taught at Stanford, Harvard, and the American University as well as at universities in Peru and Japan. He has been an advisor to the World Bank, United Nations, USAID, and SRI. Toledo has received two master's degrees and a PhD in 1993 from Stanford University.
This program is part of the Latin America Business Outlook Series, sponsored by
Thompson & Knight LLP. |
