Home » News » TFAS Hosts Guatemala And Peru Conferences

TFAS Hosts Guatemala And Peru Conferences

//////////////////////

Participants gather for a photo on the last day of the conference in Guatemala.
Participants gather for a photo on the last day of the conference in Guatemala.

The Institute for Leadership in the Americas (ILA) recently held two programs, one in Guatemala and another in Peru, in conjunction with the Pan American Development Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to securing a free and prosperous Cuba and to defend the human rights of Cuba’s political prisoners.

The first program took place from August 24 – 28 in Guatemala City, Guatemala in conjunction with Francisco Marroquin University, and brought together forty university students from more than ten Latin American countries including Guatemala.

The program was led by lecturers from Francisco Marroquin University along with others such as Carlos Alberto Montaner, the author of numerous books on Latin American politics and economics. In addition to lectures, students enjoyed a dinner and question and answer session with U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala Stephen McFarland.

Participants gather for a photo on the last day of the conference in Guatemala. The Peru conference brought together twenty students from the Amazon region of Peru who received both lectures on Cuba as well as training to support the opposition movement on the island.
Participants gather for a photo on the last day of the conference in Guatemala.
The Peru conference brought together twenty students from the Amazon region of Peru who received both lectures on Cuba as well as training to support the opposition movement on the island.

Throughout the week, the students worked in groups to develop projects that they could implement in their home countries to promote the cause of liberty and civil rights for Cubans living under the fifty-year dictatorship of Fidel Castro and his brother Raul. Students also received training that can be used to conduct “train-the-trainer” activities with civil society members and opposition leaders on the island.
A second program took place on October 8 and 9 in Iquitos, Peru, in conjunction with the Pan American Development Foundation and the Institute for Leadership in Iquitos. The program brought together twenty students from the Amazon region of Peru who attended both lectures on Cuba as well as training to support the opposition movement on the island.

“This was an opportunity to teach students about the current situation in Cuba and to show how a fifty year dictatorship can affect millions of lives throughout the rest of Latin America,” said ILA director Jon Perdue. The Institute for Leadership in the Americas will hold its flagship program in Santiago, Chile from January 11 – 22, 2010 at the Catholic University of Chile.

1183
post

Recent Posts

//////////////////////

TFAS Announces Launch of Woodhouse Public Policy Fellowship

The Fund for American Studies (TFAS) is pleased to announce a landmark endowment of $1 million to advance and support the TFAS Public Policy Fellowship, which for 15 years has provided professional and academic development to more than 250 of our nation's rising…

Real-Life Applications to Navigating Economic Theory with Peter Boettke

This week, another exceptional guest joins us on the Liberty + Leadership Podcast: Peter Boettke - professor of Economics and Philosophy at George Mason University and former professor for TFAS Prague.

Both Parties Are Abandoning Free Markets. It’s Time for Voters to Push Back by Roger Ream, National Review

Below is an excerpt from an op-ed by Roger Ream that originally appeared in the National Review.