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Conference on Development and Democracy in Latin America
09:30 – 09:40 | Welcome and Opening Remarks
Eduardo Posada-Carbó, Director, Latin American Centre, University of Oxford
Carlos Díaz-Rosillo, Director, Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom, Florida International University
Part 1 Authoritarianism and the Obstacles for Change Chair: Armando Jiménez
09:40 – 10.20 | Opening Keynote: The Challenges of Mexican Democracy
Felipe Calderón, Former President of Mexico
10:20 – 10:50 | Audience Q&A and Discussion
10:50 – 11:20 | Coffee break
11:20– 12:00 | Autocratisation and democratic resistance in Latin America
Maryhen Jiménez, Latin American Centre, University of Oxford
12:00– 12:30 | Audience Q&A and Debate
12:30 – 13:30 | Lunch
Part 2 – Development and Inequality Chair: Belén Villegas Plá
13:30 – 14:00 | The Challenge of Inequality in Latin America
Diego Sánchez-Ancochea, Professor of the Political Economy of Development, Latin America Centre, Oxford
14:00 – 14:30 | Discussion and Audience Q&A
14:30 – 15:30 | Panel Discussion: How to confront inequality and promote development?
Rodrigo Aguilar, Germán Ríos, Baroness Hooper
15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee Break
Part 3 – Latin America in the World Chair: Julio Crespo MacLennan
16:00 – 16:30 | A New Voice for Latin America in the World
Guillermo Lasso, Former President of Ecuador
16:30 – 17:00 | The Trump Administration and Its Impact on Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities
Carlos E. Díaz-Rosillo, Director, Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom FIU
17:00-17:30 Discussion and Q&A
17:30 – 18:30 | Panel Discussion: Latin America in the World
Grace Livingstone, Christopher Sabatini, Felipe Krauser
Date:
27 November 2025, 9:30
Venue:
St Antony's College, 62 Woodstock Road OX2 6JF
Venue Details:
Nissan lecture Theatre
Speakers:
Eduardo Posada-Carbó (University of Oxford),
Carlos Díaz-Rosillo (Florida International University),
Felipe Calderón (Former President of Mexico),
Maryhen Jiménez (University of Oxford),
Diego Sánchez-Ancochea (University of Oxford),
Germán Ríos,
Baroness Hooper,
Guillermo Lasso (Former President of Ecuador),
Carlos E. Díaz-Rosillo (Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom FIU),
Grace Livingstone (University of Cambridge),
Christopher Sabatini (Chatham House),
Felipe Krause (University of Oxford)
Organising department:
Latin American Centre
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Eliza Flindall
