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       Ellis, Daremblum, Horner, and Hunter

Hudson's Center for Latin American Studies

recently held an event on

China and Latin America: An Update

Thursday, July 17^th, 2008

8:30 AM – 10:30 AM

With the Beijing Olympics just around the corner, international attention has focused on China's support of the Sudanese government and on China's human rights record. Yet little has been said about China's growing influence in Latin America, both through economic ties and through growing ideological ties with anti-American regimes such as Venezuela and Bolivia. Recently, China has expanded diplomatic ties with Costa Rica and claims potential new allegiances with other Latin American nations. Does this economic and diplomatic expansion pose a threat to the liberal democratic regimes opposed to radical populist regimes such as Venezuela? What are the economic, political and international implications of these increasing ties? To answer these questions we were pleased to host Evan Ellis, of Booz Allen Hamilton who presented remarks, followed by a commentary from Hudson Institute Senior Fellows Charles Horner and Rod Hunter.

Evan Ellis

Booz Allen Hamilton

Evan Ellis is an Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc, whose work emphasizes Latin American security issues and business and military simulation, and an Adjunct Professor with the University of Miami. Ellis holds a PhD in political science with a comparative politics specialization in ethnic violence. His book "China and Latin America: at the Intersection of Globalization, Development, and Grand Strategy" is due from Lynne Rienner Publishers at the beginning of 2009.

Download a PDF of Evan Ellis' presentation here

Charles Horner

Hudson Institute

Charles Horner is a Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute, who has served in the administrations of President Reagan and the first President Bush.  He served consecutively as Deputy Representative to the United Nations Conference on the Law of Sea, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Science and Technology, and Associate Director of the United States Information Agency.

Rod Hunter

Hudson Institute

Rod Hunter is a Senior Fellow at Hudson Institute, and previouslyserved under President George W. Bush as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director at the National Security Council. While at the NSC, he was responsible for coordinating the administration's policies on international economics, including trade, finance, investment, energy, and the environment. Prior to joining the NSC, Hunter served from 2001 to 2003 as special counsel at USTR.

Jaime Daremblum

Director, Hudson's Center for Latin American Studies

(Moderator)

Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center

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