Global Center for Development and Democracy to Co-Host Forum on Democracy in Latin America with Former Presidents of Bolivia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama and Peru

Global Center for Development and Democracy to Co-Host Forum on Democracy in
Latin America with Former Presidents of Bolivia, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico,
Panama and Peru

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Global Center for
Development and Democracy will co-host a press conference breakfast and panel
discussion around the launch of a report entitled "Social Agenda for Democracy
in Latin America for the Next Twenty Years" on Tuesday, November 3. Other
co-hosts will be the National Endowment for Democracy, Johns Hopkins School of
Advanced International Studies and the Brookings Institution.

Speakers and authors will include:

-- Alejandro Toledo, former president of Peru, SAIS scholar and president
of the Global Center for Development and Democracy
-- Nicolas Ardito Barletta, former president of Panama
-- Vinicio Cerezo, former President of Guatemala
-- Vicente Fox, former president of Mexico
-- Ricardo Maduro, former president of Honduras

-- Carlos Mesa, former president of Bolivia

The "Social Agenda for Democracy" was produced by a group of 20 former heads
of state from Latin America in collaboration with development experts. The
authors will present the document to the sitting heads of state participating
in the 2009 Ibero-American Summit in Portugal later this year. For an
executive summary of the report, contact Avi Tuschman at 650.387.6742.

The November 3 press conference, which is open to the media only, will take
place in the Murrow Room of the National Press Club at 529 14th Street, N.W.,
13th Floor, from 8:30 to 10:00 a.m.

The November 3 invitation-only panel discussion is also open to the media and
will take place in the Falk Auditorium of the Brookings Institution at 1775
Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m.

These events are co-sponsored by Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
International Studies, the Global Center for Development and Democracy, the
Brookings Institution, National Endowment for Democracy, Inter-American
Dialogue, Andean Development Corporation, Stanford University, Taiwan
Foundation for Democracy and Inter-American Development Bank.

Media who want attend either or both of these events should contact Guillermo
Gonzales-Arica of the Global Center for Development and Democracy at
+1.202.531.5452 or gugonzal@maxwell.syr.edu.

Questions or comments about the Social Agenda Report should be directed to Avi
Tuschman at the Global Center for Development and Democracy at 650.387.6742 or
atuschman@cgdd.net.

SOURCE Global Center for Development and Democracy

Guillermo Gonzales-Arica of the Global Center for Development and Democracy,
+1-202-531-5452, gugonzal@maxwell.syr.edu