Indigenous Politics in the Andean Region: Present State and Future Outlook
The Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies is pleased to host the conference “Outlook for Indigenous Politics in the Andean Region” on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 in the B1 Conference Center of CSIS. Indigenous populations in the Andean region of Latin America have played an increasingly larger role in national and local politics in the past two decades, but that role may be changing. On December 1, the Americas Program of CSIS will host a conference examining indigenous politics in Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia and drawing conclusions on a regional basis. Key variables will include the institutional state of indigenous movements, results of alliances with non-indigenous groups, the dynamic in the process of promoting an indigenous policy agenda, and the outlook for indigenous politics.
8:15-8:30 am - Registration
8:30-10:00am - Panel 1: Peru
Jóhanna Kristín Birnir, Center for International Development and Conflict Management, University of Maryland
Oscar Espinosa, Pontifica Universidad Catolica del Peru
David Scott Palmer, Boston University
Moderator: Cynthia McClintock, George Washington University
10:00-11:15am- Panel 2: Ecuador
Ampam Karakras, Consejo de Desarrollo de las Nacionalidades y Pueblos del Ecuador (CODENPE)
Carmen Martínez, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales Sede Ecuador (FLACSO Ecuador)
Moderator: Kevin Healy, Inter-American Foundation
11:15-12:45pm – Panel 3: Bolivia
Robert Albro - School of International Service, American University
René Mayorga - Centro Boliviano de Estudios Multidisciplinarios (CEBEM)
Carlos Toranzo - Political Economist and Consultant, La Paz, Bolivia
Moderator: Katherine Bliss, CSIS
12:45-2:30pm – Working Luncheon, Conclusions and Regional Outlook
José Antonio Lucero – Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
Raúl Madrid - University of Texas at Austin
Erick Langer – Georgetown University
Moderator: Peter DeShazo, CSIS
Please RSVP here or contact Taylor Jardno at TJardno@csis.org or (202) 775-3180
The CSIS Americas Program is grateful to the Ford Foundation Andean Region and Southern Cone Office for its generous support of this project.
