The International Foundation for Liberty (FIL) is holding the 19th Atlantic Forum at Casa de América, a meeting that brings together leading political, economic, and cultural figures from both sides of the Atlantic to analyze current challenges to freedom, democracy, and the rule of law. The event will take place on Monday, June 15, at 9:30 a.m. in the Gabriela Mistral Amphitheater, entrance at Calle Marqués del Duero, 2, Madrid. Registration is required: inscripcion@fundacionfil.org
Casa de América, the historic venue for Ibero-American dialogue since its inauguration at the 2nd Ibero-American Summit, is once again hosting this forum in a key year: Madrid will host the 30th Ibero-American Summit in November, in a context marked by the need to strengthen alliances between Europe and Latin America.
9:00 a.m. Registration.
9:10 a.m. Welcome remarks.
– León de la Torre, Director General of Casa de América.
– Gerardo Bongiovanni, General Director of the FIL Foundation.
9:20. Opening.
– José Luis Martínez-Almeida, Mayor of Madrid.
9:35. Panel I – A Dialogue with Ibero-American Mayors.
– Fico Gutiérrez, Mayor of Medellín, Colombia.
– Juan Diego Zelaya, Mayor of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.
– Esteban Allasino, Mayor of Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza, Argentina.
– Mauricio Tabe, Mayor of Miguel Heredia, Mexico.
10:30. Panel II – FIL Future: The Challenges of New Generations.
– Daniel Lacalle, Economist, Spain.
– Javier Martínez-Fresneda, Director of NEOS, Spain.
Moderator: Ignacio Bongiovanni, FIL Future Coordinator.
11:00. Panel III – Demography and “Human Flourishing”.
– Sofía Acedo, spokesperson for immigration for the People’s Party (PP) in the Spanish Congress.
– Cristian Larroulet, economist and former Minister Secretary General of the Presidency, Chile.
– Diego Sánchez de la Cruz, journalist, professor, and economic analyst, Spain.
Moderator: Rómulo López, Director General of the Archbridge Institute, USA.
11:45. Break.
12:00. Panel IV – Presentation: In the Footsteps of Vargas Llosa.
– David Gallagher, writer, Chile.
– Leónidas Montes, Director of the Center for Public Studies (CEP), Chile.
12:30. Panel V – An International Analysis.
– Sergio Sarmiento, journalist and writer, Mexico.
– Hernán Bonilla, Director of the Center for Development Studies (CEP), Uruguay.
– Dionisio Gutiérrez, President of the Liberty and Development Foundation, Guatemala.
– Wenceslao Bunge Saravia, Ambassador of Argentina to Spain.
1:15 p.m. Presentation of the Carlos Alberto Montaner Young Journalism Award Call for Entries.
– Raúl Tola, Director of the Vargas Llosa Chair.
– Bertha Pantoja, Executive Director of Caminos de la Libertad, Mexico.
1:40 p.m. Closing Remarks.
– Álvaro Vargas Llosa, President of the International Foundation for Liberty (FIL).
– Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo, journalist, politician, historian, and Member of Parliament for Madrid.