The New Dynamics of South-South Relations and the Challenges of Latin American Integration

From April 22 to 25, the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro hosted the International Forum: The New Dynamics of South-South Relations and the Challenges of Latin American Integration

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Monday April 22:

Opening Table

• Roberto de Andrade Medronho, Rector of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
• Karina Batthyány, Executive Director of the Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO, Argentina;
• Cassia Turci, Vice-Rector of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
• andres arauz, Co-coordinator of the CLACSO Working Group on Geopolitics, Regional Integration and the World System, Ecuador;
• Ana Celia Castro, General Director of the Brazilian College of Higher Studies, CBAE/UFRJ – Brazil;
• Olympio Alves dos Santos, President of the Union of Engineers of the State of Rio de Janeiro, SENGE-RJ, Brazil;
• Elian Araújo, Brazilian Lawyers Institute (IAB), Brazil;
• Jamerson FreitasMutua, Brazil;
• Monica Bruckmann, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and CLACSO Working Group on Geopolitics, Regional Integration and the World System, Brazil.

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Inaugural Conference: International Academic Cooperation and South-South Relations

• Karina Batthyány – Executive Director of CLACSO, Argentina

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Solo piano concert "Portraits of Latin America" ​​by Mark Souza

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Tuesday 23 for April

Table 1: The new world system: from Atlanticism to the Asia-Pacific

Moderator: Pablo Vommaro – CLACSO, Argentina;

• Ana Esther Ceceña, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico;
• Sun Hongbo, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (ILAS-CASS), China;
• Manoranjan MohantyUniversity of Delhi, India;
• Oscar Ugarteche, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico;
• Slobodan PajovicUniversity of Belgrade, Republic of Serbia.
• Christopher Ventura, Institute of International and Strategic Relations (IRIS), France;
• Monica Bruckmann, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and GT CLACSO, Brazil.

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Table 2: New directions of the world economy and the global south

Moderator: Fernando Estenssoro – Co-coordinator of the CLACSO Working Group on Geopolitics, Regional Integration and the World System, Chile.

• Jaime Estay, Meritorious Autonomous University of Puebla (BUAP), Mexico,
• Jayati Ghosh, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India;
• Marina ShereshevaLomonosov University, Russia;
• Juliane Furno, National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES), Brazil;
• Andrew Mold, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Rwanda;
• Isabel EstévezRoosevelt Institute, USA.

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Table 3: The BRICS and the new dynamics of South-South and North-South relations

Moderator: Andrés Arauz – Coordinator of the CLACSO Working Group on Geopolitics, Regional Integration and the World System, Ecuador;

• Beatriz Bissio – Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
• Yin ZhiguangFudan University, China;
• Siphamandla Zondi, University of Johannesburg, South Africa;
• Fadhel Kaboub, Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, Nairobi;
• Gerardo Caetano, University of the Republic, Uruguay;
• Juan Agulló, Federal University of Latin American Integration (UNILA), Brazil.

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Wednesday 24 for April

Conference

• Gabriel Ferraz Aidar, Superintendent of Planning and Economic Research of the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES), Brazil.

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Table 4: New global and regional financial architecture and infrastructure for integration

Moderator: Juan Agulló, Federal University of Regional Integration (UNILA), Brazil.

• Andrés Arauz, Co-coordinator of the CLACSO Working Group on Geopolitics, Regional Integration and the World System, Ecuador;
• Jomo Sundaram, Former Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Economic Development, Malaysia;
• Andrés Chiriboga, Debtor Countries Club (Polylate), Ecuador;
• Alejandro Vanoli, Former president of the Central Bank of the Republic, Argentina;
• Carlos Aguiar de Medeiros, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil;
• Consuelo Ahumada, Externado University, Colombia.

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Table 5: Challenges of Latin American integration in the global context

Moderator: Tamara Lajtman, Lawfare Observatory, Argentina.

• Alan Fairlie, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), Peru
• Rebeca Peralta, Co-coordinator of the CLACSO Working Group on Geopolitics, Regional Integration and the World System, Mexico;
• Daniela Arruda Benjamin, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil;
• Sacha Llorenti, Former Secretary General of ALBA-TCP, Bolivia;
• Matías Capeluto, Puebla Group, Argentina;
• Sergio Santanna, Universidade Candido Mendes (UCAM), Brazil.

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Table 6. Towards a strategic agenda for Latin American integration

Moderator: Elian Araújo, Brazilian Lawyers Institute (IAB), Brazil;

• Jacqueline Laguardia, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago;
• Guilherme Estrella, former Exploration Manager of Petrobras, Brazil;
• Elvira Concheiro, Treasury of the Federation, Mexico;
• Adriana Abdenur, Special Advisor to the Presidency of the Republic, Brazil;
• Marina dos Santos, Parliamentarian of the Legislative Assembly of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
• Tamara Lajtman, Lawfare Observatory, Argentina;
• Pedro Barros, Institute of Applied Economic Research (IPEA), Brazil.

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25 Thursday April

Panel 7: Climate crisis, energy transition and the geopolitics of natural resources

Moderator: Beatriz Bissio, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil;

• Fernando Estenssoro, Co-coordinator of the CLACSO Working Group on Geopolitics, Regional Integration and the World System – Chile;
• Irene Vélez Torres, Former Minister of Mines and Energy, Colombia;
• Amir Lebdioui, University of Oxford, United Kingdom;
• Cristian Lorenzo, National University of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina;
• Breno Bringel, Institute of Social and Political Studies of the State University of Rio de Janeiro (IESP), Brazil;
• Maribel Aponte, University of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico;
• Jerónimo Tybusch, Federal University of Santa María (UFSM), Brazil.

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Table 8: Science, technology, innovation and industrialization: challenges and new frontiers

Moderator: Alan FairliePontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), Peru;

• Hortensia Jiménez Rivera, Bolivian Nuclear Energy Agency, Bolivia;
• Carlota Pérez, Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP) – University College London, United Kingdom;
• Alberto Santoro, European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN) and Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Brazil;
• André Tosi Furtado, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil

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Launch of the Manifesto for Regional Integration

Organized by the organizers and participants of the International Forum

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They organized
Latin American Council of Social Sciences CLACSO
CLACSO Working Group on Geopolitics, Regional Integration and the World System
Center for Research in Geopolitics, Regional Integration and the Global System – GIS/UFRJ

They supported
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ
Fluminense Federal University – UFF
State University of Rio de Janeiro – UERJ
Research Group on Critical Geopolitics, Sociology of Development and Borders – GEOF. CNPq/ Brazil
Institute of Advanced Studies of the University of Santiago de Chile, IDEA-USACH
Legislative Assembly of the State of Rio de Janeiro – ALERJ
Brazilian College of Higher Studies of the UFRJ – CBAE
Union of Engineers of the State of Rio de Janeiro – SENGE-RJ
Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Asia, Africa and South-South Relations NIEAAS/UFRJ
Brazilian Bar Association – IAB
Latin American Network for Economic and Social Justice – LATINDADD

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