Top economic officials from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay meet to discuss regional integration
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, March 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Finance ministers and top officials from across South America will gather in Montevideo this week to advance discussion on common economic agendas during LatinFinance's inaugural Integration & Development Forum, co-hosted with regional development bank FONPLATA.
The high-level event, which will be held March 5-6 in Uruguay's capital, will convene economic leaders from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay alongside corporate executives, investors and development financiers for targeted, high-level discussions on expanding partnerships across key areas to promote sustainable growth across the region.
Delegates will also participate in private 1-1 business meetings held parallel to event proceedings, which will take place at the Hotel Radisson.
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The panel discussions will be livestreamed starting at 8:30 AM EST on March 5. Please visit the LatinFinance homepage for complimentary access – www.latinfinance.com
Discussions will focus on:
- Trade, investment and the future of the region's economic integration policies
- The way forward for the region's economies in light of an evolving political landscape
- The role of development finance institutions in a complex intra-regional and global trade environment
- Strategies to align public and private sectors to advance the region's infrastructure agenda
- Initiatives to boost energy investment while addressing the climate challenge
- Case studies of successful financing strategies for projects across the region
Prominent speakers include:
Azucena Arbeleche, Minister of Economy and Finance, Uruguay
Benigno López, Minister of Finance, Paraguay
Ernesto Talvi, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Uruguay
Luis Alberto Heber, Minister of Transport and Public Works, Uruguay
Marcos Troyjo, Deputy Minister of the Economy, Brazil
Ignacio Gómez Nunes, Deputy Minister Public Works and Communications, Paraguay
Gustavo Béliz, Secretary for Strategic Affairs President Office, Argentina (Strategic Affairs, President's Office)
Juan Notaro, President, FONPLATA
Martín Rama, Chief Economist for Latin America and the Caribbean, World Bank
José Luis Lupo, Manager Department of Southern Cone Countries, IDB
Sergio Gusmão Suchodolski, President, BDMG, Brazil
Alejandro de la Peña Navarrete, General Secretary, ALADI
Edgardo Alvarez, General Secretary, ALIDE
Mario Bergara, Senator and Former President Central Bank, Uruguay
Jorge Arbache, Vice President Private Sector, CAF
Karl-Otto König, Head of the European Union Delegation, Uruguay
Michel Arslanian Neto, Director Mercosur and Regional Integration Department, Brazil
Jorge Capitanich, Governor Chaco Province, Argentina
Matias Bendersky, Representative in Uruguay, IDB
Philippe Orliange, Regional Representative, AFD
Verónica Amarante, Uruguay Director, CEPAL
Joana Sarmento, Investment Officer for Latin America, European Investment Bank
Luciana Botafogo, Operations and Countries Manager, FONPLATA
Jose Carlos Díez, Economist, Spain
About LatinFinance
LatinFinance is the leading global source of intelligence on the financial markets and economies of Latin America and the Caribbean. Drawing on over 30 years of editorial excellence, its English-language publications deliver high-value information to an international readership of companies, governments, financiers and investors, while its events convene those communities for high-level networking forums focused on the dynamics of those markets, by geography and sector.
Launched in 1988 and published from New York and Miami, with a network of correspondents across Latin America and the Caribbean, LatinFinance explores the issues impacting finance and investment across the region daily online, and quarterly through its eponymous award-winning flagship magazine. LatinFinance also serves the capital markets of the region through its daily subscriptions service, the Daily Brief, which provides proprietary news and data on deals, from rumor to close.
LatinFinance also runs a high-level series of networking events designed to bring companies and governments from Latin America and the Caribbean together with international investors both at forums across the Americas and also at capital introduction events in Europe (London, Frankfurt, Madrid, Paris, Zurich), Asia (Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Mumbai, Seoul, Tokyo) and the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Doha).
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About Fonplata
FONPLATA is a Development Bank made up of five countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. Its main goal is to support the integration of the member countries to achieve a harmonic and inclusive development, through credit operations and non-reimbursable government resources.
FONPLATA aims at reducing socioeconomic disparities and favoring the complementarity and synergy of efforts of national development organizations and other development agencies through the implementation of small- and medium-sized projects in specific geographic areas.
For additional information, please contact:
James Seyfried
Marketing Manager | LatinFinance
Direct: +1 (305) 428-6284 | Cell: +1 (386) 569.6440
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