On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the International Foundation for Liberty (FIL), an organisation presided over by the Nobel Prize for Literature Mario Vargas Llosa, renowned representatives of Latin American and Spanish politics met on Thursday 20 October at the seat of government of the Community of Madrid, in Spain, as part of the international seminar '20 years of FIL: democracy and freedom'. An event that has counted on PROA as its consultant for the management of the event's communication.
"Today the FIL is breathing, developing and achieving its ambitious objectives, which are the same ones that led us to organise the FIL 20 years ago. To promote liberal democratic ideas in Latin American countries and to bring Spain closer to Latin America, especially in the cultural sphere," said Mario Vargas Llosa, President of the International Freedom Foundation, during the welcoming ceremony.
The event was attended by numerous politicians, businessmen and writers who debated the economic and business challenges, as well as the challenges and opportunities of Latin America. They have done so in various round tables where they have addressed the economic and business challenges, as well as the challenges and opportunities of Latin America. "We share the values of economic freedom, public-private partnerships, support for the business sector, respect for the law, independence of the judiciary and free competition. Our goal as liberals should be to influence the institutional transformation of our countries, changing people's lives for the better and adding value to what has always worked," said Ito Bisonó, Minister of Industry, Commerce and Micro and Small Businesses of the Dominican Republic.
He did so at the table shared with the Chilean economist Nicolás Ibáñez Scott, and the businessmen Ron Packard (United States), Dionisio Gutiérrez (Guatemala) and Diego La Torre (Peru). After this first debate, former Chilean Secretary General Cristian Larroulet, Argentinean Senator Alfredo Cornejo, former Peruvian MP Enrique Ghersi, and the Director of the Atlas Network Latin America Centre, Roberto Salinas León, will take the floor. The event will be moderated by journalist Maite Rico.
"Latin America is not doing very well at the moment. We can say that this is a passing period, that after the failure of these regimes that have been installed in the new continent, we will gradually see the failure of all the doctrines and ideologies that today represent very little of the Latin America that we dream of", Vargas Llosa acknowledged.
Journalists Álvaro Vargas Llosa and Cayetana Álvarez de Toledo, together with Italian academic Alberto Mingardi and Ian Vásquez, vice-president of international studies at the Cato Institute, have discussed this 'convulsive world'.
"The objectives of this foundation over the last 20 years have been none other than to encourage democratic and liberal ideas in Latin American countries and to bring Spain and Latin America closer together, especially from a cultural point of view", concluded the Nobel Literature Laureate.