On Tuesday, I went to Georgetown University to attend a high-profile panel on "The Role of the Private Sector in the Competitiveness of the Latin American Region." The line-up of panelists included three former presidents (Vicente Fox - Mexico, Alejandro Toledo – Peru, Jose Maria Aznar – Spain), one former prime minister (Roberto Danino – Peru) and three prominent businessmen from Latin America and Spain (Stanley Motta – President of Motta International, Marcelo Claure – Founder of the Brightstar Corp., and Gustavo Cisneros, Chairman of the Cisneros Group of Companies). Quite the assembly of lauded economic reformers and successful business leaders.

The event was paired with the launch of a new online journal, Globalization, Competitiveness, and Governability (GCG), a joint project between Georgetown and Universia, an online space for university education resources across Latin America, founded and supported by Banco Santander.

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