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Forum «Organized Crime and Democracy in Latin America»
By Interamerican Institute for Democracy, October 9, 2025
By Interamerican Institute for Democracy, October 9, 2025
INTERAMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR DEMOCRACY
INFOBAE
UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL
LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN CENTER
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Invite you
FORUM "ORGANIZED CRIME AND DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA"
October 9th
10am â 1pm
U.S. Capitol Visitor Center â Room 200.
Washington D.C.
OPENING
Carlos Giménez
United States Congressman
CASE STUDIES ON ORGANIZED CRIME
Moderator: Norberto Spangaro
Interamerican Institute for Democracy
Douglas Farah
International Researcher
Feudal Argentina.
Transnational Criminal Convergence: Santiago del Estero
MarĂa Elvira Salazar (cp)
United States Congresswoman
Carlos Gervasoni
Torcuato Di Tella University
Juliana VelĂĄzquez RodrĂguez
CEO ProAntoquia MedellĂn â Colombia
Juan C. ZĂĄrate
K2 Integrity Director
Financial Crimes
Beatrice Rangel
Former Chief of Cabinet Venezuela
Eduardo Gamarra
FIU Professor Bolivia
Ivonne Baki
Former Ambassador of Ecuador
Ricardo Israel
Former Presidential Candidate of Chile
Robert Evan Ellis
Professor U.S Army War College
STATESMEN OF THE AMERICAS
Moderator: Roman Lejtmann
INFOBAE
Luis Almagro
Director of the CASLA Democracy Observatory
Rick Scott (cp)
United States Senator
Francisco Santos
Former Vice President of Colombia
Jamil Mahuad
Former President of Ecuador
Andrés Pastrana
Former President of Colombia
Mario DĂaz Balart (cp)
United States Congressman
CLOSING REMARKS:
Carlos SĂĄnchez BerzaĂn
Interamerican Institute for Democracy
INFOBAE
UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL
LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN CENTER
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
Invite you
FORUM "ORGANIZED CRIME AND DEMOCRACY IN LATIN AMERICA"
October 9th
10am â 1pm
U.S. Capitol Visitor Center â Room 200.
Washington D.C.
OPENING
Carlos Giménez
United States Congressman
CASE STUDIES ON ORGANIZED CRIME
Moderator: Norberto Spangaro
Interamerican Institute for Democracy
Douglas Farah
International Researcher
Feudal Argentina.
Transnational Criminal Convergence: Santiago del Estero
MarĂa Elvira Salazar (cp)
United States Congresswoman
Carlos Gervasoni
Torcuato Di Tella University
Juliana VelĂĄzquez RodrĂguez
CEO ProAntoquia MedellĂn â Colombia
Juan C. ZĂĄrate
K2 Integrity Director
Financial Crimes
Beatrice Rangel
Former Chief of Cabinet Venezuela
Eduardo Gamarra
FIU Professor Bolivia
Ivonne Baki
Former Ambassador of Ecuador
Ricardo Israel
Former Presidential Candidate of Chile
Robert Evan Ellis
Professor U.S Army War College
STATESMEN OF THE AMERICAS
Moderator: Roman Lejtmann
INFOBAE
Luis Almagro
Director of the CASLA Democracy Observatory
Rick Scott (cp)
United States Senator
Francisco Santos
Former Vice President of Colombia
Jamil Mahuad
Former President of Ecuador
Andrés Pastrana
Former President of Colombia
Mario DĂaz Balart (cp)
United States Congressman
CLOSING REMARKS:
Carlos SĂĄnchez BerzaĂn
Interamerican Institute for Democracy





















