Foundation Publications
The Grupo Vidanta Foundation funds the publication of scholarly works that promote the study of intra-Latin American relations, strategies to integrate Latin America with the rest of the world, and public policies that support strengthening democracy.
Recent titles include:
Argentina 1910-2010. Balance del siglo. Edited by Roberto Russell and published by Taurus, this book is one of the two volumes about Argentina that correspond to the Grupo Vidanta Foundation project “The Bicentennial: Lessons and opportunities, 1910-2010.” The book brings together five essays by Carlos Altamirano, Pablo Gerchunoff, Luis Alberto Romero, Roberto Russell and Juan Carlos Torre. The work drew a critical synthesis of the century, with their dramas, accomplishments, hopes and disappointments.
Argentina 2010. Entre la frustración y la esperanza. Edited by Natalio Botana and published by Taurus, the book brings together a collection of essays written by experts and personalities of first level: Natalio Botana, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Roberto Cortés Conde, Karina Galperín, Osvaldo Guariglia, Guillermo Jaim Etcheverry, Manuel Mora y Araujo, Carlos Pérez Llana and Julio Maria Sanguinetti.
La brecha entre América Latina y Estados Unidos. Determinantes políticos e institucionales del desarrollo económico. Grupo Vidanta Foundation’s first book is a compilation of the revised versions of the papers presented during the International Seminar “Explaining the Development Gap Between Latin America and the United States,” held in Buenos Aires on November 10 and 11, 2005. Edited by Professor Francis Fukuyama, the book was published by Fondo de Cultura Económica in December 2006.
América Latina:¿integración o fragmentación? Grupo Vidanta Foundation’s second book was edited by Ricardo Lagos and includes the thoughts of prominent international analysts and scholars on Latin American international relations. The book was published by Editorial Edhasa in August 2008 (Buenos Aires)
Falling Behind: Explaining the Development Gap between the United States and Latin America. In 2008, Oxford University Press published the English version of the book compiled by Francis Fukuyama La brecha entre América Latina y Estados Unidos: Determinantes políticos e institucionales del desarrollo económico. This book includes the revised versions of the papers presented during the international seminar sponsored by the Grupo Vidanta Foundation held in Buenos Aires in November 2005.
KEYNOTES ADDRESSES: The Development Gap between Latin America and the United States: Conclusions. By Francis Fukuyama. This dissertation summarizes the main conclusions and findings of the essays presented during the 2005 International Seminar held in Buenos Aires.
The Grupo Vidanta Foundation also works with internationally recognized institutions such as:
- Centro de Investigaciones y de Docencia Económicas (CIDE), México
- Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica, México
- Fundación Carolina, España
- Fundación Democracia y Desarrollo, Chile
- Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM), México
- Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA)
- Real Instituto Elcano
- Secretaria General Iberoamericana (SEGIB)
- The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns Hopkins University, United States
- The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, United States
- Universidad Externado de Colombia, Colombia
- Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Argentina
- Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, United States