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Augusto Varas Fernández

Augusto Varas is currently co-vice chair of the Advisory Board of the Latin American Programme (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars), a member of the FLACSO-Chile Advisory Council, director of InterSocietas Research Group, and chairman of Equitas Foundation (Chile). He holds a PhD in Sociology from Washington University, St. Louis (United States). In 2010 Dr Varas coordinated the NOREF seminar series “Latin America’s new roles in a changing world”. He has been coordinator of the Area of International Relations and Strategic Studies at FLACSO-Chile, Ford Foundation Programme Officer for Governance, Civil Society and National Philanthropy (1994-2000), and Ford Foundation Representative for the Andean Region and Southern Cone (2000-2006). He was adviser at the Ministry General Secretariat of the Presidency of President Patricio Aylwin (1990-1992).

Research areas: Latin America and the Caribbean

Publications

Political and economic realities clash in Latin America: Augusto Varas Fernández 22 June 2011
Latin American efforts to achieve regional integration are foundering on national economic and political realities. Recent presidential elections have been heavily influenced by economic performance, and growth will be decisive in upcoming elections. Governments and the private sector have had varying levels of success in creating an e... more
Power struggle creates vacuum as Haiti waits: Augusto Varas Fernández 14 February 2010
Hidden tensions over regional leadership have surfaced between the main hemispheric actors, in the wake of the Haitian catastrophe. The United States, Brazil and the United Nations have once again faced off in a familiar arena, in which the Haitian government has disappeared. more
Noref Report 6 - U.S. Policy toward Latin America after the 5th Summit of the Americas: Augusto Varas Fernández 4 June 2009
Analyzing US-Latin America relations was the objective of the seminar, After the Summit: New Initiatives and Results from the 5th Summit of the Americas organized by NOREF and the Latin America Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in May 2009. more