Boundary Disputes in Latin America
Current Issues Briefing
Map courtesy USAID
Date and Time
Thursday, October 23, 2003
10:00 AM–Noon
Location
U.S. Institute of Peace
2nd Floor Conference Room
1200 17th St, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Directions
Some of the most serious boundary disputes in Latin America have
been settled in the past decade, while some not-so-serious disputes have
been exacerbated. The one incident of interstate war—the conflict between Peru and Ecuador—has been resolved.
On October 23 the Institute in cooperation with the Inter-American Dialogue hosted a Current Issues Briefing to explore
the findings of an Institute-supported research project on boundary disputes
in Latin America. Discussing the treatment of the subject as examined in the Institute's
recently published Peaceworks report "Boundary Disputes in Latin America,"
panelists addressed such issues as:
- The declining incidence of interstate war in Latin America;
- Legal, political, and other factors that account for the persistence and militarization of boundary disputes;
- The effects of democracy and development on land and maritime disputes; and
- Lessons learned for prevention and resolution.
Speakers
- Jorge I. Domínguez
Professor, Harvard University; Primary Author, "Boundary Disputes in Latin America" (Peaceworks report, U.S. Institute of Peace Press); and Grantee, U.S. Institute of Peace
- Luigi Einaudi
Assistant Secretary General, Organization of American States; and Report Contributor
- Manuel Orozco
Program Officer, Inter-American Dialogue; and Report Contributor
- David Scott Palmer
Professor, Boston University; and Report Contributor
- Francisco Rojas
Director, Facultad Latino-americana de Ciencias Sociales-Chile (FLACSO); and Report Contributor
- Charles Nelson, Moderator
Vice President, U.S. Institute of Peace
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