The New School Graduate Program in International Affairs

Begins	27 Aug 2009 - 4:00pm
Ends	27 Aug 2009 - 6:00pm
Location	66 West 12th Street. Room 609

Uruguay, its current situation and its integration to contemporary Latin America.

A talk with the Uruguayan historian and political analyst Gerardo Caetano.

Thursday, August 27, 2009

4:00pm-6:00pm

West 12th Street, room 609

Caetano is a Uruguayan historian and political analyst. He earned two PhDs in History, from the Centro Latinoamericano de Economía Humana (CLAEH), Uruguay, and from the Universidad de La Plata, Argentina. He directed the Instituto de Ciencia Política at the Universidad de la República, Uruguay, where he is Profesor Titular and researcher. He is also the Academic Coordinator of the Escuela de Gobernabilidad y Acción Pública at the tertiary institution CLAEH.

Caetano is author of several books, among them Los años de prisión bajo la dictadura (1973-1984), the three tomes of Historias de la vida privada en el Uruguay (co-authored with Teresa Porzecanski and José Pedro Barrán), El proceso previo al golpe de Estado (1972-1973), Antología del Discurso Político en el Uruguay, La encrucijada política del MERCOSUR (co-authored with Rubén M. Perina), and Breve historia de la dictadura (co-authored with José Rilla).

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