Coming back from a weekend with my Fundación Marcelino Botín scholars.   They are part of a Program which aims at promoting Latin America´s development through strengthening its institutions, and specifically through creating a network of future leaders and change-makers who are highly qualified and truly committed to public service understood in a broad sense. 

Since the Program began, every year about 30-40 young leaders “pass through my hands” -and especially through my heart-.  This year we are celebrating our 10th Anniversary in Cartagena de Indias, and more than 200 alumni are coming from all over the Region.  I will be opening the Program and sharing lineup with 3 Heads of State,  amongst others.  A dream come true. 

The...

Recién llegada de Ginebra.  Deseando que a pesar de los desafíos que imponen los tiempos hayáis tenido grandes veranos y suaves retornos.  Echándoos de menos.   Casi lista para un otoño que empieza muy pronto y que nos exige ser valientes y comprometernos cada uno desde nuestra atalaya - y saliendo por tanto al menos por momentos de la trinchera - a ser parte de la solución y no del problema.

Cada vez más poderosamente consciente de las ramificaciones de la “anarquía internacional sistémica” (tomo prestada esta expresión de los expertos) y de que la ausencia de gobernanza, el menoscabo de las fuerzas “pacíficas” y una especie de alergia al diálogo generativo tiñen nuestras instituciones y espacios de debate también a nivel nacional y local, y afectan a nuestras...

Feeling proud of myself this week… Somehow, I have “fabricated” the time to escape the tyranny of action and engage on activities and conversations which I know will be very significant for me long term.  Getting ready for a new level of influence.  Among the “accomplishments” (these days less is more:), I would highlight attending a powerful presentation about the rise of neofascisms.  Truth be told, the presentation accelerated my brain particles -that was the goal, as with all the noise these days I am afraid they might freeze- but it also gave me the creeps.

In his talk, Enzo Traverso, a prominent Scholar and Historian at Cornell University, tried to respond to a -very pertinent I thought- question: which are the commonalities and the differences between the sit...