Outcome report on the first global forum of national advisory councils

The First Global Forum of National Advisory Councils was held in Santiago, Chile (2015). Three major topics were: Description and comparative analysis of the roles and responsibilities of the Councils and governance of the innovation system; Means of influencing government policy; and Opportunities of collaboration among the Councils. Recommendations are made for future dialogue on issues of investment, financing, and policy for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) programmes. For instance: a direct relationship to the highest level of a government Executive branch seems to result in successful implementation of an STI agenda; and as evidence-based advice is necessary, Advisory Councils should be associated with research agencies

Friedrich Hayek and his visits to Chile

F. A. Hayek took two trips to Chile, the first in 1977, the second in 1981. The visits were controversial. On the first trip he met with General Augusto Pinochet, who had led a coup that overthrew Salvador Allende in 1973. During his 1981 visit, Hayek gave interviews that were published in the Chilean newspaper El Mercurio and in which he discussed authoritarian regimes and the problem of unlimited democracy. After each trip, he complained that the western press had painted an unfair picture of the economic situation under the Pinochet regime. Drawing on archival material, interviews, and past research, we provide a full account of this controversial episode in Hayek’s life

América Latina : los tiempos de la integración real y no solo verbal

Exposición realizada el 17 de junio de 2008 por el Canciller Alejandro Foxley con motivo de la presentación del libro "Los caminos para la integración de América Latina", en la Universidad Miguel de Cervante