200 years after the Congress of Panama: Is Latin America any closer to unity?

Two centuries after the 1826 Congress of Panama, Simon Bolivar’s vision of a unified Latin America capable of confronting shared challenges still remains elusive. What lessons does that moment hold for the region today? Dr Carlos Guevara Mann, Vice Minister of Multilateral Affairs, offers a Panamanian perspective on the promise of the past and what it reveals about Latin America today. About the speaker Dr Carlos Guevara Mann received his PhD in Government and International Relations from the prestigious University of Notre Dame in Indiana, United States. He has devoted himself to the study of comparative politics, international relations, and political history. Dr. Guevara Mann is the author of Panamanian Militarism: A Historical Interpretation (Ohio University Press, 1996) and Political