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Ian Vásquez
Director, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity
Ian Vásquez is the director of the Cato Institute's Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity. He is a member of the Mont Pèlerin Society and a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Prior to joining the Cato Institute in 1992, Vásquez worked on inter-American issues at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Caribbean/Latin American Action. His articles have appeared in newspapers throughout the United States and Latin America including the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Times, the Miami Herald, the Financial Times, Investors' Business Daily, El Comercio (Peru), El Economista (Mexico), El Mercurio (Chile), and El Nuevo Herald (U.S.). Vásquez regularly appears on CNBC, NBC, C-SPAN Washington Journal, CNN en Español, Telemundo, Univisión, and Canadian Television, as well as NPR and Voice of America. He received his bachelor's degree from Northwestern University and his master's degree from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
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E-Mail: ivasquez@cato.org
Books and Book Chapters
"Relations with Cuba," Chapter 57 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
"U.S. Policy toward Latin America," Chapter 61 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
"Foreign Aid and Economic Development," Chapter 63 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
"The International War on Drugs," prepared by Ted Galen Carpenter and Ian Vásquez, Cato Handbook for Congress, 6th Edition (2005), pp. 599–606.
"Relations with Cuba," prepared by L. Jacobo Rodríguez and Ian Vásquez, Cato Handbook for Congress, 6th Edition (2005), pp. 627–636.
Cato Studies
"The New Approach to Foreign Aid: Is the Enthusiasm Warranted?," Foreign Policy Briefing no. 79, September 17, 2003.
"Reauthorize or Retire the Overseas Private Investment Corporation?," by Ian Vásquez and John Welborn, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 78, September 15, 2003.
"Rethinking the Export-Import Bank," by Aaron Lukas and Ian Vásquez, Trade Briefing Paper no. 15, March 12, 2002.
"Repairing the Lender-Borrower Relationship in International Finance," Foreign Policy Briefing no. 54, September 27, 1999.
"Washington's Dubious Crusade for Hemispheric Democracy," Policy Analysis no. 201, January 12, 1994.
Articles and Newsletters
"Peter Bauer: Blazing the Trail of Development," Econ Journal Watch, vol. 4, no. 2, May 2007.
"The Central Role of Economic Freedom in Democracy," Issues of Democracy, December 2005.
"A Retrospective on the Mexican Bailout," Cato Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, Winter 2002.
"The Brady Plan and Market-Based Solutions to Debt Crises," Cato Journal, vol. 16, no. 2, Fall 1996
Opinion and Commentary
"Improving Peru," National Review (Online), December 14, 2007
"Government Failure in Peru," The Wall Street Journal, August 20, 2007
"Dysfunctional Bank," National Review, July 2, 2007
"Economic Freedom in the Arab World," Washington Times, December 22, 2005
"The False Promise of Aid to Africa," Washington Times, July 8, 2005
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"The Populist Assault on the Latin American Press," June 15, 2009
""We Don't Want Venezuela to Become a Totalitarian Communist State"," May 29, 2009
"Hayek and Development," May 8, 2009
"Is Aid Killing Africa?," May 5, 2009
"The Compatibility of Growth and Human Rights," April 22, 2009
Events
"Money, Markets, and Sovereignty," May 19, 2009 [Book Forum]
"Is It Time to End the International War on Drugs? ," May 15, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"The Power of Freedom: Uniting Human Rights and Development," April 23, 2009 [Book Forum]
"Securing Land Rights for Chinese Farmers: The Progress So Far," April 6, 2009 [Policy Forum]
"Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa," April 3, 2009 [Book Forum]
Speeches and Testimony
"The Chilean Private Pension System," June 16, 2005.
"Re-Authorize or Retire the Export Import Bank?," May 8, 2001.
"Hispanics Would Disproportionately Benefit from Social Security Choice," Ian Vasquez, Given at the Hispanics and Social Security Conference, Cato Institute, May 21, 2002.
"The International Monetary Fund: Challenges and Contradictions," September 28, 1999.
"The International Monetary Fund: Has Congressional Conditionality Made It More Effective?," March 9, 1999.
Multimedia
Ian Vásquez on Venezuela's move to abolish drug patents on APM's Marketplace Morning Report June 23, 2009 [Flash Audio, 01:09]
Ian Vásquez discusses the increase in IMF funding on WTJS' The Mike Slater Show June 22, 2009 [Flash Audio, 09:41]
Ian Vásquez discusses overhauling financial regulations on CNN Español June 17, 2009 [Flash Video, 02:16]
Ian Vásquez discusses overhauling financial regulations on Univision's Noticias June 17, 2009 [Flash Video, 02:38]
Ian Vásquez discusses health care reform on CNN Español May 12, 2009 [Flash Video, 02:20]