Grupo Vidanta Foundation
Fundacion Grupo Mayan is a non profit organization with the principal objective of promoting science and culture for the greater good. It is financed by Grupo Mayan[1]
Mission
Fundacion Grupo Mayan, aka Fundacion Mayan by Grupo Mayan, has the sole mission of promoting science and culture for the greater good.[2]
Purpose[3]
To generate and diffuse knowledge over the different factors causing a development gap, social, political, and economical, between First World countries and Latin America.
To promote studies and inter-relations between Latin American nations themselves, as well as inter-relations with the rest of the world.
To actively influence the formulation of public policy in order to strengthen democracy, and to promote economic, social, and political development in Latin America; diminishing economic inequality.
Financing
Fundacion Grupo Mayan is financed in its entirety by several stock holders of Grupo Mayan, a company dedicated to construction, hotel management, and real estate; operating under the brands The Grand Mayan, Mayan Palace, Sea Garden, and Mayan Island.
2005 Buenos Aires Conference
In 2005, Fundacion Grupo Mayan held a conference in Buenos Aires Argentina to discuss the development gap between First World nations and Latin America.[4]. Some recognized speakers in the event included renowned scholars and economists, ivy league professors, famous historians, ex presidents, and public policy makers, such as Ernesto Zedillo, Julio María Sanguinetti Hernando de Soto, Francis Fukuyama, Enrique Krauze, and Celso Lafer. In August 2008, the Oxford University Press published the book "Falling Behind" by Francis Fukuyama, which was a direct result of an investigation on this topic financed, organized, and researched in the Buenos Aires event by Fundacion Grupo Mayan. [5] [6] This event was held in the a Buenos Aires university called Universidad Torcuato Di Tella.[7]
2007 Mexico City Conference
In 2007, Fundacion Grupo Mayan, in conjunction with ITAM and Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, held a conference in Mexico City to discuss the topic "Fragmentation or Integration?". The conference was widely publicized in Mexico and included over a dozen speakers comprised of scholars, ambassadors, politicians, historians, economists, and more.[8] World famous speakers included Mario Vargas Llosa, Julio María Sanguinetti and Ricardo Lagos.[9]
Marios Vargas Llosa published a paper titled "Latin America: Unity and Dispersion" to address the topics discussed in Grupo Mayan's Fundacion Grupo Mayan Event in 2007.[10]
Ricardo Lagos, ex president of Chile, published a paper titled "Integration or Fragmentation of Latin America" addressing the issues raised in the Fundacion Grupo Mayan Mexico City event.[11]
Julio María Sanguinetti, ex president of Uruguay, published a paper titled "The Latin American Gap" as a direct result of this Fundacion Grupo Mayan event.[12]
External Links
References
- ^ http://www.fundaciongrupomayan.com
- ^ http://www.fundaciongrupomayan.com
- ^ http://www.fundaciongrupomayan.com
- ^ http://www.fundaciongrupomayan.com/new/seminarios/s_01bue05/index.html
- ^ ISBN-13: 9780195368826
- ^ http://www.fundaciongrupomayan.com/new/publicaciones.html
- ^ http://www.fundaciongrupomayan.com/new/seminarios/s_01bue05/index.html
- ^ http://www.fundaciongrupomayan.com/new/seminarios/s_06mex07_03/index.html
- ^ http://www.fundaciongrupomayan.com/new/medios/abr07/1204/05.pdf
- ^ http://www.fundaciongrupomayan.com/new/ponencias/ponencias02.pdf
- ^ http://www.fundaciongrupomayan.com/new/ponencias/ponencias04.pdf
- ^ http://www.fundaciongrupomayan.com/new/ponencias/ponencias10.pdf