THE UNITED STATES, WESTERN EUROPE AND THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF LATIN AMERICA CONFERÊNCIA INTERNACIONAL 2ND OCTOBER 2015 | FLAD, LISBON 10H00 | OPENING SESSION *Dr. Mário Soares IPRI-­‐NOVA, FLAD and FCG representatives Bernardino Gomes and Ana Mónica Fonseca 10:45 | COFFEE BREAK 11:00 | SESSION 1 – THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSIONS OF DEMOCRATIC TRANSITIONS Chair: Nuno Severiano Teixeira, IPRI-­‐NOVA Tiago Moreira de Sá (IPRI-­‐NOVA) – The United States and the Portuguese Revolution António Costa Pinto (ICS-­‐UL) – The International Dimension of the Iberian democratizations Thomas Legler (Un. Iberoamericana, México) – Latin America Democratization 13:00 | LUNCH 15:00 | SESSION 2 – THE SOCIALIST INTERNATIONAL AND THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF LATIN AMERICA Chair: Michael Baum (FLAD) Ana Mónica Fonseca (IPRI-­‐NOVA & CEI-­‐IUL) – Latin America and the Lessons of the Iberian Transitions Bernd Rother (Willy Brandt Stiftung) – Willy Brandt: Causes and problems of a global socialist strategy Fernando Pedrosa (Univ. of Buenos Aires) – Latin America and Socialist International 16:45 | COFFEE BREAK 17:00 | SESSION 3 – ROUNDTABLE: DEMOCRACY AND INTERNATIONALISM Chair: Teresa de Sousa, Público Bernardino Gomes Clóvis Brigagão José Lamego 18h00 | End * to be confirmed With the support: