Home Political Strategist, World-renowned Columnist, Professor, Author, Moderator and Leader in Strategic Communications and Democracy. Sustainable Colombia: Politics, Planet and Democratic Security: A Conversation with President Alvaro Uribe Vélez – NYU. “Sustainable Colombia” is part of a two-year-old series featuring leaders from Latin American nations–including those from Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and El Salvador–as well as Luis Almagro, the secretary general of the Organization of American States, and elected officials from Puerto Rico. The May 5 event with former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Vélez was organized with the Dominican Republic Center of Public Policy, Development, and Leadership (CPDL-RD) and will include Claudia S. de Windt, CEO of the Inter-American Institute on Justice and Sustainability, and CNN columnist Geovanny Vicente Romero, founder of CPDL-RD. Consistent with all of our DC Dialogues events, we anticipate a robust exchange on President Uribe’s tenure and the larger issue of sustainability, both among the panelists and during our question-and-answer session." Claudia S. de Windt, International lawyer and Chief Executive of the Inter-American Institute on Justice and Sustainability (IIJS) will join this wide-ranging discussion with President Uribe led by Geovanny Vicente Romero.