Dr. Eduardo Stein

Eduardo Stein is former Vice President (2004-2008) and Foreign Minister (1996-2000) of the Republic of Guatemala. He has worked with various international organizations in development programs in Central America, as well as the Esquipulas peace process and in the San José Dialogue for Central American Peace negotiations. He headed the OAS Electoral Observation Mission in Peru in 2000 for Mr. Fujimori´s try for a third term, which resulted in the disqualification of the elections for serious irregularities. He presided over the Honduras Truth and Reconciliation Commission in 2010-2011. Dr. Stein is an independent consultant, coordinates a Central American network of think tanks, la RED, and is a member of the Board of the Inter-American Dialogue and of the Global Leadership Foundation.

An interview with Dr. Eduardo Stein

Eduardo Stein is former Vice President (2004-2008) and Foreign Minister (1996-2000) of the Republic of Guatemala. He has worked with various international organizations in development programs in Central America, as well as the Esquipulas peace process and in the San José Dialogue for Central American Peace negotiations. He is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Global Centre for Pluralism.

He was interviewed by Meredith Preston McGhie, Secretary General for the Global Centre for Pluralism on September 17, 2020.  

In this interview, Dr. Stein reflects on the impacts of the pandemic in Guatemala and the wider Latin American region. He discusses institutional and judicial weakness due to corruption, the impacts on Venezuelan migrants and refugees, the role of women’s leadership and the need for multiculturalism to become a source of strength and value across the region.