{"id":693,"date":"2019-01-25T13:16:07","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T13:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-luksic-scholars.pantheonsite.io\/?post_type=ls-story&#038;p=693"},"modified":"2019-03-18T13:50:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T13:50:18","slug":"hugo-wood","status":"publish","type":"ls-story","link":"https:\/\/luksicscholars.org\/en\/story\/hugo-wood\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugo Wood"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\"> Two years ago, I never thought I would be spending one year of my life in China&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">I am a lawyer, social entrepreneur and human development advocate. I also served as Public Policy Advisor and Chief Speechwriter to the Vice-President and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Panama and was the Founder and Director of the largest debate student tournament in the history of Panama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The whole Schwarzman experience will enable me to build a stronger link between China and Latin America, and I am grateful to have been the first Luksic Fellow in this extraordinary program.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\">But in 2017, as part of the Panamanian government delegation, I witnessed President Xi Jinping\u2019s first speech at the World Economic Forum Davos Annual Meeting, where I was fascinated by the aspirations of a country that was once isolated, and is now betting on globalization, inclusion and international cooperation. 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