Ernesto Talvi

Erensto Talvi. Senior Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute.
Senior Fellow
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Ernesto Talvi is Senior Fellow at the Elcano Royal Institute.

He has been Director of the Economic and Social Policy in Latin America Initiative at Brookings Institution in Washington D.C., Tinker Visiting Professor at Columbia University in New York, founding member of the Latin American Committee for Macroeconomic & Financial Affairs (CLAAF), Director of the Center for the Study of Economic & Social Affairs (CERES) in Montevideo (Uruguay) and Chief Economist at the Central Bank of Uruguay.

In 2018 he entered politics, founding the liberal-progressive “Ciudadanos (Citizens)” movement within the Colorado Party. He was a presidential candidate, elected Senator and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay. He retired from political life in 2021.

He holds a PhD in Economics and an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago, and a BA in Economics from the Universidad de la República Oriental del Uruguay.

Research areas

Global and Emerging Markets Macroeconomics, Latin American macroeconomics and politics, inflation stabilization programs, fiscal policy, international capital flows and financial crises.

Events

  • Round table ‘On the eve of the signing of the EU–Mercosur Agreement: a key building block for EU–Latin America economic integration’ (2025)
  • Policy Dialogue ‘Trade, geopolitics and the EU’s global role in an era of uncertainty’ (2025)
  • Presentation of the Elcano Policy Paper: ‘Spain in the world in 2025: perspectives and challenges’ (2025)
  • Presentation of the Elcano Report ‘Why does Latin America matter?’ (2024)
  • Seminar ‘Why does Latin America matter?’ (2024)
  • Presentation of the Elcano Report ‘Why does Latin America matter?’ (2023)

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