Peru’s Path Forward: Navigating Political, Economic, and Global Dynamics

Enrique Roig

  • North America  
  • United States

Enrique Roig is the deputy assistant secretary in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor at the US Department of State (DOS) where he oversees the Bureau’s work on the Western Hemisphere and Africa. Previously, he served as senior advisor in the Office of the Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy and Human Rights at DOS where he led the portfolio on Western Hemisphere migration and the Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability. He also oversaw portfolios related to the Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement and the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations.

Prior positions include director for Creative Associates’ global Citizen Security practice area where he oversaw major operations in Central America, the Caribbean, and North Africa. He also served as the senior citizen security specialist and coordinator for the Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI) at the US Agency for International Development (USAID), where he led USAID’s place-based initiative to reduce homicides in Central America. He has also more than 25 years of experience in 26 countries and has led politically sensitive human rights, elections, and citizen security initiatives worldwide.

Roig holds an MA in international relations from American University in Washington, DC, and a BA in political science from Westmont College in Santa Barbara, California.

Roig was an event speaker at the Dialogue.

Events

Casualties of Authoritarianism: Closing on Pluralism and the Fate of Nicaraguan Former Political Prisoners

Inter-American Dialogue
1155 15 St NW, Suite 800, Washington, DC
& Online

Commemorating Jimmy Carter’s Legacy in the Americas – How President Carter Advanced Democracy and Human Rights in the Region

United States Institute of Peace
2301 Constitution Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20037

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