Americas Society To Host 3rd Annual Latin America Conference.Business Editors Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. Conference NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 9, 2003 Roger Noriega
Hemisphere hemisphere /hemi·sphere/ (hem´i-sfer) half of a spherical or roughly spherical structure or organ. cerebellar hemisphere either of two lobes of the cerebellum lateral to the vermis. Affairs, and Marta Lucia Ramirez, Colombia's Minister of Defense, to Speak at Conference The Americas Society, in association with the Council of the Americas The Council of the Americas is an American business organization whose stated goal is promoting free trade, democracy and open markets throughout the Americas. This includes Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean, as well as South America. , today announced that Roger Noriega, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs The Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs is the head of the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs within the Department of State of the United States federal government. The Assistant Secretary of State guides operation of the U.S. ; Marta Lucia Ramirez, Colombia's Minister of Defense; and Thomas Shannon Thomas Shannon may refer to any of the following individuals:
Part of Earth comprising North and South America and the surrounding waters. Longitudes 20° W and 160° E are often considered its boundaries. Affairs at the National Security Council, will speak at the Society's 3rd Annual Latin America Conference, being held on Friday, October 17. Conference speakers will include policy makers, economists, political analysts, and government leaders from the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Latin America. They will discuss key issues affecting the region today, such as the future of hemispheric economic integration, the challenges facing democracies in the region, and U.S.-Latin America relations. 3RD ANNUAL LATIN AMERICA CONFERENCE DATE: Friday, October 17, 2003 TIME: 8:00 AM - 4:15 PM LOCATION: Americas Society, 68th Street and Park Avenue, NYC KEYNOTE SPEAKER -Hon. Roger Noriega, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C. PANEL I: Economic Outlook and the Future of Hemispheric Integration -Roberto Artavia, Dean, Central American Institute for Business Administration (INCAE), Alajuela, Costa Rica -Mario Marconini, Executive Director, Brazilian Council on Foreign Relations (CEBRI), Rio de Janeiro -Rogelio Ramirez, President, Ecanal S. A., Mexico City -Alan Stoga, President, Zemi Communications, LLC, New York PANEL II: The Changing Face of Latin American Democracies -H. E. Rosario Green, Ambassador, Embassy of Mexico to Argentina, Buenos Aires -Paulo Sotero, Chief Washington Correspondent, "O Estado de S. Paulo," Washington, D.C. -Jennifer Windsor, Executive Director, Freedom House, Washington, D.C. -Enrique Zuleta, President, Ibope OPMS, Buenos Aires LUNCHEON SPEAKER -H. E. Marta Lucia Ramirez, Minister of Defense, Colombia FEATURED SPEAKER -Hon. Thomas Shannon, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs, National Security Council, Washington, D.C. PANEL III: U.S.-Latin American Relations -Felipe de la Balze, Secretary General, Argentina Council on Foreign Relations (CARI), Buenos Aires -Mark Falcoff, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C. -Abraham Lowenthal, President, Pacific Council on International Policy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles -Moises Naim, Editor, Foreign Policy, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C. The Americas Society's 3rd Annual Latin America Conference is made possible by the generous support of the Citigroup Foundation. Additional funding is provided by the Rockefeller Brothers Fund The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF), (Philanthropy for an Interdependent World), is an international philanthropic organisation created and run by members of the Rockefeller family. and ExxonMobil. Members of the press are invited to attend this event, but must pre-register to be admitted. To pre-register, please telephone or e-mail Christina Bahamonde, Assistant to the Director of Communications Director of Communications is a position in the private and public sectors. The Director of Communications is responsible for managing and directing an organization's internal and external communications. , 212-277-8384 / cbahamonde@as-coa.org. Press credentials CREDENTIALS, international law. The instruments which authorize and establish a public minister in his character with the state or prince to whom they are addressed. If the state or prince receive the minister, he can be received only in the quality attributed to him in his credentials. will be required at all times. Television camera crews must arrive by 8:00 AM to set-up for this event. About the Americas Society The Americas Society is a not-for-profit membership organization that promotes the understanding of the political, economic, and cultural issues that define and challenge the Americas today. We believe that innovative artistic expression -- in music, literature, and the visual arts visual arts npl → artes fpl plásticas visual arts npl → arts mpl plastiques visual arts npl → -- is vital to free societies and provides an invaluable window on the ever-evolving reality of our Hemisphere. http://www.americas-society.org About the Council of the Americas The Council of the Americas is a U.S. business organization whose members share a common commitment to free trade and open markets, democracy, and the rule of law throughout the Americas. Our programming and advocacy aim to inform, encourage, and promote free and integrated markets for the benefit of the companies that comprise our membership, as well as of the United States and all the people of the Americas. http://www.counciloftheamericas.org Copyright (C) Americas Society & Council of the Americas Inc. 2003. All rights reserved. |
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