REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATION / DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS:

IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. POLICY TOWARD LATIN AMERICA

♦ will the new u.s. congress shift gears on free trade and immigration?
♦ the impact of petro-politics on energy cooperation and security in the americas
♦ time for a change in u.s. drug policy?
♦ realism vs. idealism in u.s. policy toward latin america

Panelists

Peter Hakim

President, The Inter-American Dialogue, Washington, D.C.

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Manuel Rocha

Managing Director, The Globis Group, LLC, Miami

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Riordan Roett

             Sarita and Don Johnston Professor of Political Science and Director of Western Hemisphere Studies,

The Johns Hopkins Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington, D.C.

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Paulo Sotero

Director, The Brazil Institute, Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars, Washington, D.C.

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Roberto Steiner

Alternate Executive Director, The International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington, D.C.

Supporting Organizations: Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce of Florida, Chile-U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Florida International Bankers Association (FIBA), Georgetown University Club of Miami and Oxford University Society

Media Partners:  AméricaEconomía, Latin Business Chronicle, LATIN TRADE, and LatinFinance

Friday, January 26, 2007