Program 2007
THE JOHN A. MAXWELL SCHOLAR-DIPLOMAT PROGRAM
Latin America: Challenges for the 21st Century
March 14-16, 2007
Participants:
- Kwame Boateng, West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Gonzalo Bravo, West Virginia University
- Carmen Durrani, Concord University
- Hannah Geffert, Shepherd University
- Mathew Johnson, West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Joseph Lovano, Bethany College
- James Natsis, West Virginia State University
- T. J. Park, West Virginia State University
- Michael Smith, Glenville State College
- Daniel Weimer, Wheeling Jesuit University
Program Coordinators:
- Jack Hammersmith, FACDIS Director, West Virginia University
- Gretchen Peterec, FACDIS Assistant Director, West Virginia University
WEDNESDAY, March 14
- 11:45 am-1:30 pm
- LUNCHEON: City Club
- Speaker: James F. Siekmeier, Historian, Office of the Historian, U.S. Department of State
- Topic: "After the Cold War and After NeoLiberalism: United States Relations with Bolivia, Venezuela and Cuba from the 1970s Onward"
- LUNCHEON: City Club
- 2:00-3:15 pm
- Meeting: Latin America Working Group
- Speaker: Mavis Anderson, Senior Associate
- Topic: "The United States and Cuba: Strands of a Failed Policy"
- Meeting: Latin America Working Group
- 3:45-4:45 pm
- Meeting: Howard University, The Carlyle Suites
- Speaker: Alan McPherson, Professor of History, Howard University, and author of Intimate Ties, Bitter Struggles, The United State and Latin America Since 1945
- Topic: "Anti-Americanism in Latin America in Historical Perspective and Its Importance Today"
- Meeting: Howard University, The Carlyle Suites
THURSDAY, March 15
- 9:00-10:15 AM
- Meeting: Office of the United States Trade Representative
- Speaker: Everett Eissenstat, Assistant United States Trade Representative
- Topic: "Latin American Development goals: what Trde Can and Cannot Do & the Role of US Free Trade Agreements in Encouraging Transparency and the Rule of Law"
- Meeting: Office of the United States Trade Representative
- 10:45-11-:45 am
- Meeting: Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Speaker: Peter Deshazo, Director, Americas Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies
- Topic: "The Outlook for Latin America in 2007 and US Policy in the Region"
- Meeting: Center for Strategic and International Studies
- 12:15-2:00 pm
- LUNCHEON: City Club
- Speaker: Ambassador Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, Embassy of Venezuela
- Topic: "Venezuela: challenges for the 21st Century"
- LUNCHEON: City Club
- 2:30-3:45 pm
- Meeting: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Speaker: Moises Naim, Editor, Foreign Policy, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- Topic: "Illicit: How Smugglers, Traffickers and Copycats are Hijacking the Global Economy"
- Meeting: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
- 5:00-6:00 pm
- Meeting: Council on Foreign Relations
- Speaker: Julia E. Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies and Director for Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
- Topic: "After Fidel: Cuba and US-Cuban Relations
- Meeting: Council on Foreign Relations
FRIDAY, March 16
- 9:00-11:00 am
- Meeting: Voice of America
- Tour: Voice of America Studies, viewing of Foro Interamericano television program
- Speaker: Richard Araujo, Director, Latin American Division, Voice of America
- Topic: "Broadcasting to Latin America and the Changinig Political Landscape"
- Meeting: Voice of America
- 12:00-2:00 pm
- LUNCHEON: City Club
- Speaker: Raul Barrios, Political Affairs Chancellor, Embassy of Bolivia
- Topic: "The Political Process in Bolivia and Relations with the US"
- LUNCHEON: City Club
Adjourn
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