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SOAC Events 2000
September
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Bolivarian Democracy- Social and
Economic Impact of Venezuela's New Path.
This is the third
part of the
State of Democracy in the Americas Conference Series. The conference is co-sponsored by the Latin American and Caribbean
Center and the Summit of the Americas Center. Spanish-English simultaneous
interpretation is provided. Please call the Latin American and Caribbean Center
at (305) 348-2894 for more information. (September 20-21, 2000)
June
May
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18th Annual Journalists and Editors
Workshop: Latin America, the US Elections and Beyond.
This annual event brought together journalists, academics and public and
private sector leaders to discuss topics in the news involving Latin America and
the Caribbean. (May
5-6, 2000)
April
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The Summit
of the Americas Center concluded its Social Policy and Welfare in Latin
America spring lecture series with a talk by Dr. Victor Tokman,
Latin American Regional Director of the International Labor Office in Lima,
Peru. Tokman is the author of numerous publications about the informal sector,
employment, poverty and income distribution in Latin America. In his speech, The
Informal Sector, Social Protection and New ILO Approaches, Tokman spoke
about the challenge of providing social protection for the growing numbers of
Latin Americans who are turning for work to the informal sector. (April 10,
2000).
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The Summit
of the Americas Center continued its spring lecture series, Social Policy and Welfare in Latin
America. The focus turned to Brazil,
the largest economy in Latin America and the driving force behind the South
American common market, MERCOSUR. Helmut Schwarzer, planning and research
technician at the Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada in Brasília, spoke
on Social Security in Brazil: Problems and Prospects for Reform. (April
3, 2000).
March
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The Summit of the Americas Center continued its spring
lecture series, Social Policy and Welfare in Latin
America. Dr. Alberto
Arenas de Mesa, director of the Office of Research at the Chilean Ministry
of Finance, spoke on The Pension Revolution in Chile: An Evaluation of
Two Decades. (March
27, 2000)
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Colombia: Armed Conflict, Peace Prospects and
Democracy.
This was the
first conference as part of the
State of Democracy in the Americas Conference Series. This lecture series was co-sponsored by
Latin American and Caribbean Center and the Summit of the Americas Center,
with speakers from various Colombian organizations and their perspectives on
the violence in the region. Spanish-English simultaneous interpretation was
provided.
(March
14 and 15, 2000)
February
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Can Social Protection Be Extended to Uncovered
Workers in Latin America?
Lecture
by María Amparo Cruz-Saco, Ph.D., Lenore Tingle Howard Chair and
Chairperson of Economics at Connecticut College. An authority on Peruvian
political economy and social security, Cruz-Saco gave the second lecture of
the Summit of the America spring lecture series entitled Social Policy and Welfare in Latin
America (February 21, 2000)
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The Summit of the Americas Center kicked off its
spring lecture series, Social Policy and Welfare in Latin
America, with a lecture by Dr. Fabio Bertranou, professor of economics at the
Universidad de Cuyo in Mendoza and the Universidad Empresarial Siglo XXI in
Cordoba, Argentina. Dr. Bertranou spoke on Health Care in Argentina,
reform in the 90's and Challenges in 2000. (February 7, 2000)
Democracy
in Latin America Lecture Series
SOAC's
1999-2000 State of Democracy in Latin America Lecture Series is an attempt to
address current political, economic and social issues in key Latin American
countries including Mexico, Peru, Colombia and Venezuela as well as US-Latin
American relations. Participants have included distinguished North American and
Latin American academics, as well as journalists, government officials and NGO
representatives, leading discussions of the main challenges and progress toward
democracy in the region.
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Summit of the Americas
Center
Florida International University
University Park, Miami, Fl.
(305) 348-2894
Email SOAC:
summit@fiu.edu
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