Event

The UWI St. Augustine Campus and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs cordially invite you to a Distinguished Open Lecture, “Latin America and the Caribbean: Good News with Many Challenges”. 

Presenting is Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza. 

The event takes place on Tuesday October 7, 2014, at 5.30pm, at Lecture Theatre E, Teaching and Learning Complex, Circular Road, St. Augustine.  

The lecture will also be streamed live from 5:30 p.m. via: www.ustream.tv/channel/uwi---st-augustine. Tune in to view!

Read the Secretary General’s bio here. 

For further information, please call 662-2002 ext. 83726 

Presentation abstract

In the previous decade, Latin America and the Caribbean, especially Latin America, has enjoyed an extended period of economically-related good news. Higher economic growth – the region as a whole has grown more than during the two previous decades combined - has allowed for more favorable conditions to reduce poverty and increase the prospects for a better life of many of the continent’s inhabitants.  The emergence of a vigorous, industrious middle class has also been a key factor of the region’s progress over this decade. Despite some of these advances, many challenges remain, particularly in the realm of governance and institutional strengthening. The presentation of Secretary General Insulza will refer to some of these pressing challenges, and how the Organization of American States works and contributes towards addressing these issues.