Seminario en el Capitolio de USA: DDHH y presos políticos en Venezuela
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You are cordially invited to Danger in the Andes: Threats to Democracy, Human Rights, and Inter-American Security

November 17, 2010 – US Capitol Visitors Center RSVP to americasforum@gmail.com

Are democracy and human rights in danger under the “21st Century Socialism” of Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia? Does the ALBA Alliance of Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Nicaragua constitute a threat to U.S. interests and inter-American security? Is current U.S. policy toward the region equipped to respond to the erosion of democracy and the pernicious infl uence of such hosti le actors as Iran, foreign and domestic terrorist groups, and narcoti cs traffi ckers? Four key U.S. Members of Congress and two panels of U.S. and Latin American experts will examine these and other salient issues. Parti al list of panelists:


1st Panel 9:30 – 11:30 am

Rule of Law, Human Rights and Democracy
2nd Panel 11:30 – 1:30 pm

Terrorism, Radical Islam and Narco-traffi cking

Dr. Alejandro Aguirre – President, Inter-American

Press Associati on (Invited)

Marcial Fabricano – Bolivian indigenous leader

Dr. Xavier Castro – Ecuadorean constitutional

lawyer

Dr. Enrique Herreria – Ecuadorean congressman

Luis Nuñez – President, Civic Committee of Santa

Cruz, Bolivia

Guillermo Zuloaga – President, (Exiled) Globovision

Television, Venezuela

Javier El-Hage – The Human Rights Foundation

José Cárdenas – Former Acting Assistant

Administrator for Latin America, USAID. Former

U.S. Nati onal Security Council
Dr. Jaime Daremblum – Hudson Institute,

Former Costa Rican Ambassador to the US

Joseph Humire – Atlas Economic Research

Foundation

Jon Perdue – The Fund for American Studies

John Walters – Hudson Institute, former Director,

White House Office of Drug Control Policy

Victor

Hugo Velazco – Bolivian indigenous leader

Amb. Roger Noriega – Former Assistant Secretary

of State for the Western Hemisphere. Former US

Ambassador to the OAS

Joel Hirst – Council on Foreign Relations

Amb. Ott o J. Reich – Former Assistant Secretary

of State for the Western Hemisphere. Former

Presidenti al Envoy for the Western Hemisphere

In addition, the following Members of Congress are invited and have tentati vely accepted based on

legislati ve schedule availability:

The Hon. Eliot Engel (D-NY) – Chairman, HFAC

Subcommitt ee on the Western Hemisphere.

The Hon. Connie Mack (R-FL) – Ranking Member,

HFAC Sub Committ ee on Western Hemisphere.
The Hon. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) –

Ranking Member, House Foreign Aff airs Committee

(HFAC).

The Hon. Ron Klein (D-FL) – Member, HFAC Sub

Committ ee on Western Hemisphere

A light lunch will be served.