Invite you to a book launch
SAVING THE AMERICAS
The Dangerous Decline of Latin America and What the U.S. Must Do
By Andrés Oppenheimer
This new book by Pulitzer-prize co-winner and The Miami Herald syndicated
columnist Andrés Oppenheimer illustrates in detail how the current U.S.
administration's policy towards Latin America is actually creating the very
immigration issues President Bush is fighting to solve. "When it comes to
everyday issues that affect most Americans -whether immigration, trade, the
environment or, increasingly, energy- no region in the world has a bigger impact
on the United States than Latin America," writes Oppenheimer.
As an acknowledged expert on Latin America, Oppenheimer uses his experience and
reporting skills to show how this region is becoming increasingly less important
on the world stage, and the resulting negative effects on the lives of
Americans. Oppenheimer traveled to China, India, Poland, the Czech Republic,
Ireland and more than a dozen Latin American countries to see first-hand what
is pushing some nations ahead and others back. And in his characteristic style -
mixing travel anecdotes, humor and political analysis - he came to a surprising
conclusion: that despite its current troubles, Latin America can rise from
economic and political obscurity to become a booming market and an influential
player in world affairs.
?Once again, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Andrés Oppenheimer shows his deep
understanding of the dramatic changes in Latin America, and the impact of
America?s ongoing indifference to the region. For anyone seeking to understand
Latin America?s re-emerging populism and the effects of this administration?s
disastrous foreign policy in the region, this book is a must read. Oppenheimer
gives his readers hope for a new vision in Latin America.?
?Bill Richardson, Governor of New Mexico
Thursday, January 31, 2008
12:00 - 2:00 pm
World Bank J Building, Auditorium J1-050
For non bank staff, please RSVP to InfoShopevents@worldbank.org
A reception will follow the presentation
MODERATED BY
Sergio Jellinek
Communications Advisor, Latin America and the Caribbean External Affairs
Department, World Bank
Mr. Jellinek is the Communications Advisor for the Latin America and the
Caribbean Region at the World Bank. Working in the Latin America and the
Caribbean Vice-Presidency, Mr. Jellinek oversees communications for the Bank?s
entire action field within the region. He is also a founder of COM+ Alliance,
which is a partnership of international organizations and communications
professionals who are committed to using communications to advance a vision of
sustainable development that integrates its three pillars: economic, social, and
environmental, and that works worldwide. He has extensive experience in
developing countries both as a working journalist and as an advisor to
international organizations.
PRESENTED BY THE AUTHOR
Andrés Oppenheimer
Latin American editor and foreign affairs columnist, The Miami Herald
Mr. Oppenheimer's syndicated column, The Oppenheimer Report, appears twice a
week in The Miami Heraldand in more than 40 U.S. and Latin American newspapers,
including La Nación of Argentina and Reforma of Mexico. He is a regular
political analyst with CNN en Español, and a frequent guest at PBS' Jim Lehrer
News Hour. He also hosts his own television talk show in Spanish on current
events, Oppenheimer Presenta. He is the co-winner of the 1987 Pulitzer Prize as
a member of The Miami Herald team that uncovered the Iran-Contra scandal. He has
won the Inter-American Press Association Award twice (1989 and 1994); the 1997
award of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists; the 1993 Ortega y
Gasset Award of Spain's daily El País; the 1998 Maria Moors Cabot Award of
Columbia University; the 2001 King of Spain Award, given out by the Spanish news
agency EFE and King Juan Carlos I of Spain; and an Overseas Press Club Award in
2002. The Ortega y Gasset and the King of Spain awards are the two most
prestigious journalism awards in the Spanish-speaking world. Oppenheimer was
selected by the Forbes Media Guide as one of the ?500 most important
journalists? of the United States in 1993, and by Poder magazine as one of the
?100 most powerful people? in Latin America in 2002. For more information on Mr.
Oppenheimer, please visit: www.AndresOppenheimer.com.
COMMENTS BY
Marcelo Giugale
Director of Economic Policy and Poverty Reduction Programs for Latin America and
the Caribbean, World Bank
Mr. Giugale is an international development leader, his twenty years of
experience span the Middle East, Eastern Europe, Central Asia, and Latin
America, where he led senior-level policy dialogue and over $5 billion in
lending operations across the development spectrum. He has published widely on
economic policy, finance, development economics, business, agriculture, and
applied econometrics. Notably, he was the chief editor of collections of policy
notes published for the presidential transitions in Mexico (2000), Colombia
(2002), Ecuador (2003), Bolivia (2006), and Peru (2006). He has received
decorations from the governments of Bolivia and Peru, and has taught at the
American University in Cairo, the London School of Economics, and the
Universidad Católica Argentina.
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