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ISLAC, the Institute for the Study of Latin America and the Caribbean, is an academic unit offering graduate and undergraduate degree programs. ISLAC core and affiliate faculty across USF campus have research and teaching expertise in Latin American and the Caribbean, Latinos in the USA and The Americas in fields and disciplines such as anthropology, history, government and international affairs, sociology, political science, humanities, world languages and literatures, education, economics, arts, global and public health and business.
Within the university and the community, ISLAC organizes and sponsors scholar, artistic, cultural and outreach events that further the appreciation and study of Latin America and the Caribbean, Latinos in the U.S. and hemispheric relations.
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His Excellency Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, Ambassador of Venezuela to the United States since January of 2003, has been Representative of Venezuela and Member of the Executive Committee to the U.S. Energy Council, Principal Coordinator for Venezuela in the Cooperation Agreement on Energy with the United States, and Head of the Venezuelan Delegation to the Ministerial Conferences of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. Ambassador Alvarez has taught at the School of Political and Administrative studies of the Universidad Central de Venezuela and at the Superior School of the Venezuelan Air Force and served as Academic Advisor at the Institute of Higher Studies on National Defense. His Excellency Alvarez holds a degree in Political Science from the Universidad Central de Venezuela and a Master’s degree in Development Studies from the University of Sussex, England.
April 23, 2008
Time: 4:00pm
Location: BSN 1201
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A collection of original essays by renown scholars, both from Latin America and North America, assessing the contemporary and historical political economy of the Americas from a critical and multidimensional perspective. |
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An in depth analysis of development, underdevelopment, as well as security and insecurity in the countries of the global "South" from a critical, systemic, and global perspective. |
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ISLAC is very grateful to the family of Thaddeus Ryan for having chosen to memorialize him through contributions to a fund that supports Latin American and Caribbean studies for graduate students. (more)
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