Friday 10 to Saturday 11
Cuban Conference
(Sponsored by CRI)
Topic: "First CRI Conference on Cuban and Cuban-American Studies"
Florida International University - Graham Center, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Contact: Vilma Zamora at CRI, (305) 348-1991
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Wednesday 15
Florida Association of Social Studies Meeting
(Presentation Co-Sponsored by LACC)
Topic: "Teaching on Latin America and the Caribbean: The Challenge to
Florida Educators"
Speaker: Grisell V. Sotolongo, Public Affairs Manager
Hyatt Hotel, Sarasota, 3:30-4:00 p.m.
Contact: Damilet Martinez at LACC, (305) 348-2894
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Wednesday 15
Information Technology Discussion
(Presentation Co-Sponsored by SOAC and LACC)
Topic: "LACC in the Information Age: New Directions"
Speaker: Mark B. Rosenberg, Director, LACC
PC 521, 12:45-2:00 p.m.
Contact: Grisell V. Sotolongo at LACC, (305) 348-2894
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Thursday 16
Chile and West Palm Beach Trade Seminar
(Presentation Co-Sponsored by the City of West Palm Beach and SOAC)
Topic: "Chile: A New Hemispheric Force"
Speaker: Charles Jainarain, Executive Director, SOAC
TBA, 2:30 p.m.
Contact: Sandy del Prado at SOAC, (305) 348-2894
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Wednesday 22
Faculty Seminar Series
(Sponsored by LACC)
Topic: "Lawyers, Society and Politics in Latin America, 1780-1850"
Speaker: Victor Uribe, Assistant Professor, Department of History
TBA, 12:00 noon-1:30 p.m.
Contact: Grisell V. Sotolongo at LACC, (305) 348-2894
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Thursday 23
Trade Seminar
(Presentation Co-Sponsored by World Trade Center Tampa and SOAC)
Topic: "Hemispheric Trade and Tampa's International Business Community"
Speaker: Charles Jainarain, Executive Director, SOAC
World Trade Center Tampa, 1:30 p.m.
Contact: Raquel Jurado at SOAC, (305) 348-2894
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Friday 24 to Sunday 26
Iberian/Iberian-American Literature Conference
(Co-Sponsored by Florida International University's Department of Modern
Languages and the
University of Miami's Department of Modern Languages)
Topic: "1898-1998: Nation, Culture, and Identity"
Graham Center, 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Contact: Grisell V. Sotolongo at LACC, (305) 348-2894
Jadir Marciano Vieira
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