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Wednesday, April 22-Hemispheric Partnerships: Regional Organizations in the Twenty-First Century, Tenth Annual Baylor University Joseph F. Velez Latin American Studies Conference, 2:00-5:00 p.m., Fifth Floor Cashion. For more info., call 254/710-6294 or Joan_[email address removed to reduce spam]; Joan_[email address removed to reduce spam].

From Bullets to Biodiversity: The Quest for Sustainable Development in Central America, a lecture by John Burnett, Southwest correspondent for National Public Radio. 12:00-1:30 p.m., Hackett Room, SRH 1.313. Sponsored by the Institute of Latin American Studies. For more info., call 471-5551.

North America Landscape Characterization Project (NALC), with Special Emphasis on the San Pedro River Basin, a lecture by Curtis Edmonds and William Kepner, Environmental Protection Agency, Las Vegas. 3:00 p.m., GRG 408. Sponsored by the Dept. of Geography and ILAS.

Crisis in Chiapas, photography exhibit, reception, and brief gallery talk by Carol Hayman. The photographs document the crisis and show a personal perspective of the events and protagonists in that troubled region. 3:30-5:30 p.m., photographer will speak at 4:00 p.m., Benson Collection hall gallery. Sponsored by the Benson Latin American Collection.

Latin American Film Festival. Cine Las Américas will be screening six new films in this festival. The festival, cosponsored by the UT Dept. of Radio, Television, and Film, will be held at the Dobie Theater, 2021 Guadalupe. For more info., call Robb Jameson, 459-5800.

Water Crises in Texas and the Southwest, May 21-25, 1998, Trinity University, San Antonio. This American Society for Environmental History meeting will set the contemporary and often bitter debates over water in their historical context. For more info. about the conference program, registration, and the Trinity University campus, see this Website http://www.trinity.edu/departments/continuing_ed/aseh.html or by contacting Hugh Daschbach, Conference Coordinator, 210/736-7601, or Char Miller, Conference Organizer, [email address removed to reduce spam]; [email address removed to reduce spam].

Call for Articles-The May issue of El Planeta Plática (The Earth Speaks) will focus on medicinal plants and biology in Latin America. Share your knowledge about botanical gardens, healthy foods, and environmental travel in general. Writer's guidelines are available at http://www2.planeta.com/mader/ecotravel/search/guide.html for those interested in contributing an article. Deadline is April 30, 1998. For more info., contact Ron Mader [email address removed to reduce spam].

Latin American Research Group of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Internship, summer 1998. The Latin American Research Group works closely with FRB-Atlanta to evaluate Latin American financial systems by assessing the sovereign risk of various Latin countries. The candidate will assist the group in monitoring and analyzing macroeconomic, political, and social factors that bear on country risk. The candidate should possess a basic knowledge of international economics and Latin American political and economic systems. Candidates should also be skilled in analytical writing and be fluent in Spanish and/or Portuguese, and available to work full time (40 hours per week) for 8 to 10 weeks. The pay rate for students working toward a master's degree is $8.56 per hour. Deadline: April 30. If interested, please contact: Wendy Gutierrez, Economic Analyst, Research Dept., Federal Reserve Bank-Atlanta, 104 Marietta Street, Atlanta, GA 30303 , wendy.gutierrez "at" atl.frb.org.

Mexico Coordinator-Rapidly growing franchise operation looking for a self-starter and quick study to support the director of sales for Mexico division of an Austin company founded in 1939. Heavily administrative and customer service-oriented with possible job expansion in the future for the right candidate. Qualities needed include: hard worker, dependable, computer literate, at least 90% bilingual in Spanish, "people person" willing to work long hours. Some travel may be required. Fax résumé and a one-paragraph description of why you are the ideal person for the position to 512/389-2749.

Universal Computer Systems is a privately held corporation based in Houston specializing in sales, support, and development of the most innovative system in our industry. As our international expansion continues into Central and South America, we seek to add fluent Spanish and/or Portuguese speakers for the following Houston-based positions: Writer/Translator-Research and write reference manuals for our systems; conduct product testing for existing and new publications. Basic computer literacy and strong grammar, proofreading and editing skills required. Trainer-Conducting training classes on our system for new and existing clients. Must be willing to travel. Software Support-Focuses on launching our software systems at new clients' sites and on troubleshooting situations with our existing clients. Traveling and nontraveling positions available. To apply, mail your résumé to: UCS, 6700 Hollister, Houston, TX 77040; fax to 713/718-1401. For more info. on this company and benefits, check the Website http://www.ucs-systems.com.