[NYTr] Cuba's Alarcon in Montreal for Latin Amer Studies Assn Congress
 
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 19:25:56 -0500 (CDT)


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[The Latin American Studies Association no longer meets in the US,
since the blockade against Cuba made it impossible for many
scholars to obtain visas to attend these important meetings. -NYTr]

Prensa Latina, Havana
http://www.plenglish.com

Alarcon Attends LatAm Study Congress

Montreal, Sep 5 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Parliament President Ricardo
Alarcon is attending, as special guest, the 27th Latin American Studies
Association Congress, which started Wednesday in Montreal.

The association is the largest organization in the world that groups
experts from different countries on Latin American and Caribbean issues.

The 6,000 academics who are participating in this meeting until
September 8, are debating "After the Washington Consensus:
collaborating on the research for a new Latin America."

The Cuban delegation is composed of 135 academics and intellectuals,
who will present papers on issues related to the work of Cuban
scientific and cultural institutions.

The congress venue was originally set in Boston, but it was changed so
the Cuban delegation could attend when the US government denied the
visas, an action taken on the two last meetings of this kind.

Alarcon was invited by the Association leadership to give a lecture to
the plenary.

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