Development and the Environment. The ALC Symposium's 1999 series of lectures and cultural presentations will focus on the impact development has on the environment in Latin America. The keynote speaker will be the ambassador of Costa Rica, Dr. Jaime Daremblum.
Events are free and open to the public.
Senior partner of Daremblum Asociados Abogados in Costa Rica, the ambassador is also a professor of international politics and economics at the University of Costa Rica, professor and senior research fellow at the Center for Political and Administrative Research, and economist for the International Monetary Fund. He has traveled extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Latin America for speaking appearances at the White House and the Council on Foreign Relations, the French National Assembly in Paris, the Washington, DC-based Heritage Foundation, several universities, and many other forums. A regular writer for The Wall Street Journal, Daremblum is also the author of several books. Originally from the Dominican Republic, Segura teaches Spanish literature in New York City at the DeWitt Clinton High School. Weisman is the recipient of a Four Corners Award for best nonfiction book, a Los Angeles Press Club Award for best feature story, and a Social Innovations Award from the London-based Institute for Social Inventions.