Assessing Brazil's Agenda at Home and Abroad

Friday, March 25, 2011
Speakers
Riordan Roett
Director, Western Hemisphere Program, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Julia E. Sweig
Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow and Director for Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Kellie Meiman Hock
Managing Director, McLarty Associates
Presider
Bernard W. Aronson
Managing Partner, ACON Investments

Following President Obama’s first official visit to South America, Kellie Meiman Hock, Riordan Roett, and Julia E. Sweig discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with Brazil’s rise, as well as the future of U.S.-Brazil relations.

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