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US-Latin American Political Relations: New President, New & Improved Relationship?

Overview

Judge Charles B. Schudson will talk about how the recent election of Barack Obama migh affect, and possibly re-invigorate, U.S. relations with Latin America as a whole (and with specific countries).

Date(s)

2/24/2009

Time

12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Location

206 Ingraham Hall            

Cost

Free

Target Audience 

Students, faculty, staff & members of the community at large with an interest in US relations with Latin American countries

Sponsor

Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies Program (LACIS)

Contact Information

Sarah Ripp  (608) 262-0616  skripp@wisc.edu

Speaker Biography

Charles B. Schudson is a Wisconsin Reserve Judge, an adjunct professor of law at Marquette University, and the University of Wisconsin, Legal Counsel for La Causa, Inc., and President of KeynoteSeminars, LLC (www.keynoteseminars.net).

In 2005, Judge Schudson was the University of Wisconsin Law School Scholar in Residence at Universidad Diego Portales in Santiago, Chile. In 2006, he served as an international observer for the presidential election in Venezuela. In 2007, he served as the Law and Literature Scholar in Residence at Lawrence University.

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