Come prepared to engage in lively conversation. No guest speaker. Open to all who want to discuss Mexico, South America, U.,S. policy, etc. The focus will be on important developments of 2010 and what they portend for Latin America in 2011.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010
6:30 p.m. – 7:45 p.m.
Institute of the Americas, Weaver Conference Center, UCSD campus (map)

REGISTER – Complimentary

You are cordially invited to attend an end-of-year community discussion with Amb. Jeffrey Davidow, President of the Institute of the Americas.

Ambassador Jeffrey Davidow is President of the Institute of the Americas. Prior to assuming the Institute’s presidency in 2003, he served in the United States Foreign Service for 33 years and held presidential appointments under four U.S. presidents: Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. Davidow served, among other posts, as U.S. ambassador to Zambia, Venezuela and Mexico as well as Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere. In early 2008, he was asked by President Obama to serve as his special advisor for the Summit of the Americas, the first occasion that the new U.S. president met with his hemispheric counterparts. Davidow will be leaving his position as President of the Institute in June, 2011.