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Diplomats from countries across the United States and South America are coming together in Providence next week.

The “Changes in the Andes” conference, will take place at Brown University Feb. 12-13.

Policymakers, academics, diplomats and other stakeholders from Bolivia, Ecuador and Venezuela meet with American officials to discuss political changes in the Andean region; the Andes mountain range passes through Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela.

Daytime events are open to university faculty and students, and to registrants; evening events will be open to the public.

Brown University President Ruth Simmons has said 2007-208 is the “Year of the Focus on Latin America,” the conference is one of several events to focus on Latin America that is planned throughout the rest of the school year.

For more information about the conference, see the program online.

For information on other programs, visit the school’s Center for Latin American Studies.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

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Follow the money said:

We're from the government and we're here to help you.
What exactly does "inclusionary systems of governance" mean? That these countries ought to include other countries, like US, who can "help them" to achieve "democracy", like we helped Afghanistan and Iraq?
The new slavery is not like the old one that topped off the coffers of the Brown and DeWolfe families. We don't actually have to raid countries a continent away and abscond with their people. Economic servitude in their own backyards will suffice.
How many Latinos are likely to be present at the conference (other than the invitees), and how many "stakeholders"?

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