Vice President of the Republic of Panama Juan Carlos Varela to Discuss Future of Panama at CSIS Statesmen’s Forum

September 12, 2012

WASHINGTON, September 12, 2012– The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Americas Program will host the Vice President and Minister of the Economy of the Republic of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela and Frank de Lima, to discuss Panama’s future and current relationship with the United States. Stephen Johnson, director of the Americas program at CSIS, will moderate.

WHEN/WHERE:    
September 14, 9:00 am – 11:30 am
Conference Room A/B
CSIS 1800 K Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006

Credentialed members of the press who would like to attend must RSVP to aschwartz@csis.org.

Featuring:

Juan Carlos Varela
Vice President, Republic of Panama

Gerardo Solís
Magistrate, Electoral Tribunal

Guillermo Adames
President, National Council of Journalism

Guillermo Chapman
Chairman, INDESA

Frank de Lima
Minister of the Economy, Republic of Panama

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