Caracas, 15 january.- The Latin American Economic System (SELA), under the auspices of UNESCO, will be hosting an electronic conference on the international financial crisis and the economic and trade impact it will have on Latin America and the Caribbean.

The speaker will be the Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American Economic System, Ambassador Carlos Moneta, of Argentinean nationality and a specialist in International Relations. His ample experience includes having been an advisor and consultant to a large number of international organizations, including the IDB, ECLAC, ALADI, and UNDP. In 1995, Ambassador Moneta was elected Permanent Secretary of SELA. He has also been both professor and researcher at universities in several Latin American countries as well as in the United States of America.

The conference will take place on the INTERNET via CompuServe’s Latin American Forum. The information to access the conference is the following:

Web site: http://go.compuserve.com/latinamerica

In "chat" enter Hall Latinoamérica

Date: Thursday, 28 January

Time:

• 6:00 PM Caracas time

• 7:00 PM Buenos Aires time

• 4:00 PM Mexico City time

You will be able to formulate your queries, online, with the speaker, who will give you an answer right away. If you are unable to attend the forum that day and at that time, we suggest that you send your questions in advance to difusion@sela.org. The moderator will formulate the question for you and you will be able to look for the response as it will be included in the conference’s complete text which will be published in the section "Entrepreneurial Center" on the Web Site of the Latin American Forum and on the SELA Web Site at www.sela.org

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