Thirty Second Lecture of The Lecture Series of the Americas
Luis Alberto Moreno
President of the Inter-American Development Bank
“The Financial Crisis and its Impact on the Americas”
Monday, January 12, 2009 3:00 PM (Eastern Time) - Hall of the Americas, OAS
3:00pm
Welcome by OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza
3:05pm
Ambassador Osmar Chohfi, Chair of the Permanent Council and Permanent
Representative of Brazil to the OAS, introduces Luis Alberto Moreno, President of the
Inter-American Development Bank
3:10pm
Speech by Mr. Moreno.
3:40pm
Question and answer session
Moderator: Irene Klinger, Director, Department of International Affairs and Coordinator
of the Lecture Series
The Lecture Series of the Americas is disseminated throughout the Americas by
satellite and high-quality webcast. Hispanic Information and Telecommunications
Network, Inc. (HITN-TV) in the United States, EDUSAT in Mexico, The Voice of
America, Venevisión Continental, and several other TV and radio networks carry the
broadcast in the OAS Member States. The Lecture Series is transmitted live on the web
at www.oas.org.
* Headsets are available in the rear of the Hall of the Americas for simultaneous
interpretation into English and Spanish.