Assessing Brazil's Agenda at Home and Abroad

Friday, March 25, 2011

Speakers

Riordan Roett

Director, Western Hemisphere Program, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Julia E. Sweig

Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow and Director for Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Kellie Meiman Hock

Managing Director, McLarty Associates

Presider

Bernard W. Aronson

Managing Partner, ACON Investments

Following President Obama’s first official visit to South America, Kellie Meiman Hock, Riordan Roett, and Julia E. Sweig discuss the challenges and opportunities associated with Brazil’s rise, as well as the future of U.S.-Brazil relations.

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