On May 31, USIP hosted a conversation with experts and members of local Latin American and Caribbean diaspora communities as they reflected on their relationship with home and the way that their work — and the work of their communities — has or has not been a productive voice for development and democracy.
Keith Mines, introductory remarks
Director, Latin America Program, U.S. Institute of Peace
Sandra Duval (Haiti)
Educator, KonekPlus
Amparo Marroquín (El Salvador)
Dean of Social Science and Humanities, University of Central America
Rosalia Miller (Nicaragua)
President, Nicaragua Freedom Coalition
Hernando Viveros Cabezas (Colombia)
Commissioner, Commission on Latino Community Development
José Luis Sanz, moderator
Editor, El Faro in English
For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/role-and-influence-latin-american-diasporas-hemisphere
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