CONFERENCE

PRESS UNDER ATTACK

How Latin American Regimes attempt to destroy the independent press

April 26, 2012 – 9:00 am to 1:00 pm

United States Capitol, Rayburn House Office Building Room 2172

Washington, DC

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CONFIRMED SPEAKERS 

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) – Chairwoman, Committee on Foreign Affairs, US House of Representatives

Rep. Connie Mack (R-FL) – Chairman, Sub Committee on Western Hemisphere, Committee on Foreign Affairs

Eliot Engel (D-NY) - Ranking Member, Sub Committee on Western Hemisphere, Committee on Foreign Affairs

Osvaldo Hurtado – Former President of Ecuador (1981-1984)

Alberto Padilla – Former Host of CNN en Español, Editor www.economiayfinanzas.net

Carlos Alberto Montaner – Analyst CNNE, Director de Firmas Press

Amb. Otto Reich – Former US Assistant Secretary of State for the Western Hemisphere

Mauricio Claver-Carone – Editor of www.CapitolHillCubans.com, host of Cristina Radio’s “From Washington al Mundo”

Ronald Mendez Alpire – Journalist & writer, Bolivia

Andres Paez – Member of the National Assembly, Ecuador

Enrique Herrería – Member of the National Assembly, Ecuador

Guillermo Lousteau – President, Inter American Institute for Democracy

Guillermo Antonio Adames Pasco – President of Omega Stereo Radio, Panamá

Fernan Molinos – Sub Director and Executive Editor, Diario La Prensa, Panamá

Oscar Silveira – Centro de Estudios para el Desarrollo de las Telecomunicaciones y el Acceso a la Sociedad de la Información de América Latina

INVITED

Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) – Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, US Senate

Yoani Sanchez – Cuban blogger

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