Following the Summit of the Americas, where President Obama will join heads of state and government leaders to discuss security in the Americas, Ambassador Alexandre Addor-Neto will speak on the same topic at MSU.
His presentation, which is open to the public, will begin at 3 p.m. April 22 on the third floor of the International Center.
“The concept of security, once framed largely in conventional military terms, must be expanded to take into account a range of evolving threats – transnational organized crime in its different manifestations, such as drug trafficking, money laundering, illegal arms dealing, trafficking in persons, criminal gangs, institutional corruption and international terrorism,” said Addor-Neto.
“In some countries, poverty, disease, the lack of opportunity and hope and environmental degradation increase vulnerability and help undermine human security.”
The ambassador’s address, “Security, Development, Democracy in Latin America and the Caribbean—Old and New Challenges,” is part of the sixth annual Latin American and Caribbean Studies Undergraduate Research Conference.
Addor-Neto is secretary for multidimensional security at the Organization of American States. During his diplomatic career, he has served as the consul general of Brazil in Chicago, ambassador to Angola and minister counselor at the Embassy in Moscow. He also has worked in the Ministry of External Relations in Brasilia on consular, economic and regional political issues, as well as on diplomatic planning.
For more information, contact Kristin Janka Millar at kristin@msu.edu or the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at (517)353-1690. For more information on the Undergraduate Research Conference, visit www.isp.msu.edu/CLACS.
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