December 12, 2008

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Official press release:

Secretary Gutierrez to Speak on the “Costs and Consequences of the Cuban Revolution” at the Heritage Foundation

WASHINGTON–U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez will deliver the keynote address at the Heritage Foundation’s “Cuba at the Crossroads Series,” Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008. Gutierrez will discuss the upcoming 50th anniversary of Castro’s rule in Cuba, and the need for democratic change to bring free and fair elections, freedom of speech and fundamental human rights to the Cuban people.

WHO: Panel Presentation:
Lee Edwards, Ph.D., Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought-Heritage Foundation
Mark Falcoff, Ph.D., Resident Scholar Emeritus, American Enterprise Institute
Keynote Address:
Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez, U.S. Secretary of Commerce

WHAT: “Freedom Denied: The Costs and Consequences the Cuban Revolution”
Panel Presentation and Keynote Address

WHEN: Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2008
Panel Presentation: 10:30 a.m.
Keynote Address: 11:30 a.m.
Press check-in: 10:15 a.m.

WHERE: Heritage Foundation
Allison Auditorium
214 Massachusetts Ave., NE
Washington, D.C. 20002

Posted by Val Prieto at December 12, 2008 02:55 PM

Comments

I wonder if Mark Falkoff will continue advocating lifting the Cuba embargo, like he was doing in 2002. Read about it here:
http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/us-cuba/falcoff-embargo.htm

Posted by: delacova [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 12, 2008 05:02 PM


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