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CATEGORIES:Business & Economy,Policy & Law
DESCRIPTION:LLILAS Benson Latin American Studies and Collections proudly pr
 esents Dr. Ricaurte Vásquez Morales\, Panama Canal Authority Administrator\
 , as the honored speaker of the Mary Ann Faulkner Distinguished Lecture Ser
 ies in Latin American Public Affairs and Politics. The lecture will be foll
 owed by a conversation with Dean JR DeShazo\, LBJ School of Public Affairs.
 \n\nDr. Vásquez is a Panamanian economist with an extensive and successful 
 professional career of 50 years in both the government sector and private c
 ompanies in financial\, economic\, and administrative management. He was ap
 pointed Administrator of the Panama Canal Authority for a seven-year period
  starting September 2019.\n\nWithin the public administration\, he has held
  prominent positions such as Minister of Finance and Treasury\, Minister of
  Planning and Economic Policy\, as well as of Economy and Finance in 2004. 
 He was the first non-U.S. Chief Financial Officer for the Panama Canal and 
 later Deputy Administrator and President of the Board of Directors.\n\nIn t
 he private sector\, his experience covers banking at Chase Manhattan Bank\,
  mining development with Rio Tinto Zinc in the development of the Cerro Col
 orado copper project\, and\, more recently\, at General Electric with regio
 nal responsibilities and covering Gas-to-Power initiatives in Latin America
 \, retiring in 2015 to carry out his professional practice with SIGMA Manag
 ement Advisors Corp.\n\nDr. Vásquez holds a PhD and MS from Rensselaer Poly
 technic\, a ME from North Carolina State University\, and a BS from Villano
 va University. He has been a professor of Economics and Finance in Panama a
 nd abroad. \n\n \n\nFree and open to the public. Public parking available i
 n Manor Garage. Seating available on a first-come\, first-served basis.
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LOCATION:Benson Latin American Collection\, Ann Hartness Reading Room
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SUMMARY:Mary Ann Faulkner Distinguished Lecture: Dr. Ricaurte Vásquez Moral
 es — The Panama Canal and Its Economic Value for International Trade
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