18th Annual FIU Eric Williams Lecture Focuses on a Donald Trump Ascendancy
Media Contact: Erica Williams Connell
305-905-9999 ewmc@ewmc.tt.org
The Eric Williams Memorial Collection
P.O. Box 561631, Miami, Fl 33256-1631, USA
Tel: 305-271-7246Cell: 305-905-9999Fax: 305-271-4160
MIAMI, FL. (September 12, 2016)— The 18th Annual Eric E. Williams Memorial Lecture at Florida International University’s Modesto Maidique Campus (11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, Florida) will take place at the Wertheim Performing Arts Center, on Friday, September 30, 2016 at 6:30 p.m.
Admission is free and open to the public. This year, the African & African Diaspora Studies Lecture hosts the former President of Guyana, the Hon. Bharrat Jagdeo. “The Caribbean and American Presidential Power: A Donald Trump Ascendancy” promises to explore the future relationship between the US and the Caribbean in a Donald Trump presidency.
While the distinctions between the two US candidates may be stark, it is not clear how they would differ vis a vis their interactions with the Caribbean. Bharrat Jagdeo was born in Guyana of humble origins. He joined the youth arm of the People's Progressive Party at 13 years old, becoming a full-fledged member at the tender age of 16. Armed with a Master’s in Economics from the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia in 1990, he has held several high-level governmental positions, ranging from Minister of Finance to President of Guyana from 1999-2011.
He is currently his country’s Leader of the Opposition. During Mr. Jagdeo’s tenure as President, major economic and social reforms were undertaken, making Guyana one of the fastest growing economies in South America and the Caribbean with several years of consecutive growth, even through the global financial crisis of 2007-2008. In addition to the financial arena, Jagdeo holds a number of global leadership positions in the areas of sustainable development, green growth and climate change. In 2008, he was named Time Magazine’s ‘Hero of the Environment’ and in 2010, the United Nations declared him to be one of its ‘Champions of the Earth Awardees’.
305-905-9999 ewmc@ewmc.tt.org
The Eric Williams Memorial Collection
P.O. Box 561631, Miami, Fl 33256-1631, USA
Tel: 305-271-7246Cell: 305-905-9999Fax: 305-271-4160
MIAMI, FL. (September 12, 2016)— The 18th Annual Eric E. Williams Memorial Lecture at Florida International University’s Modesto Maidique Campus (11200 SW 8th Street, Miami, Florida) will take place at the Wertheim Performing Arts Center, on Friday, September 30, 2016 at 6:30 p.m.
Admission is free and open to the public. This year, the African & African Diaspora Studies Lecture hosts the former President of Guyana, the Hon. Bharrat Jagdeo. “The Caribbean and American Presidential Power: A Donald Trump Ascendancy” promises to explore the future relationship between the US and the Caribbean in a Donald Trump presidency.
While the distinctions between the two US candidates may be stark, it is not clear how they would differ vis a vis their interactions with the Caribbean. Bharrat Jagdeo was born in Guyana of humble origins. He joined the youth arm of the People's Progressive Party at 13 years old, becoming a full-fledged member at the tender age of 16. Armed with a Master’s in Economics from the Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia in 1990, he has held several high-level governmental positions, ranging from Minister of Finance to President of Guyana from 1999-2011.
He is currently his country’s Leader of the Opposition. During Mr. Jagdeo’s tenure as President, major economic and social reforms were undertaken, making Guyana one of the fastest growing economies in South America and the Caribbean with several years of consecutive growth, even through the global financial crisis of 2007-2008. In addition to the financial arena, Jagdeo holds a number of global leadership positions in the areas of sustainable development, green growth and climate change. In 2008, he was named Time Magazine’s ‘Hero of the Environment’ and in 2010, the United Nations declared him to be one of its ‘Champions of the Earth Awardees’.
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