Venezuela: Challenges for the New President

The Latin America Initiative of

the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy Rice University

cordially invites you to attend a Vecinos Lecture Series

presentation on

Venezuela: Challenges for the New President, featuring

Economic Aspects of Venezuela’s Oil-based Economy, Francisco Monaldi, Ph.D.

Director of the Center for Energy and the Environment,, Instituto de Estudios Superiores de AdministraciÓn, Caracas, Venezuela

Political Scenarios,  José Enrique Molina, Ph.D.

Professor of Political Science and Coordinator of the Ph.D. Program in Political Science, Zulia University, Maracaibo, Venezuela

Venezuela’s Role in the International Community, Carlos Romero, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of International Relations and Foreign Policy, Institute of Political Studies, Universidad Central de Venezuela

and moderated by

Mark P. Jones, Ph.D. , Fellow in Political Science, Baker Institute for Public Policy

Thursday, November 17, 2011 6:30 pm

Kelly International Conference Facility

James A. Baker III Hall, Rice University

Please RSVP by fax to 713.348.5993, by email to bipprsvp@rice.edu or on the Web at www.bakerinstitute.org/events/vecinos11-venezuela before Monday, November 14