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A publication of The Canadian Council for the Please click on each headline for this week's top stories. Trade Missions, Seminars and Other Events 3. AIESEC National Leadership Development Conference 4. NASCO Conference 2008: Moving North America Forward 5. Canadian Energy Mission to Uruguay, Argentina and Chile 6. The International Economic Forum of the Americas - The Great Transition: Mastering Change 7. 2nd Andean and Central America Energy Congress 2008 8. Women's Trade Mission to Monterrey, Mexico October 21 - 24, 2008 Regional News 2. Chavez Nationalizes Argentine Foundry, Venezuela's Largest 3. USTDA Grant Promotes DR-CAFTA Benefits in El Salvador 4. Strike Violence Keeps Codelco's Teniente Shut Trade Missions, Seminars
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For more information visit: www.canchammx.com "Democratic Institutions, Free Trade and Regional Security" Formerly editor of El Tiempo, Colombia’s largest newspaper and a Neiman Fellow at Harvard University, Vice President Santos was kidnapped for eight months in 1990 by Pablo Escobar, head of the Medellín drug cartel. He fled Colombia in 2000 under threat from the FARC guerrillas, but returned in 2002 to run successfully as President Alvaro Uribe’s vice presidential candidate. Vice President Santos was re-elected in 2006. In his first public address in Canada, Vice President Santos will discuss Colombia’s challenges and successes in fostering economic growth and strengthening democratic institutions and security in the region. Thursday, May 8, 2008 The Albany Club Click here to download the invitation and registration form. For more information contact: AIESEC National Leadership Development Conference This year, AIESEC York, will host the National Leadership Development Conference from May 7 – 11, 2008. Through a series of workshops, training sessions, and discussions, the goal of the conference is to equip all delegates with the skills and knowledge required for success in their personal and professional endeavours. NASCO
Conference 2008: Moving Guanajuato, Mexico Join more than 400 transportation, logistic and economic development specialists from across Mexico, United State and Canada at this dynamic annual conference in Mexico which will focus on key trade and transportation issues and opportunities for improved cooperation and economic partnership among the three North American countries joined by the International Mid-Continent Trade and Transportation Corridor ( NASCO Corridor) For more complete
information on the conference and/or to register please visit www.nascogto.com Gustavo Zentner CANADIAN ENERGY MISSION TO URUGUAY, ARGENTINA AND CHILE June 8 - 13, 2008 The International Trade Missions Division of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT) is For more information: Contact Karen Sleiman at 613-996-8546 e-mail karen.sleiman@international.gc.ca or Pierre Chalifour at 613-944-1227 e-mail pierre.chalifour@international.gc.ca THE REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS MAY 16, 2008 The International Economic Forum of
the The International Economic Forum of the Americas/Conference of Montréal has as its principal mission the promotion of wide-ranging and completely open discussion of the major international economic issues. It also aims at facilitating the creation of contacts between representatives of businesses, governments and international agencies as well as members of the academic world and civic society, thereby encouraging international exchanges. The 14th edition will be held under the general theme of The Great Transition: Mastering Change Date: June 9 - 12, 2008 For more information about the conference: http://www.conferencedemontreal.com/2.0.html?&L=1. 2nd Andean and Central America Energy Congress 2008 "Geopolitical Vision and Proposals for Improving the Energy Matrix and Promoting Market Integration" July 9th to 11th For more information visit: www.acaec2008.com Organization of Women in International Trade Join Trade Mission to Mexico Deadline: June 30, 2008 (The earlier you register, the better, to ensure maximum time to plan most effective business matching for you.) Click here to view a complete invitation to the event. For information please contact: Gail Morris Regional News
Summary of original article: "Bolivia took controlling stakes in four energy companies on Thursday, one in an agreement with Spanish oil company Repsol YPF SA and others through state decrees," according to the Globe and Mail article. The country’s state-owned company YPFB paid 6.3-million ( US) and gained a majority stake in one of Bolivia’s largest energy companies, Repsol’s Adina. The news come exactly two years after President Evo Morales began nationalizing Bolivia’s energy industry as a way to increase government income. Bolivia holds South America’s second-largest natural gas reserves, along with supplies close to those of Argentina and Brazil. For the full story, click here Chavez Nationalizes Argentine Foundry, Venezuela's Largest President Hugo Chavez ordered the expropriation of Venezuela's largest steel maker after attempts by the government to acquire a majority stake in the Italian-Argentine conglomerate Techint failed. Siderurgica del Orinoco, Sidor, has been “recuperated by the revolutionary government” said Chavez during a political rally. USTDA Grant Promotes DR-CAFTA Benefits in El Salvador The U.S. Trade and Development Agency announced April 28 that it has awarded a $500,000 grant to develop commercial zones in El Salvador under an agency initiative to further the benefits of DR-CAFTA.
According to an agency press release, the grant is the first of three totalling $1.1 million to be awarded this week to promote trade and investment in El Salvador’s northern zone, which the El Salvadorian government has established as a development priority. The grant is being provided under the USTDA’s DR-CAFTA Trade Integration Initiative, which was launched in 2005 to support priority projects that further the benefits of increased trade, regional connectivity and economic growth.
Copper giant Codelco of Chile kept its Teniente division, home to the world's largest underground copper mine, shut yesterday pending security improvements to counter strike violence, a company source said. Codelco, which produces around 1.7 million tonnes of copper a year, first closed two smaller divisions, Salvador and Andina, 15 days ago due to the latest in a series of sometimes violent strikes by subcontracted miners. "Yesterday's and today's shifts have been suspended until we have new security measures in place for buses that transport workers," the source said, adding it would be shut at least until yesterday afternoon. This newsletter has been brought to you in part by
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