Central America and the Caribbean: Reform and Revolution
Robert White
Sunday, 11 Nov 1984 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Robert White was Ambassador to El Salvador and is a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. during his twenty-five year career in the United States Foreign Service, he served as Ambassador to Paraguay, Special Presidential Envoy to the Inter-American Conferences on Education, Science and Culture, as Deputy Ambassador to the Organization of American States and as Latin American Director of the Peace corps. His assignments included Colombia, Ecuador, Chile, Uruguay, Barbados, and Grenada.Part of the World Affairs Series
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