Join us! Welcome Cuban Economist, Dr. Jourdy James Heredia, Sub-Director of Global Economic Research Center in Havana.
Speaking on; “What are the challenges to the Cuban economy today?”
Friday October 25th, 7PM
2969 Mission St
San Francisco
Donation requested, no one turned away for lack of funds
This Bay Area event is co-sponsored by Task Force on the Americas, Party for Socialism and Liberation, Richmond Regla Friendship Committee, ANSWER Coalition, International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity, and Witness for Peace.
Jourdy Victoria James Heredia received her PhD in Economic Sciences from the University of Havana and her PhD in Economic Sciences from the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. She is the subdirector and lead researcher of the Global Economy Research Center in Havana, Cuba and Associate Professor at the University of Havana. She is a member of the editorial group of Cuba’s World Economic Issues Journal and of the Foreign Policy Experts group organized by Cuba’s Higher Institute for Foreign Relations. She has won the Annual Prize of the Cuban Academy of Sciences on two occasions (1999 and 2000) and the EU-LAC Foundation Prize in 2015. She has over 30 years of experience researching issues of European integration. She is the author of numerous articles in national and international journals and also of two books (The Euro Zone Crisis: Economic Foundations and Lessons for Latin America; and Food Security in the the European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean: The Cases of Cuba and Spain). She has lectured in universities throughout the world, including in Spain, Jamaica, Canada, Germany, China and Kenya.
For more information call (415) 578-7930