Caracas, Venezuela. October  18,  2013 . Headquarters of the Permanent Secretariat of SELA Andrés Bello Conference Room Avenida Francisco de Miranda, Torre Europa, 5th floor, Campo Alegre.

Friday 18 October 2013

Morning

9:00 – 9:30	Registration
9:30 – 10:00	Opening Ceremony Speech by His Excellency Erick Molina Sandoval, Ambassador of the Republic of Guatemala and First Vice-Chairman of the Latin American Council. Speech by Juan Acuña, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of SELA.
SESSION I:	Status and prospects of the economic relations between the United States and Latin America and the Caribbean”.   Moderator: Erick Molina Sandoval, Ambassador of the Republic of Guatemala and First Vice-Chairman of the Latin American Council.
10:15 – 11:00	Presentation of the base document by the Permanent Secretariat of SELA: “Recent evolution of bilateral relations between Latin America and the Caribbean and the United States”.   Miguel Rodríguez Mendoza, SELA’s Consultant and Researcher
11:00 am. – 12:00 pm	General Debate
17:00 – 17:15	CLOSING SESSION   Speech by Erick Molina Sandoval, Ambassador of the Republic of Guatemala and First Vice-Chairman of the Latin American Council. Speech by Juan Acuña, Director of Relations for Integration and Cooperation of SELA.