Empowering Citizens with Freedom and Strengthening International Entities, Key to Overcoming the Pandemic: President of Uruguay
Washington / Estados Unidos,
September 09, 2020
The 24th Annual CAF Conference focused on the post-COVID economic recovery and the future of the social contract in the Americas, gathering Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou and Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, as well as a number of international experts, who agreed on the importance of prioritizing investment in infrastructure, health and education to mitigate impacts on the most vulnerable, as well as reviving economic growth in Latin America.
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