Former President of Brazil Fernando Henrique Cardoso will be the keynote speaker for the next conference in the Lecture Series of the Americas, on the state of democracy in Latin America. The Lecture will be held at the Organization of American States (OAS) Headquarters on Thursday, March 30, starting at 3:00 p.m. Washington Time.

The sociology professor-turned opponent of Brazil's military dictators was in exile from 1964 to 1968. In 1986, Cardoso was elected to the senate, representing the state of Sao Paulo, and in 1988 co-founded the Social Democratic party. From 1992 to 1993, Cardoso served as Foreign Affairs Minister and in 1993 to 1994 as Finance Minister.

Among other highlights, Cardoso’s presidency consolidated Brazilian democracy, reduced patronage in the government bureaucracy, improved education and rural health care, and resettled nearly 600,000 landless peasant families.

Cardoso, who served as president from 1995 to 2003, will take questions from the media and the audience immediately following his presentation, which will be webcast live (www.oas.org), with delayed radio and television broadcast on Tuesday, April 4, 2006, at 3:00 p.m. Washington Time, via the satellite frequencies listed in the attached Technical Information Bulletin.

The Lecture will be re-broadcast later via such networks as HITN-TV and EDUSAT.

The Lecture Series of the Americas was created by the OAS Permanent Council to promote democratic principles and values in the countries of the hemisphere by hosting conferences with internationally known speakers on key issues of the hemispheric agenda, such as the strengthening of democracy, human rights, social development, hemispheric security and the fight against poverty. The conferences are being held thanks to a financial contribution from Peru’s San Martín de Porres University and support from the governments of the People’s Republic of China and the Hellenic Republic.

WHAT: Former Brazilian President Fernando Cardoso keynotes OAS Lecture Series of the Americas

WHEN: Thursday, March 30

TIME: 3:00 p.m.

WHERE: Hall of the Americas
OAS Headquarters
17th Street & Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20006


TECHNICAL INFORMATION BULLETIN

DELAYED BROADCAST

Television *

To downlink the satellite signal:
NEWSKIES 806
319.5 Degrees East
DL Freq: 3980.5 MHz
L Band DL Freq: 1169.50 MHz
FEC: 3/4
Symbol Rate: 17.8 MS/sNetwork ID: 2
Virtual Channel 322

* Satellite frequencies courtesy of VOA Television


Radio

To downlink the satellite signal:
NEWSKIES
40.5 deg W, 319.5 deg E. LA NET, WHA Region
Band: C/Downlink Freq. Network ID: 2
FEC Rate: ¾ Video Standard:
525, NTSC
Symbol Rate: 8.90 ms/S C Band L.O. 5150 MHz
Polarity H, Receive polarity is RHC.


For further information, please contact the OAS Television Studio: (202) 458-3985.

Reference: AVI-037/06