When Juan Manuel Santos takes over as Colombia’s president in August, the Harvard-educated economist will continue many of the same pro-business, pro-U.S. policies of President Alvaro Uribe that helped transform their South America country into a magnet for foreign investment. But Santos, 58, plans to boost emphasis on creating jobs and modernizing the economy, now that the two-term Uribe has wrestled down Colombia’s once severe security problems — with Santos’ input as his former defense minister. Those are among the upbeat conclusions from participants at WorldCity’s Global Connections event held… Read More
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South Florida Executives
Leonel Azuela
Quaxar CEO
Leonel Azuela, the founder and CEO of Quaxar, will be one of the featured panelists at WorldCity’s monthly Global Connections event on April 30.
The topic of the event is social media in Latin America and the Caribbean. Azuela founded his company in 2000 and offers companies digital marketing solutions. It employs 25 people in Miami, Mexico and Argentina.
The other panelists are American Airlines’ Chistine Valls, who a manager of e-commerce product marketing for the airlines’ Latin America operations, and Giacomo Bertaina, Digital Strategy Director for McCann.
Global Connections is sponsored by Florida International University’s School of Business and the Waterford at Blue Lagoon, an office park catering to the multinational community.
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