{"id":56294,"date":"2017-08-23T13:53:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-14T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/la-segunda-edicion-de-latino-impact-summit-se-celebrara-en-naciones-unidas\/"},"modified":"2017-08-23T13:56:02","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T17:56:02","slug":"la-segunda-edicion-de-latino-impact-summit-se-celebrara-en-naciones-unidas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/la-segunda-edicion-de-latino-impact-summit-se-celebrara-en-naciones-unidas\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Latino Impact Summit to Be Held at the United Nations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">MIAMI<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Aug. 23, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The PVBLIC Foundation, in partnership with the Ismael Cala Foundation, UNCTAD and Univision, will be hosting\u00a0the <b>Latino Impact Summit<\/b>,one of the few events in Spanish held at the United Nations headquarters, for the second consecutive year. <\/p>\n<p>The summit will bring together Latin American leaders from different sectors in search of new opportunities and solutions for the region. It will be held in <span class=\"xn-location\">New York<\/span> from <span class=\"xn-chron\">November 30 to December 1, 2017<\/span> and the main theme will be generating new alliances for <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America&#8217;s<\/span> progress, as framed\u00a0by the Sustainable Development Goals. <\/p>\n<p>Some of the region&#8217;s leaders participating as panelists include: <\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Dr. <span class=\"xn-person\">Margarita Cede\u00f1o<\/span>, Vice President of the <span class=\"xn-location\">Dominican Republic<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li>Carlos Brice\u00f1o, Vice President of Banco LAFISE\n<\/li>\n<li>Mario L\u00f3pez, President of the Tigo Foundation, Vice President of Tigo Guatemala\n<\/li>\n<li>Melba Segura de Grull\u00f3n, President of the Sur Futuro Foundation\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Eva Hughes<\/span>, representative for Cond\u00e9 Nast M\u00e9xico y Latinoam\u00e9rica (Vogue)\n<\/li>\n<li>Ra\u00fal de Molina, host of the program El Gordo y la Flaca\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Celia Daniel de Mizrahi<\/span>, President of the Board of the Instituto Nacional de Pediatr\u00eda\n<\/li>\n<li>Rogelio S\u00e1nchez, Executive Director for <span class=\"xn-location\">Central America<\/span>, VISA INC\n<\/li>\n<li>Mar\u00eda <span class=\"xn-person\">Josefina Zamora<\/span>, President of the Zamora Foundation\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Marcos Galperin<\/span>, founder and CEO of <span class=\"xn-person\">Mercado Libre<\/span>\n<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Bettina Bulgheroni<\/span>, Argentine businesswoman and social media commentator <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For the PVBLIC Foundation, it is very important to work hand-in-hand with UN initiatives in the search for a better world. For this reason, the summit&#8217;s focus will be on finding new alternatives for the region&#8217;s growth by means of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG). <\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span> is one of the regions with the highest poverty and inequality rates. Between 2002 and 2015, the wealth of <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America&#8217;s<\/span> multimillionaires grew an average of 21% yearly &#8211;\u00a0an increase six times greater than that of the region&#8217;s GDP, according to estimates from ECLAC (The Economic Commission for <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span> and the <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span>). <\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s\u00a0goal is to bring together 300 leaders, among them young Latinos from the Millennial Generation, as well as Latino economic leaders from both\u00a0inside and outside <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span>. Univision&#8217;s main hosts will serve as moderators for some of the talks, together with writer, speaker and presenter <span class=\"xn-person\">Ismael Cala<\/span>, as well as scholars from INCAE University. <\/p>\n<p>The event will culminate with the presentation of six awards recognizing the work of Latin American leaders who have supported and encouraged the Latino community to keep working to promote regional growth.<\/p>\n<p>For more information: <\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:angela@pvblic.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">angela@pvblic.org<\/a>\u00a0<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:estefania@pvlic.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">estefania@pvlic.org<\/a>\u00a0<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.latinoimpactsummit.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.latinoimpactsummit.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>ABOUT PVBLIC <br \/><\/b>PVBLIC is a pioneering non-profit organization that leverages the media&#8217;s power in order to drive social change. Adding media across all platforms, PVBLIC works strategically to link their space with the main non-profits at the local, national and international level. <\/p>\n<p><b>ABOUT THE ISMAEL CALA FOUNDATION <br \/><\/b>The Ismael Cala Foundation is a non-profit organization, headed by <span class=\"xn-person\">Ismael Cala<\/span>, that seeks to impact Latin American and <span class=\"xn-location\">Caribbean<\/span> communities through training young people in leadership and entrepreneurship, strengthening the social development organizations that work with children and adolescents with cognitive disabilities, and connecting young people with our allies to promote their education and training through scholarships.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Cala Enterprises<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">MIAMI<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Aug. 23, 2017<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The PVBLIC Foundation, in partnership with the Ismael Cala Foundation, UNCTAD and Univision, will be hosting\u00a0the <b>Latino Impact Summit<\/b>,one of the few events in Spanish held at the United Nations headquarters, for the second consecutive year. <\/p>\n<p>The summit will bring together Latin American leaders from different sectors in search of new opportunities and solutions for the region. 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