Former Costa Rican President Luis Guillermo Solís Rivera will discuss the daunting challenges facing Central America during a talk Wednesday, Feb. 27, at Duke University.
His talk, “Central American Realities,” is free and open to the public. The event starts at 5 pm at the Nasher Museum of Art. Paid parking is available at the museum.
For many years, Solís has contributed to strengthening Central America’s political institutions, economies and ties to the rest of the world.
Solís first came to international attention as an aide to the president of Costa Rica during negotiations to bring peace to Central America in the 1980s. He was Costa Rica’s president from 2014-18 and is now a visiting scholar at Florida International University.
Solis will discuss violence, corruption and poverty in the region.
“These are issues that
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