 Good afternoon. I'm Jim Hoglund and we are now in the process of mounting a challenge to the the general lack of attention that is paid to Latin America My distinguished predecessor as a columnist James Reston once said that the people of the United States Would do anything for the people of Latin America except read about them And I'm afraid that mr. Reston had a point but today With the crisis in Venezuela and the political situation in Brazil driving a lot of new interest coverage and Somewhat some fears about the course that Latin America is on We have a lot of attention being paid more and more We have four very distinguished panelists to take us through the mysteries of Latin America and to Bring us out at the end of this conversation With some questions from you to guide us into the future