President Leonel Fernandez will give the keynote address at the "Caribbean Leadership, Partners for a New Millennium" workshop that is opening at the Hotel Jaragua today. One of the key speakers at the event is Howard Wiarda, of the University of Massachusetts’ Political Sciences School, and who is considered an expert on Dominican affairs. He has carried out extensive research on Dominican migration to the US. Attending the seminar are leaders from Barbados, St. Lucia, Martinique, Trinidad & Tobago, Haiti, Bermudas, Belize, Barbudas Surinam, Grenada, Guyana, Dominica and the United States. The Program for Caribbean Leadership of the US Center of Strategic and International Studies sponsors the activity.
