SEMINAR ON EFFECTS OF GLOBALIZATION OF FINANCES ON ECONOMIES

VATICAN CITY, MAR 30, 1999 (VIS) - Made public this morning was a communique from the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace which announced that the council secretary, Bishop Diarmuid Martin, is currently attending a three-day seminar in Santiago, Chile, on the effects of the globalization of finances on the economies of poor countries.

The March 29-31 seminar for experts from throughout the world was promoted by the "Jacques Maritain International Institute," the government of Chile and the United Nations Commission for Latin America. The meeting was opened yesterday by President Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle of Chile.

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