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Assistant Secretary Lowery to Travel to Brazil

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Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Clay Lowery will travel to Brazil this weekend to lead the Treasury delegation at the Annual Meeting of the Inter-American Development Bank in Belo Horizonte.

Following the IDB meetings, Lowery will travel to Sao Paulo to deliver a speech on reducing poverty in Latin America.  In Sao Paulo, Lowery will also meet with business leaders, infrastructure investors, bankers and micro-entrepreneurs to discuss how to accelerate economic growth and poverty reduction.  He will tour a Sao Paulo neighborhood to see how innovative anti-poverty programs are improving the lives of Brazil's poor and expanding opportunity for the next generation.

The following events are open to media:

Who  
Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Clay Lowery
What  
Press Conference
When  
Monday, April 3, 2 p.m. (Local Time)
Where  
Expominas Convention Center
  Belo Horizonte

Who  
Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Clay Lowery
What  
Speech on Poverty Reduction
When  
Tuesday, April 4, 11:30 a.m. (Local Time)
Where  
Fundao Getlio Vargas (FGV), Salao Nobre
Av. 9 de Julho, 2029
Bela Vista - So Paulo

Who  
Assistant Secretary for International Affairs Clay Lowery
What  
Site Visit to Tiradentes Neighborhood
When  
Tuesday, April 4, 3:30 p.m. (Local Time)
Where  
Cidade Tiradentes City Offices
Estrada do Iguatemi, 2751
  So Paulo