McLarty Associates is deeply saddened at the passing of our friend and long-time Board of Counselors member Minister Luiz Felipe Lampreia of Brazil.  Throughout his distinguished diplomatic career with the Brazilian Foreign Service, including as Brazil’s Minister of Foreign Affairs (1995-2001), Minister Lampreia was unfailingly creative, strategic, and gracious.  He leaves a lasting legacy of foreign policy achievements as the architect of President Fernando Henrique Cardoso’s foreign and trade policy.  The Minister was uniquely able to bridge between Brazil and the United States, brokering the Camp David meetings between Presidents Cardoso and Clinton.  Minister Lampreia was one of our first board members at McLarty Associates, joining some sixteen years ago and setting the gold standard for support of investors in Brazil.  He was a dear friend and will be missed.