Latino Americans
Ray Suarez talked about his book, Latino Americans: The 500-Year Legacy That Shaped a Nation, in which he discusses the history of Latinos in America going back 500 years. The book is a comp…
649 viewsRay Suarez talked about his book, Latino Americans: The 500-Year Legacy That Shaped a Nation, in which he discusses the history of Latinos in America going back 500 years. The book is a comp…
649 viewsU.S.Trade Representative Katherine Tai took part in a virtual conversation during the 51st Annual Conference of the Americas. She spoke about U.S. trade policy in the Western Hemisphere, eco…
247 viewsCommerce Secretary Gina Raimondo took part in a virtual conversation during the 51st Annual Conference of the Americas. She spoke about several topics, including the impact of the COVID-19 p…
97 viewsThe 51st annual Conference of the Americas convened a panel discussion on regional recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, focusing on the economic and health crises. A panel of experts, inc…
103 viewsRepresentative Gregory Meeks (D-NY), House Foreign Affairs Committee chair, took part in a discussion during this portion of the annual Washington Conference on the Americas, which took plac…
130 viewsActing Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan, who also serves as the commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, spoke at the Americas Society and the Council of the Americas' …
121 viewsEric Farnsworth talked about the unrest in Venezuela and the United States' role going forward.
504 viewsThe Council of the Americas held a discussion on China’s increasing engagement in Latin American countries. Kimberly Breier, the assistant secretary of the State Department’s Western Hemisph…
307 viewsThe Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere held a hearing on U.S. relations with Venezuela amid that country’s political turmoil and humanitarian crisis. Witnesses Ellio…
1,682 viewsCustoms and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan was the featured speaker at a discussion on development, security and migration in Central American nations. He focused on his agen…
177 viewsMark Green, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) administrator, talked about promoting democracy and peace in Latin America, particularly in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Colombia. …
299 viewsThe Council of the Americas hosted a discussion on the political situation in Venezuela following the recent elections. Panelists included the Canadian ambassador to the Organization of Amer…
514 viewsThe House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere convened a hearing on U.S. investments and trade with Latin America. The witnesses also briefly talked about the impacts of t…
310 viewsU.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley spoke at the 48th Annual Washington Conference on the Americas, during which she stressed U.S. commitment to the Western Hemisphere and called on Venezuelan Presi…
645 viewsThe Heritage Foundation hosted a discussion on NAFTA negotiations and the national security implications if the U.S. pulls out of the agreement. Senator Ben Sasse (R-NE), a strong NAFTA supp…
289 viewsThe Council on the Americas hosted two Venezuelan democracy activists -- one, a human rights lawyer, and one a leader of an opposition party -- to discuss the eroding political situation in …
364 viewsThe Colombian peace process was discussed by a member of the country’s Democratic Centre Party, Senator Ivan Duque Marquez, who outlined many of the issues that need to be resolved. In Octob…
1,771 viewsPanelists talked about Venezuela’s political future. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had been ill since undergoing a cancer-related surgery in December 2012. The Venezuelan National Assembl…
297 viewsWitnesses testified on the benefits and challenges of trade relations with Latin America. Among the issues they discussed were increased competition from China, market access barriers, and t…
562 viewsScholars and development bankers talked about the foreign policy implications for the U.S. of China’s growing influence in Latin America. Topics included the China Development Bank, a state-…
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