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Great Expectations: What It's Like to Be 18 in Latin America Today

What’s it like to be 18 in Latin America? Join Americas Quarterly, in partnership with the Citi Foundation, on August 2 in Lima as we discuss the opportunities and hurdles young people face today.
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LatAm in Focus: Six Weeks to Fix Venezuela's Health Crisis

Venezuela's government could solve its malnutrition crisis—if it wanted to. Caritas Venezuela's Susana Raffalli explains how.

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Erick Meyenberg exhibition in New York City

Erick Meyenberg: The wheel bears no resemblance to a leg

Don't miss this New York Times-recommended Visual Arts exhibition, showcasing one of Mexico’s emerging contemporary artists, before it closes July 29.

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Facts about Latin America's book publishing industry and literature

Weekly Chart: Latin America's Books by the Numbers

The region's literary depth goes well beyond magical realism.

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Congressman Will Hurd at Council of the Americas talking about NAFTA

Video: A Discussion on the Present and Future of North America

What will it take for the Trump administration to back a revised NAFTA trade deal? U.S. Representative Will Hurd (R-TX) and experts discussed the issue with an eye to the renegotiations kicking off on August 16.

Upcoming Events

July 25, 2017

Public-Sector Perspectives on Noncommunicable Diseases

July 27, 2017

Cafecito with Hannah Dreier

July 28, 2017

YPA Miami Summer Party 2017

August 2, 2017

Great Expectations: What It's Like to Be 18 in Latin America Today

August 24, 2017

2017 Latin American Cities Conferences: Buenos Aires

November 3, 2017

2017 Council of the Americas Symposium and BRAVO Business Awards

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La Presidenta y CEO de AS/COA, Susan Segal, habló en el programa GloboEconomía sobre la importancia de empoderar a la mujer en el momento actual.

Brazil

Brazilian President Michel Temer scored a political victory amid a crisis of confidence as a key land reform bill passes Congress.

Venezuela

Expertos analizan la crisis humanitaria en Venezuela y las implicaciones de las elecciones del domingo 16 de julio.

Americas Society (AS) is the premier forum dedicated to education, debate, and dialogue in the Americas. Council of the Americas (COA) is the premier international business organization whose members share a common commitment to economic and social development, open markets, the rule of law, and democracy throughout the Western Hemisphere.

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Americas Society members participate in culture and public policy programs that explore current hemispheric developments. Council of the Americas members form a collaborative network that supports efforts to conduct business successfully in Latin America.

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