Latin America Summit Aims to Promote Trade With Asia

Tuesday, May 21, 2013  |  The Wall Street Journal

AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth highlights Latin America’s leadership position as it seeks to increase trade with Asia through the Pacific Alliance. ... Read More

Equivocada la literatura que apuntala caricatura de México: Luiselli

Monday, May 20, 2013  |  Notimex

Con motivo del lanzamiento de la revista Review 86 de Americas Society, la escritora Valeria Luiselli habla sobre la errónea caricatura literaria de un México devorado por la violencia. ... Read More

Hispanos apadrinan edición de Review

Saturday, May 18, 2013  |  El Nuevo Herald

Durante el lanzamiento de la revista literaria Review 86 de Americas Society, la poeta y novelista Gioconda Belli y el escritor Luis Rafael Sánchez recitaron algunas de sus obras incluidas en esta edición. ... Read More

Politics Put to One Side in Sign of Closer Ties Between Brazil and the U.S.

Thursday, May 16, 2013  |  Financial Times

AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth comments on U.S.-Brazil renewed bilateral relations as they set aside political disputes to rather focus on seizing the potential for economic growth. ... Read More

Obama da un vuelco comercial a su relación con América Latina

Tuesday, May 14, 2013  |  CNN

El foco comercial de la administración Obama es crucial para Latinoamérica, aunque la agenda exterior estadounidense también apuntará significativamente a Asia y el Medio Oriente, revela Jason Marczak. ... Read More

The Obama Administration Looks to Latin America After Years of Neglect

 

Monday, May 13, 2013  |  TIME

AS/COA’s Christopher Sabatini views the Obama administration’s sudden interest in Latin America as a way to leverage closer ties with the emerging markets in the region. ... Read More

Morgan Stanley Joins U.S. Push to Join Brazil Building Boom

Friday, May 10, 2013  |  Bloomberg Businessweek

As the U.S. embarks on a trade mission in Latin America, the focus of investing on Brazil’s building boom may ease trade disputes between both countries, suggests AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth. ... Read More

EE.UU. quiere una relación "más profunda" con una Latinoamérica con potencial

Thursday, May 9, 2013  |  Venevisión

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Vice dos EUA anuncia visita ao Brasil para o final de maio

Thursday, May 9, 2013  |  Folha de São Paulo

O vicepresidente Joe Biden anunciou durante a conferencia anual de COA que a administração Obama terá “maior atividade de interação política de alto nível entre EUA e América Latina". ... Read More

Biden insta a Maduro a dialogar con la oposición

 

Thursday, May 9, 2013  |  The Miami Herald

Hablando ante la Conferencia anual de COA en Washington, el vicepresidente Joe Biden instó al Presidente Nicolás Maduro a “promover el diálogo genuino en un país profundamente dividido”. ... Read More

Homeland Security Working to Fight Cyberattacks, Napolitano Says

Wednesday, May 8, 2013  |  Bloomberg

At COA’s Annual Conference, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano spoke on the administration’s efforts to address cyber security, immigration reform, and increase cooperation with Mexico on drug-related violence. ... Read More

Joe Biden: Immigration 'about dignity'

Wednesday, May 8, 2013  |  POLITICO

Vice President Joe Biden assured that the Obama administration is “absolutely committed to genuine immigration reform” during his speech at COA’s May 8 Washington Conference on the Americas. ... Read More

Secretary of  Homeland Security Janet Napolitano in a Speech at the Council of the Americas

Wednesday, May 8, 2013  |  CNN Political Ticker

“Border resources need to be sustained, even when focus is elsewhere,” said Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano in her comments on border security at COA’s Washington Conference. ... Read More

Jacobson pide a Venezuela abrir diálogo

Wednesday, May 8, 2013  |  Voz de América

En su discurso inaugural ante la conferencia anual de COA, la Secretaria de Estado Adjunta para Latinoamérica, Roberta Jacobson, expresó que Venezuela debe abrir un diálogo nacional para mitigar la profunda polarización social. ... Read More

McCain, "impresionado" con equipo de Peña Nieto

Wednesday, May 8, 2013  |  El Economista

Estados Unidos tiene un compromiso en combatir el tráfico de drogas en México, resaltó el senador republicano John McCain ante la conferencia anual en Washington organizada por COA. ... Read More

Vice dos EUA anuncia visitas ao Brasil e Colômbia

Wednesday, May 8, 2013  |  Isto é Dinheiro

Em um discurso ante a assembleia anual do COA, o vicepresidente Joe Biden assinalou que "é tempo de buscar mais associações [com América Latina]". ... Read More

McCain Says Amendments Could Sink Immigration Reform

Wednesday, May 8, 2013  |  Latin American Herald Tribune

Senator John McCain addressed immigration during COA’s Annual Washington Conference saying he is “guardedly optimistic” about the bill’s passage in the Senate. ... Read More

Biden potencia la relación con América Latina con un viaje a Brasil y Colombia

Wednesday, May 8, 2013  |  El País

Durante la conferencia anual de COA, el vicepresidente Joe Biden anunció su visita a Brasil y Colombia en la última semana de mayo, que busca reforzar los lazos económicos y comerciales con América Latina. ... Read More

Venezuela's Maduro Globe Trots: Building Regional Ties or a Domestic Distraction?

Wednesday, May 8, 2013  |  The Christian Science Monitor

AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini points out that President Nicolás Maduro's diplomatic tour in South America is a mere distraction from the voting disputes in Venezuela over his legitimacy. ... Read More

Conferencia de las Américas enfocada en comercio e inmigración

Wednesday, May 8, 2013  |  Voz de América

La secretaria de Estado adjunta para Latinoamérica, Roberta Jacobson inició la Conferencia Anual del Consejo de las Américas enfocada en temas puntuales como el comercio, la seguridad y la reforma migratoria. ... Read More

Obama busca recalibrar sua diplomacia na América Latina

Sunday, May 5, 2013  |  O Estado de São Paulo

Jason Marczak comenta sobre a viagem do Presidente Barack Obama a América Latina quem deu sinais de recalibrar a política externa na região com foco no setor econômico e energético. ... Read More

Missionary Zeal, Baroque Style

Friday, May 3, 2013  |  The New York Times

The New York Times lauds Americas Society’s April 30 concert as a “beautifully rendered program” based on 18th century music written in the Jesuit missions of eastern Bolivia. ... Read More

Economy, Security in Spotlight as Obama Heads to Costa Rica

Thursday, May 2, 2013  |  CNN

“Fostering greater cooperation between Central American countries on security matters could be a key role for Obama to play,” points out AS/COA’s Jason Marczak. ... Read More

Mexico Cheers on Immigration Reform From the Sidelines

Thursday, May 2, 2013  |  ABC News/Univision

President Enrique Peña Nieto is interested to see the U.S. immigration bill pass despite his apparent silence on the topic, notes AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth. ... Read More

Arise Video: President Obama Travels to Mexico

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

AS/COA's Jason Marczak speaks to Arise America about President Barack Obama's meeting with Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto. ... Read More

Obama Heads to Mexico, Costa Rica

Wednesday, May 1, 2013  |  Voice of America

Previewing President Barack Obama’s trip to Mexico, AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth comments on Mexico’s crucial role to U.S. job creation and economic growth. ... Read More

World Trade Month Celebrates Global Ties

Wednesday, May 1, 2013  |  The Miami Herald

“The Mexican economic relationship is the third most robust relationship we have in the United States,’’ points out AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth on President Barack Obama’s upcoming visit to Mexico. ... Read More

The Ties that Bind: Obama Travels to Mexico

Wednesday, May 1, 2013  |  The Christian Science Monitor

AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth anticipates that President Barack Obama’s visit to Mexico will focus on defining a broader relationship between both countries.  ... Read More

Spain and Portugal’s Huddled Masses Seek Jobs in Former Colonies

Wednesday, May 1, 2013  |  Time

“If the Spanish economy does not improve, we’ll see a continuation of this trend,” says AS/COA’s Jason Marczak on Spain and Portugal’s migration wave to Latin America. ... Read More