Colombian President Álvaro Uribe recognized AS/COA President and CEO Susan Segal for her work's crucial economic contributions to Colombia by awarding her the Orden de San Carlos (Order of San Carlos). The award was delivered at the gallery in our New York headquarters, currently showing an exhibition by Colombian photojournalist Fernell Franco.

AS/COA is pleased to announce that the Open Society Institute awarded a grant to support the ongoing publication of Americas Quarterly—The Policy Journal for Our Hemisphere.

On August 9 and 10 Mexican President Felipe Calderón hosts the North American Leaders’ Summit in Guadalajara. Talks are expected to focus on economic recovery, trade, and security. The North American Competitiveness Council recommends solutions to policymakers’ concerns about security, protectionism, and climate change.

The Carnegie Corporation grant will support Americas Society’s new project to increase public awareness of the role of the private sector in Hispanic immigrant integration and highlight Hispanics’ contributions to the U.S. economy.

Americas Society is pleased to announce its 2009 Gold Medal recipients, honored June 15 at its Twenty-Ninth Annual Spring Party: Roger Agnelli, Alberto Baillères, and Luis Alberto Moreno.

To be released on February 5, the new Americas Quarterly looks at the region’s IT economy and how to close the digital divide, with a feature article by Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez.

COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth serves as a panelist in Madrid's Casa de Américas conference, examining the impact of the 2008 U.S. elections on Spain, Mexico, and Canada.