"[China] cada vez consigue penetrar más las esferas académicas, culturales, sociales así como la prensa en Latinoamérica”, dijo el investigador y periodista Juan Pablo Cardenal en evento sobre China y Rusia en COA.
Given current debates about truth and “alternative facts,” such a “total” autobiographical approach surely merits a closer interrogation, which is exactly what curators Cecilia Brunson, Gabriela Rangel, and Susanna V. Temkin do in their exhibition at the Americas Society.
"The Trump administration has a policy goal for Venezuela, but is split on how to pursue it," said Mark Feierstein, former senior director for the Western Hemisphere at the National Security Council, at AS/COA's Venezuela panel.
“Puede haber un escenario donde el próximo presidente de México, sin importar quién sea, podría no tener el mismo espacio político para maniobrar a fin de cooperar con Estados Unidos”, concluyó Eric Farnsworth de AS/COA ante un panel del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores.
Durante un foro de debate político y económico en AS/COA, expertos discutieron la creciente influencia de China en Latinoamérica.
"[Venezuela's President Maduro] seems to be clearing the decks for a presidential run in 2018, trying to reduce the stature and perhaps the freedom of anyone who might be a countervailing center of power," said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth.
“The potential for massive corruption is huge and Venezuela has become a society that’s really overtaken by corruption,” said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth in response to Venezuela's plans to launch a national crypto-currency.