On April 12, ahead of U.S. President Barack Obama's trip to Cartagena to participate in the sixth Summit of the Americas, the White House Office Hours will hold the conference "Connecting the Americas," in partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce and COA.
AS/COA's Summit of the Americas Working Group gives private-sector recommendations to enable better education opportunities and job creation across the Americas in the report The Private Sector’s Commitment to Job Creation: Recommendations to the Leaders. (en español)
AS/COA's report The Economic Impact of Immigrant-Related Local Ordinances "estimates that cities with restrictive immigration laws lower local employment numbers by nearly 20 percent," writes Council on Foreign Relations' Shannon K. O'Neil.
"U.S. thinking is stuck in a completely different geopolitical reality than the one that we live in today," writes Jennifer Jeffs at the Canadian International Council speaking about AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini's Foreign Affairs piece on American foreign policy in Latin America: "Latin America Policy Is Stuck in the 1980s."
ProMexico Director Carlos Bofill Guzmán told the audience at AS/COA's 2012 Mexico City Conference that clash between Mexico and Brazil over the their auto trade pact will not adversely affect Mexico's economy. (en español)
"Existing CEOs and board of directors in the [Latin American] region need corporate role models with women CEOs, which is why the appointment of [Maria das] Gracas Foster at Petrobras is so important in promoting gender parity at the top," says AS/COA's Susan Segal in a Latin Business Chronicle.
"I read just today that it appears the surgery [of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez] went well, and everyone would hope that he recovers and life moves on," said U.S. Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman at a meeting at COA on February 28.
