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    (L-R) Presidents Gabriel Boric (Chile), Gustavo Petro (Colombia), Xi Jinping (China), and Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva (Brazil) stand on a raised stage with other CELAC leaders.

    (Front, L-R) Presidents Boric, Petro, Xi, and Lula da Silva stand for photos with other regional leaders in Beijing. (AP)

    China's Evolving Presence in South America: An Overview

    Join us for members-only virtual event on how China’s presence in South America is evolving.

    3–4 p.m. New York/ET

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    Overview

    Join us for a concise overview of how China’s presence in South America is evolving, featuring leading experts from around the region. This members-only virtual event will look at the latest data on investment flows, Beijing’s changing priorities in the region, and how South American governments are balancing ties with the United States and China following President Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

    Speakers

    • Alfredo Thorne, Director of Thorne & Associates, former Finance Minister of Peru
    • Margaret Myers, Managing Director, Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs, Johns Hopkins SAIS
    • Larissa Wachholz, Partner, Vallya Participações, former special advisor to Brazil’s Ministry of Agriculture
    • Brian Winter, Executive Vice President, Americas Society/Council of the Americas (moderator)

    AS, YPA, and COA members who wish to attend can email membership@as-coa.org.

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    Speakers

    Margaret Myers
    Margaret Myers
    Managing Director of the Institute for America, China, and the Future of Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins SAIS

    Margaret Myers is a lecturer on China-Latin America relations at Johns Hopkins SAIS, senior advisor to the Inter-American Dialogue and United States Institute of Peace, global fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center, and adjunct researcher with Chile's Millennium Nucleus on the...

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    Alfredo Thorne
    Alfredo Thorne
    Director, Thorne & Associates

    Thorne was a managing director at J. P. Morgan Chase and a senior economist at the World Bank. He also held the position of General Director of Investment Banking at Banorte-Ixe, one of the largest banks in Mexico in terms of assets. Between 2016 and 2017, he served as minister...

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    Larissa Wachholz
    Larissa Wachholz
    Partner, Vallya Participações

    Larissa Wachholz is a business executive and institutional relations professional with over fifteen years of experience in infrastructure, energy, and agribusiness. She is a partner at Vallya Participações. She lived in Beijing from 2008 to 2013, and served as special advisor to...

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    Brian Winter
    Brian Winter
    Executive Vice President, Americas Society/Council of the Americas

    Brian Winter is the executive vice president of Americas Society and Council of the Americas. The author of several books about Latin American politics and culture, he has been described as “one of the best chroniclers and analysts” of the region by Foreign Affairs. Brian spent a...

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