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.

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.

“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.

Brazil opens a ministry for small businesses, the Pacific Alliance creates a legislative committee, and Ecuador plans to seek Mercosur membership. Read these stories and more in the Weekly Roundup.

Representatives from Asia-Pacific economies meet in Peru May 15 to continue negotiations on a far-reaching trade deal, recently energized by news that Japan will join talks. 

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.