Leftist candidate Mauricio Funes won the March 15 election, unseating the ruling party by defeating Rodrigo Ávila at the polls. Ávila argued that Funes will mimic Venezuela's Chávez, but Funes said he looks to Brazil's Lula as an example.
Robert Gates made his first trip to Latin America as U.S. defense secretary, beginning his five-country tour in El Salvador. The secretary's itinerary included stops in Colombia, Peru, Chile, and Suriname to focus on Washington's security ties in the region. A recent editorial co-authored by COA's Eric Farnsworth examines trade policy as a way to boost U.S.-Latin American relations.
Over 300 private sector representatives and government officials gathered in El Salvador to analyze growth prospects and the new opportunities created by DR-CAFTA at the first AS/COA Latin American Cities Conference in Central America.
The ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee will speak about the upcoming Honduran and Salvadoran presidential elections.
Please join Council of the Americas for a public, on-the-record discussion with a delegation of government and private-sector leaders from El Salvador.
Please join Council of the Americas at a members-only meeting with the El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes.
Join AS/COA and the World Bank for a luncheon discussion on the role of the private sector in security and violence prevention in El Salvador.
