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Slideshow: Art and Myth in Ancient Peru: The History of the Jequetepeque Valley
September 13, 2010
The Visual Arts Gallery presented Art and Myth in Ancient Peru: The History of the Jequetepeque Valley in September 2010. See photos from the exhibition....
Slideshow: Marta Minujín: MINUCODEs
March 02, 2010
See photos from the March 2010 Visual Arts exhibition Marta Minujín: MINUCODEs....
Slideshow: Fernell Franco: Amarrados [Bound]
September 17, 2009
The Visual Arts Gallery opened Fernell Franco: Amarrados [Bound] in September 2009. See photos from the exhibition....
Audio: Mexico's Midterm Elections - What's Next?
AS/COA held a teleconference discussion about Mexico's midterm elections featuring remarks by Denise Dresser, a political analyst at the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México. The conversation focused on what the outcome means for President Felipe Calderón and the 2012 presidential race. Listen to the audio....
Audio: Antonio Ledezma Díaz, Mayor of Caracas, Venezuela
Speaking at a luncheon hosted by AS/COA on June 24, Mayor of Caracas Antonio Ledezma Díaz said that the opposition in Venezuela must reorganize its ranks and mobilize for the 2012 presidential elections. (en español)...
Audio: Mexico's Secretary of Finance Agustín Carstens at the 39th Washington Conference
Mexico's finance secretary addressed the Washington Conference on the Americas, offering his perspective on the effects of the global financial crisis and the H1N1 impact. Carstens predicts that Mexico will start to see economic recovery....
Video: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
May 13, 2009
Speaking at COA's 39th Washington Conference, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recognized that democratic elections are now the norm in the Western Hemisphere and argued that the next step is to address social inequality....
Slideshow: Dias & Riedweg...and it becomes something else
May 12, 2009
See photos from the Visual Arts' exhibition Dias & Riedweg...and it becomes something else from May 2009....
Audio: Attracting Investment through Intellectual Property Rights
AS/COA hosted a panel on intellectual property protection in Mexico and across the America in this launch of a report by Mexico City-based Fundación IDEA....