AS Director of Literature Dan Shapiro is interviewed by Televisa about Carlos Fuentes' contribution to Latin American literature following the Mexican writer's passing.

Carnegie Hall Executive and Artistic Director Clive Gillinson interviews two Sphinx Competition winners, violinists Elena Urioste and Melissa White, and asks how Sphinx has influenced their careers.

This launch of the women travelers in Latin America issue of the Society’s acclaimed journal featured comments by editor Daniel Shapiro and guest editor Adriana Méndez Rodenas. The event featured readings by authors Carlos Franz, Pola Oloixarac, and Michael Schuessler, and translator Jessica Ernst Powell, who read from their respective texts in Review 84. The speakers touched on historical figures, travel in the Americas, and the notion of the sublime. The launch included commentary by special guest Hilda Benítez, who spoke about the novel Woman in Battle Dress, by her late husband, Cuban author Antonio Benítez Rojo. This launch will be conducted in English and Spanish. Copies of Review 84 will be available for sale at the launch.

At the 42nd Washington Conference on the Americas, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner was awarded the Council of the Americas Chairman’s Award for Leadership in the Americas.

The Chairman's Award for Leadership in the Americas—the Council’s highest honor—is awarded each year to a democratically elected leader with a record of significant achievement in hemispheric affairs.