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WCA 2026: Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau Receives the COA Chairman's Award

COA recognized the U.S. diplomat for his contributions to advancing democracy, economic opportunity, and cooperation in Latin America.

Speakers

  • Christopher Landau, Deputy Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State
  • Andrés Gluski, Chairman, AS/COA (award presenter)
  • Susan Segal, President and CEO, AS/COA (moderator)

At the 56th Washington Conference on the Americas, Deputy Secretary of State Secretary Christopher Landau was presented with the Chairman’s Award for Leadership in the Americas, recognizing his contributions to advancing democracy, economic opportunity, and cooperation throughout the Western Hemisphere.

After the speech, he engaged in a fireside chat with AS/COA's Susan Segal where he detailed the Trump administration's approach to the Western Hemisphere. “For the first time, we really have a center of gravity of a lot of like-minded countries—Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago—many countries with leaders who are politically aligned with the United States, and have a shared vision, based on democracy, free markets, free speech, security cooperation," he explained, He argued that this provides an unprecedented opportunity for regional integration and encouraged U.S. companies to seize investment opportunities in the region.