WHY DEEPENING INVESTMENT TIES WITH GUATEMALA CAN ADVANCE US ECONOMIC SECURITY - Join the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, in partnership with the Foundation for the Development of Guatemala (FUNDESA), for a discussion focusing on Guatemala as a destination for strategic for...

OVERLOOKED ECONOMIC TRENDS THAT COULD TRANSFORM LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN - Join the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center for a virtual conversation exploring the economic undercurrents in Latin America and the Caribbean that too often escape the policy radar.

From evolving trade agreements...

ONE YEAR LATER: VENEZUELA’S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AND THE ROAD AHEAD - Join the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center for a one-hour virtual, public event on the current state of play in Venezuela.

One year on, Venezuela remains mired in repression, economic uncertainty and a st...

STRENGTHENING THE RESILIENCE OF THE CARIBBEAN SERVICES SECTOR - Join the Caribbean Initiative at the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center for a conversation on the importance of the Caribbean services sector for US and regional interests.

The Caribbean’s services sector is on t...

As one of Latin America’s most dynamic economies, Colombia is seeking to maintain growth and investor confidence while navigating global inflation, interest rate volatility, and currency pressures. This conversation will explore how Colombia’s central bank is responding to inflation and exchange ...

ADDRESSING CHINA’S GROWING INFLUENCE IN COLOMBIA - Join the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center (AALAC), in partnership with Fedesarrollo, for a virtual discussion on the implications of China’s growing influence in Colombia and the steps the United States and allies can take t...

STRENGTHENING US-CARIBBEAN COOPERATION ON NATURAL DISASTER READINESS - Join the Caribbean Initiative at the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center for a virtual conversation on the importance of building resilience in the face of the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season and other natura...

A DEEP DIVE INTO US-GUATEMALA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY COOPERATION - Join the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, in partnership with the Foundation for the Development of Guatemala (FUNDESA), for a conversation on the evolving US-Guatemala relationship, highlighting progress ach...

GUATEMALA’S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: A CONVERSATION WITH GABRIELA GARCÍA QUINN - Join the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center for a conversation with Guatemalan Minister of Economy Gabriela García-Quinn to explore the country’s economic outlook and priorities for sustainable, long-ter...

SPEAKING OUT: FORMER WRONGFULLY DETAINED AMERICANS IN VENEZUELA - As Venezuela’s political and economic crisis has worsened, so has its human rights record. The Maduro regime continues to arbitrarily detain individuals as part of its fear and repression campaign, targeting Venezuelans and non-Ven...

NAVIGATING THE PATH TO GROWTH AND PROSPERITY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN - Join the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center for a conversation with two leading figures of Latin America policy at the World Bank Group ahead of the IMF-World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington.

The World Bank Gro...

US TARIFF ANNOUNCEMENTS: LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES ON WHAT COMES NEXT - Join the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center, in collaboration with the GeoEconomics Center, for a conversation on what comes next for Latin America after the announcement of the United States’ reciprocal tariffs.

Former r...

EVALUATING THE US-COLOMBIA COMMERCIAL RELATIONSHIP - Join the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center as it hosts a conversation assessing the US-Colombia commercial relationship. This discussion will mark the launch of the issue brief “Trade with Colombia is big business for US ex...

THE FUTURE OF VENEZUELA’S DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION COALITION WITH ROBERTO ENRÍQUEZ - Venezuela’s democratic opposition is at a turning point. Following the stolen July 2024 presidential election, the Democratic Unitary Platform, the country’s main opposition coalition, faces an uphill battle in its ...

WHY ECUADOR MATTERS FOR THE FUTURE OF THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE’S SECURITY - Ecuadorians will head to the polls on February 9 to elect their president for the next four years with the outcome certain to have a profound impact on the country’s approach to two pressing issues: insecurity and economic ...

President Trump has said he wants to "take back" the Panama Canal, saying in his inaugural address that it is operated by China and should be operated by the US.

The Canal is overseen by the Panama Canal Authority, whose administrator is Ricaurte (Catin) Vásquez, and the Atlantic Council's Jaso...

CELEBRATING CHAIRMAN BEN CARDIN’S BIPARTISAN FOREIGN POLICY ACCOMPLISHMENTS - The Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center invites you to a celebration in recognition of retiring Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), Chairman of the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and his bipartisan a...

ENHANCING INTERNATIONAL COORDINATION ON VENEZUELAN MIGRANT INTEGRATION - Venezuela’s crisis has fueled the largest wave of mass migration in this hemisphere’s recent history, with nearly eight million Venezuelans fleeing in the last decade. With Nicolás Maduro preparing to assume another illegiti...

ASSESSING THE HALFWAY POINT OF COLOMBIA’S 2016 PEACE ACCORD IMPLEMENTATION - This year, Colombia reached the halfway point of the fifteen-year implementation timeline for the 2016 Peace Accord, marking a critical juncture for the country’s path to peace. While some progress has been achieved towa...

FROM RHETORIC TO REALITY: NEARSHORING IN THE AMERICAS - An unprecedented number of US companies are looking to relocate supply chains closer to home. This growing interest presents an opportunity to make US companies’ supply chains more resilient and accelerate Latin America & Caribbean countries...

THE REGIONAL RESPONSE TO VENEZUELA’S ELECTION: AMBASSADOR FRANCISCO MORA - The US has joined Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Uruguay in recognizing opposition candidate Edmundo González as the winner of Venezuela’s July 28 presidential election. After the opposition published mo...

THE REGIONAL RESPONSE TO VENEZUELA’S ELECTION - On July 28, Venezuelans voted for their next president in an election that has been deemed fraudulent by the opposition and, in response, regional governments have quickly come together to question the government-announced results. The White House h...

JUSTICE FAIR PLAY INITIATIVE: PRIVATE SECTOR VIEWS OF JUSTICE IN COLOMBIA - An effective and fair justice system is the cornerstone of any democracy. In Colombia, increased demand for access to justice is further straining the system, with inefficiencies and threats to judicial independence. At a...