COUNTERING GLOBAL TRENDS: BRAZILIAN DEMOCRACY AHEAD OF AND BEYOND UPCOMING ELECTIONS - Brazil – Latin America’s largest economy and the fourth largest democracy in the world – held elections for its next president, governors, Congress, and state-level assemblies. At an inflection point, this elec...

US-MEXICO BORDER: HOW CAN GREATER EFFICIENCIES ENHANCE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL? - The US-Mexico border – and efficient, but secure commercial and non-commercial traffic – brings economic opportunities to border communities but also nationwide. With supply chain reconfigurations, greater efficiencies a...

A CONVERSATION WITH H.E. IRFAAN ALI, PRESIDENT OF THE CO-OPERATIVE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA - Guyana’s economy was on track to grow by almost 60 percent in 2022, with oil reserves that rank the second highest in Latin America and the Caribbean. The country is at the forefront of leading new Caribbean C...

ALLIES: TWENTY-SEVEN BOLD IDEAS TO REIMAGINE THE US-COLOMBIA RELATIONSHIP - On June 19, 2022, the United States and Colombia celebrated two hundred years of bilateral relations. In the past two decades, the US-Colombia partnership has safeguarded key US interests in Latin America and the Caribbea...

AMBASSADORS SALAZAR & MOCTEZUMA ON US-MEXICO PRIORITIES: MIGRATION, ENERGY, SECURITY & BEYOND - Always important, strong US-Mexico ties are even more imperative as the world reels from the implications of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Our ties extend from cooperation on reducing unauthorized migrant f...

A STATE-LEVEL PERSPECTIVE ON BRAZIL'S PATH AHEAD: A CONVERSATION WITH GOVERNOR EDUARDO LEITE - In October, 2022, Brazilians elected their next president, Congressional representatives, and governors as part of a consequential year for Brazilian democracy. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, state governo...

CONVERSATION WITH ADMIRAL CRAIG FALLER: GLOBAL AND LATIN AMERICAN IMPLICATIONS OF RUSSIA’S INVASION - On February 24, Russia launched an unjustified and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. In a show of Western unity unseen in decades, the United States and NATO coordinated behind a multi-pronged resp...

A CONVERSATION WITH ECUADOR VICE PRESIDENT ALFREDO BORRERO: HEALTH, RECOVERY, AND REGIONAL OUTLOOK - In April, 2022, Latin America and the Caribbean marked it's two year anniversary since the region’s first confirmed COVID case, with Ecuador experiencing large wave of infections and deaths early ...

BRAZIL'S ECONOMIC OUTLOOK: A CONVERSATION WITH H.E. PAULO GUEDES, BRAZIL’S MINISTER OF THE ECONOMY - Brazil’s Minister of the Economy, Paulo Guedes, took office in 2019 with a focus on further opening Brazil’s economy and carrying out a series of reforms to reduce the size of the government and e...

A CONVERSATION WITH AMBASSADOR KEN SALAZAR AND AMBASSADOR ESTEBAN MOCTEZUMA ON THE FUTURE OF US-MEXICO TIES - The North American Leaders’ Summit in 2021 focused on opportunities for deepened collaboration on issues such as health security, equitable economic growth, and migration. The Leaders’ me...

A CONVERSATION WITH MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF COLOMBIA CARLOS EDUARDO CORREA - The Amazon rainforest – which makes up 35 percent of Colombia’s territory and is vital for stabilizing global climate – faces unprecedented threats, many exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemi...

A STUDIO CONVERSATION WITH VICE PRESIDENT AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF COLOMBIA MARTA LUCÍA RAMÍREZ - As Colombia entered a fourth week of protests, the longstanding alliance between Colombia and the United States was more important than ever. Stability in Colombia and strong US-Colombia re...

A CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA IVÁN DUQUE AND US SENATORS ROY BLUNT AND BEN CARDIN - The Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center hosted on March 25, 2021, an #ACFrontPage conversation on the future of US-Colombia relations.

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GUATEMALA'S CHOICE: A CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BERNARDO ARÉVALO - The raid of the Movimiento Semilla party headquarters on Friday was the latest controversial move in a closely watched Guatemalan election. Bernardo Arévalo, who will contend in the second round on August 20, will r...

GUATEMALA'S CHOICE: A CONVERSATION WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SANDRA TORRES - Guatemalans will vote in less than one month for their next president. Sandra Torres, who will contend in the second round on August 20, will represent her party, Unidad Nacional de la Esperanza (UNE). Torres is a vete...

The event will launch the Digital Agenda for Transformation in the Americas (DATA) for Cities Initiative, a new US development program aimed at empowering municipal governments in the region through grants for the strengthening and development of smart cities capabilities throughout LAC.

LAC is ...