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El vicepresidente de AS/COA Brian Winter habló sobre las oportunidades y los retos del presente de América Latina en el podcast "Tres Respuestas" de Iván Duque Márquez. Escuche el episodio aquí: https://lnkd.in/ez3NUpsx

Joe Biden has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic nominee for president. What are her positions on hemispheric issues? Gladys Gerbaud, Chase Harrison, and Khalea Robertson look at her work on Central America, Mexico, Venezuela, and more: https://lnkd.in/ds7bx2HV

Council of the Americas is working with senior U.S. officials to shape the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity to advance broad-based, sustainable, private sector-led growth across the hemisphere. On July 22, COA submitted a response to a U.S. Trade Representative call for public comments. In a letter, COA lays out framing principles designed to shape discussions, offer specific recommendations for action, and encourage a robust conversation on expanding investment and trade in a way consistent with the bipartisan Americas Act that has now been introduced in Congress. Read: https://lnkd.in/dbs2Qig6

Andrés Gluski y Susan Segal de AS/COA identifican tres factores que alientan a los venezolanos en el marco de las elecciones presidenciales. Lea el artículo de EL TIEMPO Casa Editorial, originalmente publicado en Americas Quarterly, aquí: https://lnkd.in/eBtkCAzQ

🇻🇪 What are some possible scenarios following Venezuela's July 28 election?   🎧 In the latest #LatAmFocus, Tony Frangie Mawad of Caracas Chronicles gives his perspective from the ground, in a conversation with AS/COA’s Guillermo Zubillaga. 🎙 Listen: https://lnkd.in/eZfbFc9p

On the sidelines of the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity ministerial meetings in Washington DC this week, the Council of the Americas hosted Latin American foreign ministers and senior U.S. government officials, fostering public- and private-sector collaboration to boost hemispheric economic integration. #AmericasPartnership Thank you to Arnoldo Andre - Tinoco, MIREX RD, Under Secretary Jose W. Fernandez, Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de México, Susan Segal and Eric Farnsworth.

📱 Given years of press censorship, 71% of Venezuelans get news through social media and online. 🇻🇪  In the latest #LatAmFocus, Observatorio ProBox's Mariví Marín Vázquez talks about the role of social media in the July 28 election. 🎙 Listen: https://lnkd.in/eZfbFc9p

Read a new edition of News & Views! We cover what U.S. elections mean for Latin America and Venezuela's "different election."

Edmundo González leads polls in Venezuela with as much as a 50 points lead over Nicolás Maduro. González joined the race just two months ago, substituting in for disqualified candidate María Corina Machado. What is he proposing? Chase Harrison explains: https://lnkd.in/dnPAf46P