Durante un foro de debate político y económico en AS/COA, expertos discutieron la creciente influencia de China en Latinoamérica.
AS/COA in the News
"[Venezuela's President Maduro] seems to be clearing the decks for a presidential run in 2018, trying to reduce the stature and perhaps the freedom of anyone who might be a countervailing center of power," said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth.
“The potential for massive corruption is huge and Venezuela has become a society that’s really overtaken by corruption,” said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth in response to Venezuela's plans to launch a national crypto-currency.
The PRI's presidential candidate could struggle to win popular support in time for the election, but it would be a big mistake to count him out, writes AS/COA's Carin Zissis in this Q&A.
"The constant flow of scandals seems to be souring Brazilians on their political system altogether. But Moro prefers taking the long view," writes AS/COA's Brian Winter in Foreign Policy's globalREthinkers edition.
"América Latina está en camino a un cambio estructural, pues el rechazo a la corrupción es un cambio social”, indicó AS/COA's Brian Winter durante el foro CADE 2017.
YPA's first international event in Mexico City followed the launch of the DC chapter, joining the established chapters in New York City and Miami.
"Creo que lo más importante es tener pasión...Hay que hacer mucho análisis interno para saber qué es lo que me motiva a mí, porque eso, a la larga, lo guía a uno y le permite adelantarse en su carrera," subrayó Ranghild Melzi de AS/COA en entrevista con El Financiero.
“[President Maduro] clearly needs the military in order to maintain control," observed AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth.
Catherine Osborn spoke to The World about Rio's Charme dance culture and weekly dance meet-up after reporting on the iconic overpass event for Americas Quarterly.
In a speech at the 2017 Latin America Steel Conference in Cancun, AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth outlined the Western Hemisphere's changing trade landscape in the Trump era.
“The most striking thing to me is that [Lorenzo Mendoza’s] still committed to Venezuela despite being able to take his company elsewhere,” says AS/COA's Guillermo Zubillaga on the Empresas Polar CEO.
AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth calls the latest wave of sanctions "a clear, and well deserved, tightening of the screws on the regime as it has cast off even the pretense of democracy".
Mauricio Macri fue condecorado con el más alto honor de la organización en reconomiento a su liderazgo transformador en Argentina y en todo el hemisferio.
"The need for infrastructure […] is probably the most critical conversation," said BlackRock's Larry Fink in conversation with Federico Sturzenegger, Chairman of Argentina's Central Bank, at a conference at AS/COA.
Mauricio Macri was bestowed the organization's highest honor in recognizition of his transformative leadership in Argentina and throughout the hemisphere.
"[Argentina] lacks strong institutions after the 2001 crisis and more than a decade of Peronism, and inflation remains uncomfortably high. But the mood among investors, at least, is very upbeat," says FT's Senior Investment Commentator John Authers in reference to AS/COA's Argentina Investment Conference.
“Por primera vez siento que los argentinos hemos aprendido de nuestros errores, que sabemos que hay que terminar con las estafas, la corrupción,” subrayó el Presidente de Argentina Mauricio Macri en entrevista con Charlie Rose en AS/COA.
El Presidente del Banco Central de Argentina Federico Sturzenegger dijo que su sueño es dejar un país “con inflación normal” y admitió que bajarla a un dígito sigue siendo un desafío durante la Argentina Investment Conference 2017 de AS/COA y BlackRock.
El presidente argentino Mauricio Macri dijo en relación a la situación en Venezuela: "no vemos la salida", cuando estaba a AS/COA para recibir el premio "Insignia de Oro".