In an AS/COA Online Interview, COA Vice President and trade policy expert Eric Farnsworth discusses Congress' decision to delay consideration of the U.S.-Colombia free-trade agreement. He warns that a failure to approve the deal would undermine regional allies who support an open market democratic system.
In an exclusive AS/COA interview, Colombian Vice President Francisco Santos discusses how ratification of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement will create jobs and further strengthen economic growth and security.
In an AS/COA Online interview, Managing Director and Global Head of JPMorgan Chase’s Emerging Markets Research Group Joyce Chang discusses Latin American markets facing the challenge of a U.S. downturn. "Latin America is more insulated from a United States slowdown than at any time in recent history," says Chang.
The Hispanic vote will play a progressively larger role in U.S. elections, says Deputy Director Susan Minushkin of the Pew Hispanic Center in an AS/COA Online interview. She also says Mexicans, who always take interest in U.S. elections, are “particularly intrigued” this year.
Former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge Castañeda, author of Ex Mex: From Migrants to Immigrants, played a firsthand role in attempts to forge a U.S.-Mexican immigration deal. He says reform could come in time, but U.S. leaders remain hesitant: "Who wants to take a leadership position on this and then get slammed in Iowa?"
AS/COA Director of Policy Jason Marczak talked with Bolivian Minister of Hydrocarbons Carlos Villegas Quiroga about the country's oil and gas sectors. Villegas encouraged investment in Bolivia's state company and discussed prospects for energy negotiations with Chile and Brazil.
En esta entrevista exclusiva con Carlos Villegas Quiroga, ministro de hidrocarburos de Bolivia, el ministro promueve que “las empresas privadas inicien programas y proyectos de exploración conjuntamente con la empresa estatal Boliviana.” Mirando hacia el futuro, nota las condiciones necesarias para empezar un diálogo sobre temas energéticos con Chile y menciona que Bolivia tendrá una idea clara a mediados de diciembre sobre las inversiones de Petrobras.
