John Baird visited seven countries as part of Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s policy to increase regional engagement. What did he accomplish?
Foreign Relations
In Colombia, the secretary of state hailed progress on peace talks, though allegations of U.S. spying strained the official’s Brazil visit.
La conferencia del Consejo de las Américas en El Paso, Texas, abarcó temas relevantes como los nexos comerciales entre Estados Unidos y México, y la propuesta de reforma migratoria.
Other leaders in Latin America will watch the results of Uruguay’s new approach to legalize the marijuana market, points out AS/COA’s Christopher Sabatini.
Healthy democracies in Latin America make better U.S. partners while countering influence from countries like Iran, explains COA's Eric Farnsworth in testimony to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs' Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere.
La conferencia en El Paso, Texas incluirá una serie de conversaciones sobre el comercio bilateral, la inversión en infraestructura, y los programas de reformas en México y Estados Unidos.
The bloc’s first summit since Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s death took place in Guayaquil, Ecuador on July 30.