The 49th Annual Washington Conference focused on disruption and transformation in the Americas, with distinguished guests from all over the region.
U.S. Policy
49th Annual Washington Conference: Disruption and Transformation in the Americas
#2019WCA Video: U.S. Representative Eliot Engel, Chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee
“I’m concerned with U.S. policy toward Latin America,” the congressman from New York said at forty-ninth Washington Conference on the Americas.
#2019WCA Video: Vice President Mike Pence's Warnings to Venezuela
The Vice President outlined the next steps the Trump administration is ready to take to pressure the Maduro regime.
#2019WCA Video: Senator Marco Rubio on Democracy in the Americas
The U.S. senator addressed the situation in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela after receiving the COA Chairman’s Award for Leadership in the Americas from Andrés Gluski.
#2019WCA Recap: Highlights of the 49th Washington Conference on the Americas
The annual event at the State Department focused on disruption in the hemisphere and featured U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio, and Salvadoran President-elect Nayib Bukele.
Remarks: Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Kimberly Breier
In discussing China's role in Latin America, Assistant Secretary Breier touched on issues including intellectual property, 5G, Venezuela, and more.
Dear President Trump: Central America Could Get Even Worse
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Patricio Navia, Lucas Perelló
A primer on what ails the region, and why the U.S. administration is not helping.