The Mexican president-elect traveled to Washington ahead of his inauguration with the goal of making economic relations a priority over security concerns.
U.S. Policy
AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth comments on Mexican President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto’s first meeting with government officials in Washington to tackle immigration reform, economic partnerships, and security issues.
AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth speaks to ABC News/Univision about President-elect Enrique Peña Nieto’s role in his party as he meets with President Barack Obama for the first time to discuss issues concerning trade, the drug war and immigration.
AS/COA will host Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Roberta S. Jacobson at a public breakfast presentation on December 11.
The Republicans retained the House and the Democrats kept the Senate, but the results of several individual races will impact the “who’s who” of voices on Latin America in the U.S. Congress.
AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth writes for The Huffington Post about decisive Latin America policy drivers to watch for in the upcoming year with the beginning of a new U.S. presidential term.
Brazil and the United States need to overcome acrimony over agricultural agreements, write COA's Eric Farnsworth and Valeria Souza Cruz. In an AS/COA Viewpoint, they make the case that Washington should reexamine U.S. cotton subsidies as a step toward a common bilateral agenda.