U.S. regionalists need a reminder that development doesn't end politics and that contemporary Latin America has its own power dynamics, writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini in the March/April 2012 issue of Foreign Affairs.
At a February 28 Council of the Americas event, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy R. Sherman spoke about her recent trip to Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil, as well as the upcoming Summit of the Americas.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Mexico and Honduras next month ahead of April’s Summit of the Americas.
"The Americas Society examined the impact of immigration-related ordinances put in place in communities in more than two dozen states and cited a shrinking labor pool as a common result," writes The Lincoln Journal Star's Art Hovey speaking about the conclusions of AS/COA's white paper The Economic Impact of Immigrant-Related Local Ordinances, released in October 2011.
"Democratic principles may sometimes be difficult or unpopular to defend, but in Latin America, as elsewhere, they are precious and well worth the fight," writes COA's Eric Farnsworth in an op-ed for The Miami Herald.
"It requires an act of Congress to change [The United States policies against Cuba], but that ain’t going to happen any time soon," said AS/COA Christopher Sabatini.
"To help foster important reforms in El Salvador and the region, the United States needs an ambassador in place. And we need someone there now," writes AS/COA's Jason Marczak in an op-ed for the Houston Chronicle.
