Home | AS/COA
WEBEach year, AS/COA hosts public conferences and private, off-the-record meetings throughout Latin America, creating spaces for the public and private sectors to convene. Presidents of the Americas. AS/COA hosts heads of state from the Western Hemisphere in conjunction with opening debate of the UN General Assembly and throughout the year.
Chart: How U.S. Latinos Voted in the 2020 Presidential Election
WEBNov 5, 2020 · Talk about the Latino vote surged after incumbent President Donald Trump picked up Florida’s 29 electoral votes early on Tuesday evening. Indeed, the Cuban-American vote in Florida was decisive, breaking 56-41 for the Republican incumbent compared to an even 49-49 split among non-Cuban voters. But the Latino vote in Florida is a …
About AS/COA
WEBAmericas Society (AS) is the premier forum dedicated to education, debate, and dialogue in the Americas. Its mission is to foster an understanding of the contemporary political, social, and economic issues confronting Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada, and to increase public awareness and appreciation of the diverse cultural heritage of the Americas and the importance of the inter ...
Explainer: What Is the Summit of the Americas? - AS/COA
WEBApr 11, 2012 · The Summit of the Americas is a series of periodic meetings of democratically elected leaders of the Western Hemisphere. The first Summit was convened by U.S. President Bill Clinton in 1994 in Miami to develop a new relationship with the hemisphere in the post-Cold War environment. Since that first meeting, there have been seven Summits of the Americas and two special sessions.
Chart: Evaluating Latin American Democracies in 2022 - AS/COA
WEBJan 11, 2022 · Per IDEA’s Global State of Democracy Report 2021, released last November, most Latin American democracies are holding steady, if not stagnating, at mid-range levels of quality. But according to Latinobarómetro’s 2021 report published the same month, there’s a growing indifference among citizens in …
Tereza Cristina - AS/COA
WEBTereza Cristina Corrêa da Costa Dias is the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply of Brazil since January 2019. Tereza Cristina received one of the greatest acknowledgements of her work as a legislator in 2018, when she won in the category "Best Congressperson" during the 11th Edition of the Congress in Focus Award, an accolade bestowed by a media agency dedicated to covering the ...
Explainer: What Is Mercosur? - AS/COA
WEBThe Southern Common Market—known as Mercosur in Spanish and Mercosul in Portuguese—is one of the world’s leading economic blocs, its fifth-largest economy. Mercosur is made up of four member countries: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The group encompasses 295 million people and has a combined GDP of nearly $2 trillion.
Explainer: What Is the OAS? - AS/COA
WEBOct 19, 2015 · This explainer details the organization’s origins, members, structure, and goals, as well as recent developments and controversies. Origins and Background. The Organization of American States (OAS) was founded on April 30, 1948, in Bogota, Colombia, with 21 countries signing the original charter. …
Explainer: What Is ALBA? - AS/COA
WEBJul 30, 2013 · Updated, August 1—The Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas is a regional bloc that aims to foster integration and cooperation among Latin America and Caribbean countries.Known as ALBA for its Spanish name (La Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América), the group emerged as a joint agreement spearheaded by the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and then Cuban leader Fidel ...
President Leonel Fernández on the Dominican Republic's …
WEBSep 24, 2010 · When presenting Fernández, AS/COA President and CEO Susan Segal said that, under his watch, “the Dominican Republic has proven to be a stalwart example for the Caribbean.”. Fernández pointed out that, even as the world hit hard economic times last year, Dominican GDP growth rates were the highest in Latin America at 3.5 percent.
Skip to content