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May 12, 2010
Council of the Americas held its 40th Annual Washington Conference on the Americas at the Department of State, hosting a powerful roster of leaders who addressed topics including trade and investment opportunities, public security, and increased hemispheric cooperation.

Financial Times
Eric Farnsworth
February 10, 2010
"Having taken decisions that are insular and singularly unhelpful to the US, Latin Americans cannot then complain when the US administration prioritizes other areas for its attentions," argues COA's Eric Farnsworth in this letter to the editor, published in the Financial Times.

The Miami Herald
Andres Oppenheimer
February 7, 2010
"It's a myopic view of the world," says COA's Vice President Eric Farnsworth of the United States' decision to slash aid to Latin America.

CNN's GloboEconomía
January 10, 2010
AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini spoke with GloboEconomía about climate change in Latin America. The capacity for countries such as Brazil, Colombia, and Bolivia, to create renewable energy sources in the future is limitless, said Sabatini.

Cronista.com
Gabriel Sánchez Zinny
November 3, 2009
Trade agreements with Asian nations are sound and should be encouraged to proliferate, says COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth, speaking on the benefits of economic diversification for many Latin American nations, especially given current “buy American” policies. (en español)

The New York Times
David Rockefeller
September 21, 2009
AS/COA Honorary Chairman David Rockefeller urges the White house to resist protectionist demands that could further weaken the U.S. economy. "President Obama should recognize the critical need for a free flow of trade and finance across the world’s borders," he writes in The New York Times.

Poder
Susan Segal
September 2009
"Now is the time to have an open and honest dialogue about the role of trade in the economy and the ways it influences economic growth, job creation, and wealth generation," writes AS/COA President and CEO Susan Segal in an op-ed for Poder on the sustainable benefits liberalized trade has for the global economy.

David Schreiner
August 18, 2009
The H1N1 virus has cropped up across the Western Hemisphere. As North America prepares for flu season, lessons learned during the Southern Cone's winter provide insight to H1N1 response.

The Miami Herald
Christopher Sabatini and Stephanie Junger-Moat
August 15, 2009
"If the United States is going to be a partner with Latin America—a healthy and laudable goal—the aspiring powers of the hemisphere need to shake off their timidity and worn-out rhetoric," write AS/COA's Senior Director of Policy Christopher Sabatini and Kissinger Associates' Stephanie Junger-Moat.

EFE/El mercurio Online
August 14, 2009
The Millennium Challenge Corporation believes education, health, and new technologies are key for social development in Latin America. To achieve these goals, countries must learn to diversify their economies beyond dependency on primary resources, COA say Vice President Eric Farnsworth. (en español)

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