Adam Isacson

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Monday, April 14

• 9:00-1:00 at Refugees International Zoom: Conference on Internally Displaced People: Shifting Power and Advancing Protection (RSVP required).
• 12:00pm at atlanticcouncil.org: Analyzing the regional impact of Ecuador’s election (RSVP required).
• 4:00-5:00pm at Georgetown University and online: SIGLA: A New Database of Political and Legal Institutions in Latin America (RSVP required).
• 7:00pm at Universidad Nacional de Colombia Facultad de Derecho YouTube: Mesa de Diálogos de Paz con la Coordinadora Nacional Ejército Bolivariano.

Wednesday, April 16

• 2:00pm at atlanticcouncil.org: Navigating the US-PRC tech competition in the Global South (RSVP required).
• 3:00pm at Georgetown University: Data for Humanity: How AI is Transforming Development and Business in Latin America (RSVP required).

Friday, April 18

• 9:30am at atlanticcouncil.org: Banking on Belém: Mobilizing finance for energy and nature in the Global South (RSVP required).

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Tuesday, April 8

• 10:00 at Room 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building and online: Hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to consider the nomination of Mr. Brandon Judd, of Idaho, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Chile.
• 12:00-1:00 at American University Washington College of Law: Women’s Rights in the Face of Democratic Erosion: Resisting Authoritarianism and Defending Human Rights (RSVP required).
• 12:00 at COMEXI Zoom: ¿Esquivó México La Bala De Los Aranceles? (RSVP required).
• 2:00 at Room 310 Cannon House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability and Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement on Case by Case: Returning Parole to Its Proper Purpose.

Wednesday, April 9

• 10:00 in Room 2141 Rayburn House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement on Sanctuary Jurisdictions: Magnet for Migrants, Cover for Criminals.

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Monday, March 24

• 2:00 at Zoom: What are the threats unaccompanied kids face? (RSVP required).

Tuesday, March 25

• 10:00-11:00 at thedialogue.org: Launch of the Regional Repository of Chinese Investments in Latin America (RSVP required).
• 10:00-1:00 at Room 310 Cannon House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Homeland Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement on Part 1: Consequences of Failure: How Biden’s Policies Fueled the Border Crisis.
• 8:00-9:30pm at wilsoncenter.org: Políticas de seguridad y narcotráfico en América Latina: ¿hacia dónde vamos?

Wednesday, March 26

• 11:00 at atlanticcouncil.org: Evaluating the US-Colombia commercial relationship (RSVP required).
• 5:00 at CINEP YouTube: Lanzamiento Virtual de la Base de Datos DataPaz.

Thursday, March 27

• 9:30 at Room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building: Hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Western Hemisphere Subcommittee on INL Should Fight Crime, Not Fight Conservatives.

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Monday, March 17

• 4:00-5:00 at Georgetown University Americas Institute YouTube: Ambassador Series: A Conversation with Colombian Ambassador Daniel García-Peña

Wednesday, March 19

• 12:30-2:00 at George Washington University: Authoritarian Regimes, Gender Based Violence: How Right Wing Governments use the ‘Protective Discourse’ to Justify Their Harms Against Women and Girls (RSVP required).

Thursday, March 20

• 4:00 at Georgetown University Law School Campus and at Zoom: U.S. Immigration Shifts and Their Impact on Latin America **I’m on this panel** (RSVP required).

Friday, March 21

• 4:00-7:30 at American University: 3rd Annual Changing Aid Conference (RSVP required).

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Monday, March 10

• 4:30-6:00 at ILAS Columbia YouTube: The Challenges of Mexico Facing the Trump Administration.

Tuesday, March 11

• 11:10-12:10 at gwu.edu: A Regional MPI for Latin America: Challenges and Lessons Learned (RSVP required).
• 2:00 at Room 310 Cannon House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability on Eliminating Waste, Fraud, and Abuse at the Department of Homeland Security: Addressing the Biden-Harris Administration’s Failures.

Wednesday, March 12

• 12:30-1:30 at Georgetown University: Latin America Research Seminar: Concubines, Lawyers, Cattle and Maps (RSVP required).
• 2:00 at atlanticcouncil.org: The role of the Panama Canal in global commerce (RSVP required).

Thursday, March 13

• 10:30 in Room 419, Dirksen Senate Office Building and online: Hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Nominations (The Honorable Ronald Johnson, of Florida, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the United Mexican States).
• 12:00-1:00 at CMS Zoom: Best Practices: How to Respond to Mass Deportation Tactics (RSVP required).

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Monday, March 3

• 9:00-6:00 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Zoom: 192 Period of Sessions (RSVP required).

Tuesday, March 4

• 9:00-5:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Zoom: 192 Period of Sessions (RSVP required).
• 10:00 in Room 2247 Rayburn House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Government Innovation on Leveraging Technology to Strengthen Immigration Enforcement.

Wednesday, March 5

• 9:00-5:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Zoom: 192 Period of Sessions (RSVP required).
• 10:00 in Room SD-419 Dirksen Senate Office Building and online: Hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Advancing American Interests in the Western Hemisphere.
• 10:00-11:30 at thedialogue.org: The Lancet Series: Early Childhood Development and the Next 1,000 Days (RSVP required).
• 1:00 at Zoom: Migration Policy Under the Trump Administration: What’s Changing and What’s at Stake? (RSVP required).
• 6:00 hosted by Human Rights First: The Legacy of Executive Orders: Impact on Black Communities and Immigrant Rights (RSVP required).

Thursday, March 6

• 9:00-3:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Zoom: 192 Period of Sessions (RSVP required).
• 2:00 at Zoom: Reconciliation Rundown: Understanding the Basics of Budget Reconciliation (RSVP required).

Friday, March 7

• 9:00-12:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Zoom: 192 Period of Sessions (RSVP required).

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Tuesday, February 18

• 10:30-12:00 at wilsoncenter.org: Freedom of Expression in the Digital Age: The Importance of Limiting Intermediary Liability (RSVP required).
• 12:00-1:20 at drclas.harvard.edu: The Future of US-Latin America Relations Under Trump 2.0 (RSVP required).
• 1:00-2:30 at CSIS and csis.org: U.S. Allies and Partners Under the Trump Administration (RSVP required).

Thursday, February 20

• 10:00 in Room SD-342 Dirksen Senate Office Building and online: Hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Nomination of the Honorable Troy Edgar to be Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
• 10:15 in Room 216 Hart Senate Office Building and online: Executive Business Meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee on S. 331, HALT Fentanyl Act.

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Tuesday, February 11

• 10:00 in Room 310 Cannon House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security on Examining the PRC’s Strategic Port Investments in the Western Hemisphere and the Implications for Homeland Security, Part I.
• 10:00 in Room 2359 Rayburn House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Appropriations Committee on Mexico’s Water Treaty Violations and the Impact on Americans.

Wednesday, February 12

• 10:00 at Amnistía Internacional Twitter: ¿Dónde quedan los derechos humanos de los solicitantes de asilo y migrantes?
• 10:00-11:00 at the Wilson Center and online: The Future of the Panama Canal (RSVP required).
• 10:00-12:15 at the Wilson Center and online: US-Mexico Farm Labor Policy Recommendation Launch (RSVP required).

Thursday, February 13

• 9:30 in Room G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building and online: Hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee To Receive Testimony on the Posture of United States Northern Command and United States Southern Command in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2026 and the Future Years Defense Program.

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Monday, February 3

• 12:00 at atlanticcouncil.com: Why Ecuador matters for the future of the Western Hemisphere’s security (RSVP required).

Tuesday, February 4

• 9:00-10:30 at wilsoncenter.org: Ten Political Risks for Mexico in 2025 (RSVP required).
• 9:30-10:30 at Global Americans Zoom: Speak Loudly and Carry a Big Stick” What does Trump’s hardball diplomacy mean for Latin America? (RSVP required).
• 10:30 in Room 226, Dirksen Senate Office Building: Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on The Poisoning of America: Fentanyl, its Analogues, and the Need for Permanent Class Scheduling.

Wednesday, February 5

• 10:00-11:00 at the Inter-American Dialogue and Online: Peru’s Path Forward: Navigating Political, Economic, and Global Dynamics (RSVP required).
• 4:30-6:00 at Georgetown University and online: Global Outlook: Latin America’s Place in the World (RSVP required).

Thursday, February 6

• 10:00 in Room 2123, Rayburn House Office Building: Hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee on Combatting Existing and Emerging Illicit Drug Threats.
• 10:00-11:00 at the Inter-American Dialogue and online: A Roadmap to Protect Independent Journalism in Repressive Countries (RSVP required).
• 4:30-6:00 at Georgetown University and online: Breaking Latin America’s Cycle of Low Growth and Violence (RSVP required).

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Monday, January 27

• 4:00-5:30 at wilsoncenter.org: The First and Last King of Haiti: The Rise and Fall of Henry Christophe (RSVP required).

Tuesday, January 28

• 10:00 in Room 253, Russell Senate Office Building and online: Hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Examining the Panama Canal and Its Impact on U.S. Trade and National Security.
• 12:00-1:00 at georgetown.edu: Crime and Money Laundering: Measuring the Impact of Criminal Activity and Money Laundering (RSVP required).
• 5:00 at CODHES YouTube: Colombia: Revisión de la Crisis Humanitaria y los conflictos armados vigentes

Thursday, January 30

• 1:00-2:00 at thedialogue.org: Tracking China-Caribbean Relations — New Tools and Takeaways (RSVP required).

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Tuesday, January 14

• 10:00 in Room 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building and online: Hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Nomination of Marco Rubio to be Secretary of State.
• 10:00-12:00 at the OAS and online: Opening Doors, Growing Economies: The Benefits of Inclusion for Economic Development in the Americas.
• 12:00-1:00 at georgetown.edu: Crime and Money Laundering: FATF Standards and Recent Trends to Identify Licit and Illicit Activities (RSVP required).

Wednesday, January 15

• 9:00 in Room 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building and online: Hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Nomination of Kristi Noem to be Secretary of Homeland Security.

Thursday, January 16

• 9:00 in Room 342 Dirksen Senate Office Building and online: Hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Remain in Mexico.
• 10:30-12:00 at wilsoncenter.org: USMCA 2026 Review: New Realities and Strategic Shifts in North American Trade (RSVP required).
• 2:00-5:00 at ips-dc.org: Critical Raw Materials: The Impact of U.S.-China Competition (RSVP required).

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Tuesday, January 7

• 12:00-1:30 at stimson.org: The Hidden Costs: Transparency and the US Arms Trade (RSVP required).

Friday, January 10

• 1:00 at atlanticcouncil.org: 2025 Preview: What might be the big stories shaping the Americas? (RSVP required).

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Tuesday, December 17

• 11:30 at migrationpolicy.org: The Biden Legacy on Immigration: A Complex Picture (RSVP required).

Wednesday, December 18

• 2:00 on Border Network for Human Rights Zoom: Report from the Border: What to expect from the Trump’s Administration on Border Militarization and Immigration Enforcement (RSVP required).

Thursday, December 19

• 10:00-11:30 at csis.org: The Future of Democracy and Human Rights in American Foreign Policy (RSVP required).

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Monday, December 9

• 11:00 at the Atlantic Council and atlanticcouncil.com: Driving smart cities in Latin America and the Caribbean (RSVP required).

Tuesday, December 10

• 9:00-10:30 at the Inter-American Dialogue and thedialogue.org: Political Imprisonment and Human Rights in Latin America and the Caribbean (RSVP required).
• 10:00 in Room G50 Dirksen Senate Office Building and online: Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee entitled How Mass Deportations Will Separate American Families, Harm Our Armed Forces, and Devastate Our Economy.
• 10:00-11:30 at thedialogue.org: The Challenges of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to the Rule of Law (RSVP required).
• 10:00-1:00 in Room 310 Cannon House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Management entitled Given the Green Light: Open Border Policies and Threats to Law Enforcement.
• 2:00 in Room 2360 Rayburn House Office Building and online: Hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission entitled The State of Exception in El Salvador: Taking Stock.
• 3:00-4:00 at the Wilson Center and wilsoncenter.org: A Latin America Agenda for a New White House and Congress (RSVP required).

Wednesday, December 11

• 9:15-10:30 at the Inter-American Dialogue and thedialogue.org: Women, Financial Inclusion, and Family Remittances in Guatemala (RSVP required).
• 1:00-2:00 at WOLA and wola.org: La Paz Total, El Capitulo Étnico y la Hermandad Afro Americana (RSVP required).
• 2:00 in Room 2200, Rayburn House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations entitled The Communist Cuban Regime’s Disregard for Human Rights.

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Monday, December 2

• 10:00 at acleddata.com: Is ‘Total Peace’ still possible? A conversation on Colombia’s armed groups under Petro (RSVP required).

Tuesday, December 3

• 10:00-11:00 at CSIS and csis.org: Addressing Maduro’s Oil Lifeline in the Wake of a Stolen Election (RSVP required).
• 8:00pm at NACLA Zoom: Venezuela in the New Trump Era (RSVP required).

Wednesday, December 4

• 9:00-12:30 at the Brookings Institution and brookings.edu: The fentanyl epidemic in North America and the global reach of synthetic opioids (RSVP required).
• 10:30 at atlanticcouncil.org: El Salvador’s economic evolution: Investment insights and opportunities (RSVP required).
• 11:00-12:30 at insightcrime.org: Behind Bars, Beyond Control: The Fall of Ecuador’s Prisons and the Rise of Its Mafias (RSVP required).
• 12:00-2:00 at eff.org: Virtual Wall: Surveillance Tech at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Thursday, December 5

• 10:30-12:00 at the Wilson Center and wilsoncenter.org: The Next President of the United States: Challenges and Recommendations for the US-Mexico Relationship (RSVP required).

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Monday, November 18

• 12:30-2:00 at George Washington University: Can Peru’s Democracy Survive? Insights from President Francisco Sagasti and Ambassador Stephen McFarland (RSVP required).
• 2:00-3:00 at refugeesinternational.org: Cartagena +40: Where Next for Refugee Protection in Latin America? (RSVP required).

Tuesday, November 19

• 1:00-2:00 at csis.org: Report Launch: Firearms Trafficking in Latin America and the Caribbean (RSVP required).
• 2:00-5:00 in Room 310, Cannon House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Homeland Security Subcommittees on Border Security and Enforcement and Oversight, Accountability, and Investigations on Trafficked, Exploited, and Missing: Migrant Children Victims of the Biden-Harris Administration.
• 3:30 at atlanticcouncil.org: Enhancing international coordination on Venezuelan migrant integration (RSVP required).

Wednesday, November 20

• 10:45 at the Atlantic Council: Senator Ben Cardin reflects on his decades-long work to shape the Americas (RSVP required).
• 1:00 at Hope Border Institute Zoom: The U.S. Elections: Now What? (RSVP required).
• 2:00 in Room 2141, Rayburn House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement on Oversight of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement.

Thursday, November 21

• 2:30 at atlanticcouncil.org: Building the future of cross-sector collaboration in the Summit of the Americas (RSVP required).
• 3:00-4:00 at the Inter-American Dialogue and thedialogue.org: Realizing the Economic Potential of Latin America and the Caribbean: A Fireside Chat with William Maloney and Kellie Meiman Hock (RSVP required).

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Monday, November 11

• 9:00-2:30 at Georgetown University: Caring for the Other: Refugees and Displaced Persons (RSVP required).
• 9:00-6:00 at the Inter-American Human Rights Commission and online: Public Hearings of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (RSVP required).

Tuesday, November 12

• 9:00-6:00 at the Inter-American Human Rights Commission and online: Public Hearings of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (RSVP required).
• 11:00-12:30 at WOLA and online: ¿Por qué la comunidad internacional no puede ignorar la crisis en Perú? (RSVP required).
• 2:00 at atlanticcouncil.org: Assessing the halfway point of Colombia’s 2016 peace accord implementation (RSVP required).

Wednesday, November 13

• 9:00-6:00 at the Inter-American Human Rights Commission and online: Public Hearings of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (RSVP required).
• 10:00-11:00 at csis.org: Can Latin America’s Copper Be the Key to a Low-Carbon Future? (RSVP required).
• 10:00-11:30 at georgetown.edu: Caring for the Other: Refugees and Displaced Persons Webinar (RSVP required).
• 11:00-12:00 at wilsoncenter.org: The Drying Out of Central America (RSVP required).

Thursday, November 14

• 9:00-5:30 at the Inter-American Human Rights Commission and online: Public Hearings of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (RSVP required).
• 10:00-11:15 at wilsoncenter.org: Claudia Sheinbaum’s Security Strategy: A Path Forward? (RSVP required).
• 12:00-1:30 at refugeesinternational.org: U.S. Election Implications on Migration Policy in the Americas (RSVP required).
• 12:00 at Zoom: The Darien Gap: A Deadly Journey in the Pursuit of Safety (RSVP required).
• 1:00-2:00 at CGRS Zoom: Asylum and Climate Change: Identifying and Analyzing Climate-Related Claims in the United States (RSVP required).
• 2:00-3:30 at csis.org: Consult and Cooperate in Times of Great Need: Indigenous Rights and the Just Transition (RSVP required).

Friday, November 15

• 9:00-10:15 at wilsoncenter.org: USMCA After the Election: Key Challenges and the Path Forward (RSVP required).
• 9:00-5:30 at the Inter-American Human Rights Commission and online: Public Hearings of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (RSVP required).

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Wednesday, November 6

• 1:00 at COLEF YouTube and Facebook Live: Elecciones en Estados Unidos y las fronteras.

Thursday, November 7

• 10:00-11:00 at USIP: First in War, First in Peace: Building Post-Conflict Stability and Democracy (RSVP required).

Friday, November 8

• 12:00-1:00 at Georgetown University and at Georgetown Americas Institute YouTube: Global and LAC Datahub Launch (RSVP required).

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Monday, October 28

• 6:30-9:00 at Colegio de México YouTube: Nuevas dinámicas autoritarias y restricciones a la libertad de prensa en Centroamérica.
• 7:00pm at Fundar YouTube: Transición Energética: Una Mirada Crítica en el Contexto del Cambio de Gobierno.

Tuesday, October 29

• 11:30 at CAF YouTube: Reconociendo el Valor de los Ecosistemas Estratégicos de América Latina y el Caribe.
• 1:00 at LAV Zoom: Mano Dura, la Receta Latinoamérica (RSVP required).
• 6:00 at GHRC Zoom: Democracy, Justice, and Territory (RSVP required).

Wednesday, October 30

• 9:30-11:00 at stimson.org: Assessing Global Arms Trade Transparency (RSVP required).
• 11:00-12:00 at thedialogue.org: A Conversation with Paul Simons on the US Election and the Future of Energy and Climate in Latin America (RSVP required).
• 11:00-12:30 at wilsoncenter.org: Nuclear Strain: Looking Back at Brazil-US Nuclear Diplomatic Relations (RSVP required).
• 5:00-6:30 at wola.org: Texas’s Operation Lone Star: Abuse on the Borderline (RSVP required). (Hey, I’m organizing this one. Don’t miss it.)

Thursday, October 31

• 10:00 at migrationpolicy.org: Charting a Smart Agenda for Managing Climate Migration (RSVP required).
• 10:00-11:30 at the Inter-American Dialogue and online: Social Media and Elections: Navigating Disinformation and Free Speech (RSVP required).
• 11:00-12:15 at wilsoncenter.org: Mexico’s Constitutional Changes: Energy Outlook and Implications (RSVP required).
• 2:00-3:00 at George Washington University: Crime and Policing in Brazil (RSVP required).

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Monday, October 21

• 3:30-5:00 at the U.S. Institute of Peace: Searching for Colombia’s Missing Persons (RSVP required).
• 4:00-5:30 at wilsoncenter.org: The Sandinista Revolution: A Global Latin American History (RSVP required).

Tuesday, October 22

• 10:00-11:00 at Global Americans Zoom: The U.S. Election and Latin America: Juan S. Gonzalez (RSVP required).
• 12:45-2:30 at the Atlantic Council and online: Advancing Latin America and the Caribbean’s sustainable growth (RSVP required).
• 4:00-5:15 at brookings.edu: Climate, development, and international financial institutions: Perspectives from the Global South (RSVP required).
• 7:30-9:00 at ips-dc.org: The Corporate Assault on Honduras (RSVP required).
• 9:30pm at Agencia Ocote YouTube and Facebook Live: Las huellas de la palma: La amenaza crece en el norte de Guatemala

Wednesday, October 23

• 11:00-12:00 at csis.org: Assessing the Impact of Mano Dura Policies on Democracy in Latin America (RSVP required).

Thursday, October 24

• 2:00-3:30 at thedialogue.org: The Power of Technology and Support and Care Systems as a Basis for Inclusive Education (RSVP required).

Friday, October 25

• 1:00-2:00 at University of Oklahoma Zoom: Central American Perspectives and Implications of the U.S. Elections (RSVP required).

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Tuesday, October 15

• 6:00-7:30 at ips-dc.org: Extractive Companies Suing Guatemala: Injustices and Solutions (RSVP required).

Wednesday, October 16

• 10:00-11:00 at heritage.org: Protecting Children: Race, Family, and the Border (RSVP required).
• 1:00-2:00 at cmsny.org: The Untold Story: Migrant Deaths Along the US-Mexico Border and Beyond (RSVP required).
• 5:00 at atlanticcouncil.org: Shaping the future of democracy in the Americas (RSVP required).

Thursday, October 17

• 10:00-11:30 at thedialogue.org: Money in Politics – Tackling Corruption and Organized Crime in Latin America and the Caribbean (RSVP required).
• 11:15-12:45 at caf.com: Reimaginando Soluciones a la Pobreza (RSVP required).
• 3:00-4:00 at csis.org: Navigating Geopolitics and Security in Latin America’s Ports (RSVP required).
• 4:00-5:00 at vecina.org: Navigating the Ongoing Migrant Family Separation Crisis in the U.S. (RSVP required).
• 4:00 at InSight Crime Twitter Space: From Security Operations to Political Crackdowns: Covering Human Rights in Venezuela.

Friday, October 18

• 1:00-7:15 at Georgetown University and online: Mexico: Addressing Economic Challenges (RSVP required).

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Tuesday, October 8

• 8:30-12:30 at the Wilson Center: Wilson Center Conference on US-Latin America Cooperation on the Global Energy Transition (RSVP required).
• 3:00-4:30 at the Wilson Center: Claudia Sheinbaum: What’s Next for US-Mexico Relations (RSVP required).
• 4:30-6:00 at Georgetown University: The Weak and the Powerful: How Panama Took the Canal and Changed the World.

Wednesday, October 9

• 9:00-11:30 at the Inter-American Dialogue: Bolstering Latin America-Japan-US Cooperation on Energy Transition and Critical Minerals Supply (RSVP required).
• 9:30-10:45 at IRI: Advancing democracy: A fireside chat on US global leadership and priorities with Assistant Secretary Rand (RSVP required).
• 10:30-12:00 at the Wilson Center: Tackling the Root Causes: Food Insecurity and Forced Migration in Latin America (RSVP required).
• 12:00-1:30 at Georgetown University and online: Argentina: Finding the Center in the Age of Right-wing Populism (RSVP required).

Thursday, October 10

• 12:00-1:30 at WOLA Zoom: Responding Effectively to the Fentanyl Overdose Crisis: Evidence from the Border and Beyond (RSVP required).

Friday, October 11

• 9:00-10:00 at brookings.edu: The international aid architecture: Addressing development challenges in fragile and conflict-affected areas (RSVP required).
• 3:00-4:00 at wilsoncenter.org: Negotiated Inequality: Latin America and the Making of the Nuclear Club (RSVP required).

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Wednesday, October 2

• 10:00-12:00 at Global Witness: Missing Voices: The Violent Erasure of Land and Environmental Defenders (RSVP required).

Friday, October 4

• 11:00-12:30 at brookings.edu: The United States and China in Latin America: Rivalry, cooperation, or something in-between? (RSVP required).

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Monday, September 23

• 10:00-11:00 at Brookings.edu: US immigration policy: Separating fact from fiction.
• 2:00-4:00 at American University: Shaping Policies, Shaping Lives: Immigration and the 2024 Election (RSVP required).

Tuesday, September 24

• 9:30-10:30 at csis.org: The Gender-Based Violence Crisis in Haiti (RSVP required).
• 10:15 in Room 2172 Rayburn House Office Building and online: Markup by the House Foreign Affairs Committee of Various Measures.
• 3:00 at Faith in Action Zoom: How Could the U.S. elections Impact Central America? (RSVP required).
• 3:00-5:00 at Georgetown University: 2024 Washington Brazil Conference – The Rise of the Far-Right: Challenges to Democracy in Brazil and Abroad (RSVP required).
• 4:30-6:00 at George Mason University Carter School: Innovations in Peacebuilding in Haiti (RSVP required).

Wednesday, September 25

• 10:00 at Alianza Regional Zoom: Violencia digital y libertad de expresión: un reto para el periodismo en América Latina y el Caribe (RSVP required).
• 2:00 in Room 2154 Rayburn House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs on The Border Crisis: The Cost of Chaos.
• 3:00-4:15 at Georgetown University: Fiscal Redistribution in Latin America (RSVP required).

Thursday, September 26

• 10:00 in Room 310, Cannon House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology on Given the Green Light: Open Border Policies and Threats to Law Enforcement.
• 11:00-12:30 at InsightCrime.org: Durán: A Window into Ecuador’s Organized Crime Explosion.
• 12:00-1:30 at Georgetown University: Doing Business in Latin America and the Caribbean: Perspectives from Four Leading CEOs (RSVP required).
• 2:00 in Room 310, Cannon House Office Building and online: Hearing of two House Homeland Security Subcommittees on Trafficked, Exploited, and Missing: Migrant Children Victims of the Biden-Harris Administration.
• 2:00-3:30 at the Woodrow Wilson Center: Supervising Democracy: Venezuela, Guatemala, and the State of Electoral Observation in the Americas (RSVP required).
• 3:00-4:20 at the Inter-American Dialogue and thedialogue.org: Casualties of Authoritarianism: Closing on Pluralism and the Fate of Nicaraguan Former Political Prisoners (RSVP required).
• 4:00 at LASA YouTube and Facebook: Las Elecciones en Estados Unidos y su Impacto en América Latina.

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Tuesday, September 17

• 7:00-8:30 at idea.int: The Global State of Democracy 2024 Global Launch Event (RSVP required).
• 10:00 at the Atlantic Council and online: From rhetoric to reality: Nearshoring in the Americas (RSVP required).
• 4:00-5:30 at Notre Dame Keough School: Accelerating Implementation of the Colombian Final Accord’s Ethnic Approach: Strategies for Reinvigorating Inclusive Peacebuilding.
• 5:00-6:30 at Georgetown University: Trust in Elections (RSVP required).

Wednesday, September 18

• 10:00-1:00 in Room 310, Cannon House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Homeland Security Committee on A Country Without Borders: How Biden-Harris’ Open-Borders Policies Have Undermined Our Safety and Security.
• 10:00 in Room 2141, Rayburn House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance on Oversight of Homeland Security Investigations.
• 2:00 at Colegio de México YouTube: Seminario sobre violencia y paz. ¿Qué pasa en Culiacán?.
• 3:30-4:30 at the Wilson Center and online: Latin America: The Vision of its Leaders (RSVP required).

Thursday, September 19

• 10:00-11:00 at the Wilson Center: Uruguay Goes to the Polls (RSVP required).
• 10:00-1:00 in Room 310, Cannon House Office Building and online: Hearing of two subcommittees of the House Homeland Security Committee on Beyond the Border: Terrorism and Homeland Security Consequences of Illegal Immigration.
• 12:00-1:30 at Georgetown University: Political Polarization: Lessons from the United States for Latin America (RSVP required).
• 4:00-5:30 at wilsoncenter.org: Our Comrades in Havana: Cuba, the Soviet Union, and Eastern Europe, 1959-1991 (RSVP required).

Friday, September 20

• 9:00-10:00 at csis.org: Driving Change: How are EVs reshaping China’s economic relationship with Latin America? (RSVP required).
• 11:00 in Room 2200, Rayburn House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere on Maduro Stole the Elections Again: The Response to Fraud in Venezuela.
• Time TBD at George Washington University: Accountability Under Polarization in Mexico.

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Monday, September 9

• 12:00-2:00 at George Washington University: Addressing Democratic Erosion in the Western Hemisphere: Can the OAS Stem the Tide? (RSVP required).
• 2:00-7:00 at Georgetown University and online: The State of Democracy in the Americas (RSVP required).

Tuesday, September 10

• 10:00 in Room 2141 Rayburn House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on “The Biden-Harris Border Crisis: Victim Perspectives“.
• 2:00 in Room 2141 Rayburn House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government on “The Biden-Harris Border Crisis: Noncitizen Voting“.

Wednesday, September 11

• 1:00-5:00 at the Wilson Center and online: Mexico’s Constitutional Reforms Conference – Implications to US-MX Relations (RSVP required).
• 1:30-3:00 at Amnesty International Zoom: Technology at the US-Mexico Border: What Communities Need to Know (RSVP required).

Thursday, September 12

• 9:30 in 216 Hart Senate Office Building and online: Hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee to examine the nominations of Lieutenant General Steven S. Nordhaus, USAF, to be general and Chief of the National Guard Bureau, and Vice Admiral Alvin Holsey, USN, to be admiral and Commander, United States Southern Command, both of the Department of Defense.
• 2:00-3:00 at the Atlantic Council and online: Elections under threat: Priorities for 2024, 2025, and beyond (RSVP required).

Sunday, September 15

• 10:00-11:00 at Sheridan Circle: Sheridan Circle Memorial Service 2024.

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Monday, July 22

• 9:00-10:00 at atlanticcouncil.com: Venezuela: A playbook for digital repression (RSVP required).

Tuesday, July 23

• 11:00-12:30 at wilsoncenter.org: Mexico’s Judicial Reforms: A Legal Analysis (RSVP required).
• 4:00-5:00 at wola.org: BORDERLAND | The Line Within: Private Documentary Screening and Panel Discussion (RSVP required).

Wednesday, July 24

• 10:00 in room 2172 Rayburn House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere on Latin America Forgotten: A Look at President Biden’s FY 2025 Budget Priorities.
• 10:00 in room 310 Cannon House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Homeland Security Committee on From Drug Interdictions in the Caribbean to National Security Patrols in the Arctic: Examining U.S. Coast Guard’s Role in Securing the Homeland.
• 3:00-4:30 at thedialogue.org: Disability, Social Protection, and Public Finance (RSVP required).

Thursday, July 25

• 9:30 in room 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Senate Appropriations Committee Markup of the Commerce-Justice-Science, State and Foreign Operations, and Transportation-Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Acts.

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Monday, June 10, 2024

• 11:00-12:15 at the Inter-American Dialogue: Addressing the Root Causes of Migration: Insights from the US Strategy for Central America (RSVP required).
• 2:00 at the Atlantic Council: From competition to competitiveness: Unlocking growth and productivity in LAC (RSVP required).

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

• 9:45-11:00 at CSIS and csis.org: Report Launch: Friendshoring the Lithium-Ion Battery Supply Chain (RSVP required).
• 10:00 at the Brookings Institution and brookings.edu: The economics and politics of immigration (RSVP required).
• 10:00-11:00 at wilsoncenter.org: New Hurdles for Elections in Latin America (RSVP required).
• 3:00-4:15 at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld: Children at Risk at the Border Report Release (RSVP required).
• 6:30PM at Busboys and Poets K St: Ignored No More: The People’s Movement for Peace and Justice in Washington DC.

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

• 9:00 in Room 2359 Rayburn House Office Building: House Appropriations Full Committee Markup Fiscal Year 2025 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs and Homeland Security Bills.
• 10:00 in Room 2172 Rayburn House Office Building: Hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Great Power Competition in the Western Hemisphere.
• 10:00 in Room 310 Cannon House Office Building: House Homeland Security Committee Markup of Several Measures.

Thursday, June 13, 2024

• 10:15 in Room 1334 Longworth House Office Building: Hearing of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on Destroying America’s Best Idea: Biden’s Border Crisis, Desecrating National Park Lands and Damaging Communities.

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Monday, June 3, 2024

• 9:00 at atlanticcouncil.org: Post-election rundown: From Mexico’s markets to broader transition priorities (RSVP required).

Tuesday, June 4, 2024

• 8:30 in Room H-140 Capitol Building and online: House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee Markup of the Fiscal Year 2025 Homeland Security Bill.
• 10:00 in Room H-140 Capitol Building and online: House Appropriations State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee Markup of the Fiscal Year 2025 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Bill.
• 10:00 in Room 2172 Rayburn House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability on Money is Policy: Assessing Shortcomings in the State Department’s Foreign Assistance Grants Process.
• 10:05 in Room 2175 Rayburn House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education on The Consequences of Biden’s Border Chaos for K-12 Schools.
• 1:00 at Hope Border Institute Zoom: Reimagining Humanitarian Protection from the Border (RSVP required).
• 2:00 in Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Natural Resources Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on Biden’s Border Crisis: Examining Efforts to Combat International Criminal Cartels & Stop Illegal Drug Trafficking Targeting Indian Country.
• 3:00 at Forum on the Arms Trade Zoom: Moving Beyond Rhetoric: Overcoming Challenges to Better U.S. Policy (RSVP required).
• 5:00-7:00 at St. Stephen’s Church: Pueblo Garífuna en Lucha: Racism and Dispossession of Garífuna Communities in Honduras.

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

• 11:00-12:30 at thedialogue.org: Mercados eléctricos y la transición verde en Centroamérica (RSVP required).
• 12:00 at GCIR Zoom: Beyond Borders: Reflections from the U.S.-Mexico Border for Funders and Allies (RSVP required).
• 1:00 at Crisis Group Zoom: Militares y crimen: los retos para la nueva presidenta de México (RSVP required).
• 3:45-4:30 at the Atlantic Council and online: The new Mexican administration: A conversation with Ambassador Ken Salazar (RSVP required).

Thursday, June 6, 2024

• 10:30-12:15 at wilsoncenter.org: The High Seas Treaty: Latin American Leadership on Ocean Conservation (RSVP required).
• 11:00-12:30 at wilsoncenter.org: Mexico’s Elections: Outcomes and Implications (RSVP required).
• 3:30 on Zoom: La importancia y monitoreo a la Declaración Americana sobre los derechos de las personas afrodescendientes (RSVP required).

(Events that I know of, anyway. All times are U.S. Eastern.)

Tuesday, May 28, 2024

• 10:00 on Zoom: Democratización de La Comunicación para la Defensa de la Amazonía.
• 11:00-12:30 at wilsoncenter.org: Election Series | Gender-based Violence in Mexican Politics (RSVP required).
• 12:00 at FES YouTube: Justicia Climática, Dinámicas de Violencia y Derechos Humanos.

• 12:00-1:00 at wilsoncenter.org: The High Seas Treaty and Latin America’s Role in Marine Conservation (RSVP required).
• 5:00 on Zoom: Delito y Castigo en América Latina. Hacia un estado del arte de la investigación social.

### Wednesday, May 29, 2024

• 10:30-12:00 at wilsoncenter.org: Election Series | Freedom of Speech and Protecting Journalists in Mexico (RSVP required).
• 11:00-12:00 at pbiusa.org: Courageous commitment to LGBTQIA+ rights / Compromiso valiente con los derechos LGBTQIA+ (RSVP required).

• 3:00-4:30 at WOLA and wola.org: Argentina: Democracy and Human Rights Under President Javier Milei (RSVP required).
• 4:00-5:00 at atlanticcouncil.org: Journalists report: Preview of Mexico’s June 2 election (RSVP required).

Thursday, May 30, 2024

• 10:00-11:00 at wilsoncenter.org: The Dengue Epidemic: A New Test of Latin America’s Health Sector (RSVP required).
• 10:00-11:00 at refugeesinternational.org: Living in Displacement in the Climate Emergency: Refugees and Climate Shocks (RSVP required).
• 11:00-12:00 at wilsoncenter.org: Election Series | The Future of US-Mexico Security Cooperation (RSVP required).
• 12:00-1:15 at the U.S. Institute of Peace: Strengthening Democracy in the Americas (RSVP required).

Friday, May 31, 2024

• 9:30-10:30 at usip.org: Huawei’s Expansion in Latin America and the Caribbean (RSVP required).

• 10:00-10:45 at the Atlantic Council and atlanticcouncil.org: The road to COP16 in Cali with Colombian Minister of Environment Susana Muhamad (RSVP required).
• 1:30-2:30 at atlanticcouncil.org: Hurricane readiness: Building climate resilience in the Caribbean (RSVP required).