Adam Isacson

All times are U.S. Eastern time zone.

Monday, June 13

• 1:00-2:00 at georgetown.edu: What to Expect from the Colombian Presidential Elections (RSVP required).

Tuesday, June 14

• 10:00-1:00 in 2172 Rayburn House Office Building or at foreignaffairs.house.gov: Hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on The Administration’s FY23 Budget Request for the Peace Corps, Development Finance Corporation, and Millennium Challenge Corporation.
• 10:00 at Zoom: Fake news in LatAm elections: Brazil, Chile, Colombia (RSVP required).
• 11:00-12:00 at thedialogue.org: Findings of Task Force on Climate Adaptation in the Northern Triangle (RSVP required).
• 11:00 at migrationpolicy.org: Promising Alternatives to Irregular Migration: Expanding Temporary Worker Programs in Canada, Mexico, and Costa Rica (RSVP required).

Wednesday, June 15

• 9:00-11:30 at wilsoncenter.org: The Impact of Violence Against Women on Central American Migration (RSVP required).
• 2:00 in 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building and at drugcaucus.senate.gov: Hearing of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control on Oversight of ONDCP and its 2022 National Drug Control Strategy.

Thursday, June 16

• 9:00 at appropriations.house.gov: Markup of the Homeland Security Appropriations Bill for FY 2023.

(All times U.S. Eastern)

Monday, May 23, 2022

• 2:00-3:30 at atlanticcouncil.org: Road to the Summit: A digital future for the Americas (RSVP required).

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

• 8:00-2:00 at atlanticcouncil.com: Cumbre de mujeres por Venezuela (RSVP required).
• 10:00-11:30 at wilsoncenter.org: Brazil Elections 2022: A Discussion on the State and Stakes of the Race (RSVP required).
• 10:30 at FJEDD Facebook: Bajo la Bota: Militarización de la Política Migratoria en México.
• 11:00 at migration policy.org: Seeking Safety: Regional Protection Options for Central Americans (RSVP required).
• 11:45-1:00 at colombia.fes.de: Frontera colombo-venezolana: una crisis ambiental ignorada y sus vínculos con la violencia armada (RSVP required).
• 2:00-3:30 at wola.org: High-Risk Feminism in Colombia (RSVP required).

Wednesday, May 25, 2022

• 10:00-12:30 at thedialogue.org: Media Sustainability in the Big Tech Era (RSVP required).
• 1:00-2:00 at wilsoncenter.org: Going Digital: The Promise of Fintech in Latin America (RSVP required).
• 2:30 in 124 Dirksen Senate Office Building and appropriations.senate.gov: Hearing of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs on Review of the Fiscal Year 2023 Budget Request for the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Thursday, May 26, 2022

• 9:00 in 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building and foreign.senate.gov: Hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women’s Issues on Ninth Summit of The Americas.
• 11:00-12:30 at csis.org: USAID MujerProspera / WomanProsper Winners Announcement Event: “Advancing Gender Equality in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras” (RSVP required).
• 4:00-5:00 at Refugees International: Experiences of Haitian Migrants in Mexico and at the U.S. Border (RSVP required).

Wednesday, April 6

• 10:00 at appropriations.house.gov: U.S. International Assistance to Combat Narcotics Trafficking.
• 10:00-12:00 at thedialogue.org: Recovering Schooling and Learning After Covid-19 in LAC Series #2 & #3: Learning Assessment and Remedial Strategies (RSVP required).
• 1:30 at appropriations.house.gov: DHS Office of Inspector General FY23 Budget Request.
• 2:00 at homeland.house.gov: Examining Title 42 and the Need to Restore Asylum at the Border.
• 4:00-5:30 at wilsoncenter.org: Mexico’s Revocation of Presidential Mandate: A Democratic Experiment? (RSVP required).

Thursday, April 7

• 1:00 at HIP Zoom: Mobilizing for Justice: Community Lessons from Colombia’s Paro Nacional (RSVP required).
• 3:00 at OAS YouTube/Facebook: Racismo Estructural en las Américas.

Friday, April 8

• 8:30-9:15 at atlanticcouncil.org: Brazil’s path ahead: A conversation with Brazil’s former Minister of Justice Sergio Moro (RSVP required).

Wednesday, February 16

• 2:00 at foreign.senate.gov: Hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Reinvigorating U.S. – Colombia Relations.

Thursday, February 17

• 9:00 at atlanticcouncil.org: #ProactiveLAC: A digital future for regional prosperity (RSVP required).
• 2:00 at homeland.house.gov: Hearing of the House Homeland Security Committee: Call to Action: Private Sector Investment in the Northern Triangle and Its Impact on Homeland Security.
• 3:00-4:30 at wola.org: The Status of Implementation for the Ethnic Chapter in Colombia’s Peace Accord (RSVP required).

Tuesday, February 8

• 10:00 at foreign.senate.gov: Hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Nominations, including that of The Honorable Laura Farnsworth Dogu To Be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Honduras.

Wednesday, February 9

• 10:30-12:00 at wola.org: Feeding the Fire: How Prohibition and the Drug War Fuel Corruption and Organized Crime in Latin America (RSVP required).

Thursday, February 10

• 3:00-5:00 at drclas.harvard.edu: The Crisis of Democracy in Central America (RSVP required).

Monday, January 31, 2022

• 2:00-3:30 at atlanticcouncil.org: Biometrics at the border: Balancing security, convenience, and civil liberties (RSVP required).
• 4:00-5:30 at wilsoncenter.org: Cuba: An American History (RSVP required).
• 6:00-7:30 at Zoom: Public Launch of the Washington Brazil Office (RSVP required).

Tuesday, February 1, 2022

• 2:00-5:00 at wilsoncenter.org: Tenth Annual U.S.-Mexico Security Conference Part 2 (RSVP required).

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

• 2:00-3:30 at csis.org: Cybersecurity, Supply Chains, and the Development of Mexico’s ICT Sector (RSVP required).

Thursday, February 3, 2022

• 10:00 at foreignaffairs.house.gov: Hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on “Overview of U.S. Priorities in the Western Hemisphere: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Path Ahead” (no online event announcement).
• 3:00 at american.edu: China’s Relations with Latin America (RSVP required).
• 9:00pm at aclu.zoom.us: Intersectionality of Police Practices & Racial Justice in the Borderlands (RSVP required).

Wednesday, January 19

• 11:00 at lse.zoom.us: Inequality and Trade Diversification: How Can Income Inequality in Latin America be reduced beyond Commodity Booms? (RSVP required).
• 11:00 at migrationpolicy.org: Biden at One: Assessing the Administration’s Immigration Record (RSVP required).
• 5:00-6:30 at ips-dc.org: Just Transition for Latin America / Una transición justa para América latina (RSVP required).

Thursday, January 20

• 9:00-10:00 at usip.org: 30 Years Later: El Salvador’s Peace Accords (RSVP required).
• 9:30 at foreignaffairs.house.gov Hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Bolstering Democracy in the Age of Rising Authoritarianism.
• 11:00 at foreignaffairs.house.gov: Hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Civilian Security, Migration and International Economic Policy on Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and Panama: A New Alliance for Promoting Democracy and Prosperity in the Americas.
• 11:00 at ibero.zoom.us: ¿Cómo están cambiando las relaciones cívico-militares en América Latina? (RSVP required).
• 11:30-12:30 at skyislandalliance.org: Border Changes in Southeastern Arizona—A Pilot’s Perspective (RSVP required).

Saturday, January 22

• 12:00-2:00 at tinyurl.com/sacredterritories: Sacred territories/Territorios Sagrados (RSVP required).

Monday, January 10

• 3:30-4:30 at wilsoncenter.org: Latin America’s Lithium and the Future of Renewable Energy in the United States (RSVP required).
• 4:00-5:00 at csis.org: Road to the 2022 Summit of the Americas: Trade and Investment (RSVP required).

Tuesday, January 11

• 11:00-12:00 at wilsoncenter.org: The Alliance for Development in Democracy: A Conversation with Three Foreign Ministers (RSVP required).

Wednesday, January 12

• 10:00-11:15 at thedialogue.org: Nicaragua 2022 – Is a Political Transition Possible? (RSVP required).
• 3:00-4:30 at csis.org: Assessing the Impact of Artisanal and Small-Scale and Illegal Mining in the Amazon (RSVP required).

Thursday, January 13

• 9:30 at armed-services.senate.gov: Hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Nomination – Plumb, Dalton, Wallander.
• 6:00-7:15 at mobilize.us: Witness: Looking Back, Looking Forward (RSVP required).

Monday, December 13 – Thursday, December 16

• At oas.org: 182nd Regular Period of Sessions, Inter-American Human Rights Commission (RSVP required).

Monday, December 13

• 2:00-4:00 at usip.org: Bolivia’s Search for Justice and Reconciliation (RSVP required).
• 6:30pm at thedialogue.org: América Latina en la transición de poder mundial y la era poscovid (RSVP required).

Tuesday, December 14

• 9:00-7:00 at thedialogue.org: América Latina en la transición de poder mundial y la era poscovid (RSVP required).
• 2:00-3:30 at thedialogue.org: Recovering Schooling and Learning After Covid-19 in LAC Series #1 – Early Warning Systems (RSVP required).
• 3:00-4:00 at csis.org: The Road to the 2022 Summit of the Americas: Vaccine Diplomacy and Engagement (RSVP required).

Thursday, December 16

• 8:00-9:30am at thedialogue.org: Toward Pandemic Recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean—Exploring New Dimensions of Japan-US-LAC Interregional Cooperation (RSVP required).
• 4:00-5:00 at refugeesinternational.org: Voices from the Border: “It’s very hard to have rights”: Refugee and Migrant Communities in Tijuana During the Pandemic (RSVP required).

Friday, December 17

• 1:30 at atlanticcouncil.org: Looking to 2022: CARICOM Chair, Prime Minister Gaston Browne on US-Caribbean relations (RSVP required).
• 3:00-4:30 at wola.org: Revisiting Rapprochement 7 Years Later: Engagement on Pause (RSVP required).

Monday, December 6

• 8:00–10:00 at wilsoncenter.org: Mayors Delivering Democracy Daily (RSVP required).
• 10:00–11:00 at heritage.org: Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on Strengthening Relations with Our Partners in the Western Hemisphere (RSVP required).
• 10:00–11:30 at brookings.edu: Combating corruption to drive democratic renewal A kickoff event for the Summit for Democracy  (RSVP required).
• 10:00–11:30 at csis.org: Advocates for Democracy in Closed Spaces (RSVP required).
• 11:00 at Facebook Live: Towards the Creation of a Justice and Accountability Process in Nicaragua.
• 11:00 at georgetown.edu: 2021 Hillary Rodham Clinton Awards: Women’s Rights are Human Rights (RSVP required).
• 2:00 at Zoom: Nicaragua: Portrait of the institutional capture in the Americas (RSVP required).

Tuesday, December 7

• 11:00–12:00 at wilsoncenter.org: Pathways to Justice: Gender-Based Violence and the Rule of Law (RSVP required).
• 1:00 at fiu.zoom.us: The Fading Pulse of Democracy in Central America? (RSVP required).
• 3:00 at Zoom: Honduras after the Vote (RSVP required).
• 4:00–5:30 at kroc.nd.edu: Five Years of Peace Agreement Implementation in Colombia: Insights from the Kroc Institute (RSVP required).
• 6:00–7:30 at keough.nd.edu: The Inter-American Human Rights System: Best Practices for Implementing IACHR Decisions (RSVP required).
• 8:00pm-9:30pm at eventbrite: Crisis in Honduras: A post-election update from on-the-ground activists (RSVP required).

Wednesday, December 8

• 1:00–2:00 at wilsoncenter.org: Addressing Governance Challenges in Haiti: The Role of the International Community (RSVP required).
• 2:00 at foreignaffairs.house.gov: Hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Bolstering Democracy in the Age of Rising Authoritarianism.
• 4:00 at atlanticcouncil.org: A plan for Colombia’s COVID-19 recovery and why it matters for the United States (RSVP required).
• 6:00–7:30 at keough.nd.edu: The Inter-American Human Rights System: Reparations Design and Compliance (RSVP required).

Thursday, December 9

• 12:00–2:00 at wilsoncenter.org: Mexican Farm Workers in North American Agriculture (RSVP required).
• 3:00–4:30 at thedialogue.org: Building the Peace in Colombia: Five years after the end of the FARC conflict (RSVP required).
• 4:00–5:00 at Witness at the Border: MPP 2.0 – Can Inhumane be Less Inhumane? (RSVP required).
• 4:00–5:00 at csis.org: A New Proposal for Effective Political Leadership in the Americas (RSVP required).
• 6:00–7:30 at keough.nd.edu: The Inter-American Human Rights System: Launch of Principles on Academic Freedom (RSVP required).

Monday, October 18

• 12:15-6:30 at migrationpolicy.org: Symposium on the Migration Dynamics of North America Before, During, and After Covid-19 (RSVP required).

Tuesday, October 19

• 9:30 in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Hearing of the Senate Finance Committee to Consider the Nomination of Chris Magnus, of Arizona, to be Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
• 10:30-1:00 at Zoom and Facebook Live: Colombia – En su camino por la Ratificación de la Convención Interamericana contra el Racismo (RSVP required).
• 1:00-4:30 at thedialogue.org: 25th Annual CAF Conference (RSVP required).

Wednesday, October 20

• 12:00-5:00 at thedialogue.org: 25th Annual CAF Conference (RSVP required).
• 5:30-7:30 at George Washington University and online: LAHSP 50th Anniversary Celebration with President Laura Chinchilla (RSVP required).

Thursday, October 21

• 9:00-10:30 at CSIS: Supply Chain Relocation to Mexico and North American Economic Competitiveness (RSVP required).
• 10:00 in 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security.
• 3:00-4:30 at thedialogue.org: Brazilian Democracy at Risk? (RSVP required).
• 4:00-5:30 at eventbrite: ¿A mí qué me importan los #PandoraPapers? Edición Honduras (RSVP required).

Monday, September 13

• 2:00-3:00 at csis.org: Haiti in Crisis: What Role Can the International Community Play? (RSVP required).

Tuesday, September 14

• 10:30-12:00 at wola.org: Criminalized and Incarcerated in Latin America: How the “Drug War” Drives the Region’s Prison Crisis (RSVP required).

Wednesday, September 15

• 4:00-5:00 at atlanticcouncil.org: Central America at 200: What does the next phase of regional integration look like? (RSVP required).

Friday, September 17

• 9:30-11:00 at wola.org: Voices from the Frontlines: Bolstering Collective Power to End the Incarceration of Women Worldwide (RSVP required).
• 12:00-1:30 at gwu.edu: Humanitarian and Political Crisis in Haiti: A Roadmap for the Future (RSVP required).

Tuesday, May 25

• 10:00-11:30 at brookings.edu: Mexico’s midterm elections: The future of the López Obrador presidency and US-Mexico relations (RSVP required).
• 1:00 at atlanticcouncil.org: A studio conversation with Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Colombia Marta Lucía Ramírez (RSVP required).
• After 2:15 business meeting ends at foreign.senate.gov: Hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Foreign Policy Priorities and Preview of the FY22 State Department Budget Request.

Wednesday, May 26

• 10:00-11:30 at wola.org: Civil Society Crackdown in Venezuela: Working for Peaceful Change in the Face of Repression (RSVP required).
• 10:00am at appropriations.house.gov: Hearing of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs on Department of State and Related Programs FY22 Budget Request.
• 10:00am at appropriations.house.gov: Hearing of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security on Department of Homeland Security Resource Management and Operational Priorities.
• 10:30-12:00 at wilsoncenter.org: Moving Forward: Assessing the Impact of Feminist Movements in Latin America (RSVP required).
• 2:00pm at appropriations.senate.gov: Hearing of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security on A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2022 Funding Request for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
• 2:30pm at appropriations.senate.gov: Hearing of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs on Review of the Fiscal Year 2022 U.S. Agency for International Development Budget Request.
• 3:00 at atlanticcouncil.org: Combatting corruption in the Northern Triangle: Prioritizing a whole-of-society approach (RSVP required).
• 3:00 at zoom: Road2Return: Decriminalizing Family Unity (RSVP required).
• 3:30-6:30 at kellogg.nd.edu: Militarización y Brutalidad Policial en América Latina: Por qué Sucede y Cómo Prevenirla

Thursday, May 27

• 9:00-10:15 at thedialogue.org: Decoding China’s Covid-19 Diplomacy—What Effect on US-China-Latin America Relations? (RSVP required).
• 10:15am at hsgac.senate.gov: Hearing of the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Nominations of John K. Tien to be Deputy Secretary, DHS; Robert P. Silvers to be Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans, DHS; and Jonathan E. Meyer to be General Counsel, DHS.
• 11:00 at wola.org: The Other Borders: The Impact of Migration Enforcement Policies in Mexico and Guatemala (RSVP required).
• 11:00-12:00 at thedialogue.org: A Conversation with Iván Duque Márquez, President of the Republic of Colombia (RSVP required).
• 11:00am at appropriations.house.gov: Hearing of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs on United States Agency for International Development (USAID) FY22 Budget Request.
• 1:30-2:45 at csis.org: Outlining a Roadmap for Successful Negotiations in Venezuela (RSVP required).

Friday, May 28

• 2:00 at wola.org: Event on Colombia TBA – check here for the posting.