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June 10, 2024 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

11 events about Latin America this week, that I know about, that can be attended in person in Washington or online anywhere.

(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.

June 3, 2024 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

16 events about Latin America this week, that I know about, that can be attended in person in Washington or online anywhere.

(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).

May 27, 2024 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

16 events about Latin America this week, that I know about, that can be attended in person in Washington or online anywhere.

(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).

May 19, 2024 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

16 events about Latin America this week, that I know about, that can be attended in person in Washington or online anywhere.

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

Monday, May 20, 2024

3:00-4:30 at wilsoncenter.org: Election Series | Discussing Mexico’s Third Presidential Debate (RSVP required).

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

10:00-11:00 at wilsoncenter.org: The Dengue Epidemic: A New Test of Latin America’s Health Sector Preparedness (RSVP required).
10:00-12:00 at the Inter-American Dialogue and online: Medios y democracia en las Américas VI: El periodismo independiente ante el declive democrático en la región (RSVP required).
10:30 in Room 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on American Diplomacy and Global Leadership: Review of the FY25 State Department Budget Request.
12:00-1:00 at quincyinst.org: A U.S.-Kenyan Rescue in Haiti and its Implications for American Foreign Policy (RSVP required).
2:30 in Room 138 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Hearing of the Senate Appropriations State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee on A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the U.S. Department of State.
3:00-4:00 at the Inter_American Dialogue and thedialogue.org: Chile’s Foreign Policy Priorities (RSVP required).

Wednesday, May 22, 2024

10:00 in Room 2359 Rayburn House Office Building: Budget Hearing of the House Appropriations State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee on Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the Department of State.
2:00 in Room 2172 Rayburn House Office Building: Hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on The State of American Diplomacy in 2024: Global Instability, Budget Challenges, and Great Power Competition.
2:00-3:00 at USIP: Haiti and Development: Learning from Successes (RSVP required).
3:00-4:00 at csis.org: Combatting Transnational Drug Flows: A Conversation with Admiral LeGree (RSVP required).

Thursday, May 23, 2024

10:00 in Room 2200 Rayburn House Office Building: 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.
2:00-3:00 at the Wilson Center and wilsoncenter.org: Bridging Histories, Forging Futures: Celebrating 200 Years of Brazil-US Relations (RSVP required).

Friday, May 24, 2024

8:15-9:45 at thedialogue.org: The Security Challenge for Democracies in Latin America (RSVP required).
10:00-11:00 at brookings.edu: Haiti on the brink: The prospects and challenges of the Kenyan-led MSS initiative (RSVP required).
10:00-11:00 at the Inter-American Dialogue and thedialogue.org: A Fireside Chat with Lourdes Melgar (RSVP required).

May 12, 2024 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

6 events about Latin America this week, that I know about, that can be attended in person in Washington or online anywhere.

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

Tuesday, May 14, 2024

2:00-3:00 at CSIS and csis.org: Cooperative Approaches to Counter-Narcotics: Perspectives from the Director of National Drug Control Policy (RSVP required).

Wednesday, May 15, 2024

10:00-11:30 at brookings.edu: Ballots and bullets: Mexico’s 2024 elections (RSVP required).
10:00-7:00 at Universidad Nacional Sede Antioquia YouTube: La Migración Sur-Sur: el Caso de Venezuela y Más Allá.

Thursday, May 16, 2024

9:30-5:00 at Universidad Nacional Sede Antioquia YouTube: La Migración Sur-Sur: el Caso de Venezuela y Más Allá.
10:00-11:00 at the Wilson Center and wilsoncenter.org: Preserving and Strengthening Democracy in Latin America (RSVP required).
10:30-12:00 at thedialogue.org: Legal Identity, Nationality, and Name of Children on the Move in the Americas (RSVP required).
2:00 in Room 310, Cannon House Office Building: Hearing of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability entitled Security Risk: The Unprecedented Surge in Chinese Illegal Immigration.

May 5, 2024 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

12 events about Latin America this week, that I know about, that can be attended in person in Washington or online anywhere.

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

Tuesday, May 7, 2024

10:00-11:15 at thedialogue.org: Is Peru’s Democracy at Risk? (RSVP required).
10:00 in Rayburn House Office Building Room 2172 and online: Hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Global Health, Global Human Rights and International Organizations on Brazil: A Crisis of Democracy, Freedom, & Rule of Law?
10:00 at Capitol Building Room H-309 and online: Budget Hearing of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the Drug Enforcement Administration.
10:30-11:00 at the Heritage Foundation and online: Securing the Border and Keeping Americans Safe: How Illegal Immigration Leads to Preventable Crime (RSVP required).
10:30-11:45 at wilsoncenter.org: Election Series | Assessing Mexico’s Democracy (RSVP required).
5:00-6:30 at Haymarket Books online: Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition (RSVP required).

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

10:00 at Cannon House Office Building Room 210 and online: Hearing of the House Budget Committee on The Cost of the Border Crisis.
11:00-12:30 at Kroc Institute Zoom: Launch of the Kroc Institute’s Eighth Comprehensive Report on Colombian Peace Accord Implementation (RSVP required).

Thursday, May 9, 2024

12:30-1:30 at wilsoncenter.org: No More Lost Decades: Opportunities From Nearshoring, the Energy Transition, and Other Drivers of Sustainable Growth (RSVP required).
2:00 at JRS Zoom: Webinar: Navigating the U.S.-Mexico Border (RSVP required).

Friday, May 10, 2024

10:30-11:30 at WOLA and online: Construcción de la memoria en Venezuela: una conversación con Lissette González (RSVP required).
12:00 at judiciary.house.gov: Hearing of the House Judiciary Committee on The Biden Border Crisis: Arizona Perspectives.

April 29, 2024 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

12 events about Latin America this week, that I know about, that can be attended in person in Washington or online anywhere.

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

Monday, April 29, 2024

11:00-12:00 at the Wilson Center and online: Report Launch | Crypto in Venezuela: Two Sides of a Coin (RSVP required).
2:00-3:00 at the Brookings Institution and online: Domestic deployment of the National Guard (RSVP required).
3:00-4:30 at wilsoncenter.org: Election Series | Discussing Mexico’s Second Presidential Debate (RSVP required).

Tuesday, April 30, 2024

10:00 at Room 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building: Hearing of the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee on Fiscal Year 2025 Request for Customs and Border Protection.
2:00 in Room 608 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Hearing of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control on Chinese Money Laundering Organizations: Cleaning Cartel Cash.

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

1:00-2:30 at the Atlantic Council and atlanticcouncil.org: Homeland defense: Evolving capabilities for a new era (RSVP required).

Thursday, May 2, 2024

9:30 in Room SH-216 Hart Senate Office Building: Hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee To Receive Testimony on Worldwide Threats.
11:00-12:00 at wilsoncenter.org: The Lithium Triangle: To Be or Not to Be Successful (RSVP required).
2:00-5:00 at CSIS and online: North American Economic Security in an Era of Geopolitical Uncertainty (RSVP required).
4:00-5:00 at atlanticcouncil.org: Beyond the ballot: Panama’s elections and economic outlook (RSVP required).

Friday, May 3, 2024

10:00-11:15 at wilsoncenter.org: Mexico Election Series | The Future of USMCA (RSVP required).
10:30-12:00 at the Inter-American Dialogue and online: Navigating Corruption: Implications for Venezuela’s Future (RSVP required).

April 21, 2024 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

11 events about Latin America this week, that I know about, that can be attended in person in Washington or online anywhere.

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

Monday, April 22, 2024

1:00-5:00 at George Washington University: Strengthening Ties: A Reflection On 200 Years of U.S.-Brazil Relations (RSVP required).

Tuesday, April 23, 2024

11:00-12:30 at Wilson Center Zoom: Mexico Election Series | Challenges and Opportunities in the Implementation of Health Policies 2024-2030 (RSVP required).
12:00 at CISAN UNAM YouTube: La crisis del fentanilo en América del Norte: perspectivas regionales y globales.

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

12:00-1:00 at Georgetown University: Latin America Research Seminar: “Bridging Fiction and Politics : Juan Egaña’s “Cartas Pehuenches” and Nation-Building in 19th-century Chile”.

Thursday, April 25, 2024

10:00 at MPI Zoom: Mapping Global Human Mobility in an Increasingly Complex World (RSVP required).
11:00 at Canning House Zoom: Opinion In Focus (RSVP required).
11:00-12:30 at Wilson Center Zoom: Mexico Election Series | Foreign Policy for the Future: Opportunities and Challenges (RSVP required).
1:00 at worldrelief.org: What Can Christians Do About the Border Crisis? (RSVP required).
1:00-2:30 at the Wilson Center and online: RAFDI Working Group Report Launch | US Leadership Matters in Addressing Forced Displacement Crisis (RSVP required).
2:30-3:30 at the Inter-American Dialogue: Security Challenges in Ecuador – A Conversation with Interior Minister Mónica Palencia (RSVP required).

Friday, April 26, 2024

11:15-12:30 at Wilson Center Zoom: Climate Resilience and Democratic Governance in Central America’s Northern Triangle (RSVP required).

April 16, 2024 — 0

Thursday Evening Book Event

If you’re in Washington, join me on Thursday evening at a very good bookstore, for a discussion of a very good book. I’ll be moderating a discussion with Ieva Jusionyte, whose book Exit Wounds was just released today, at the original Politics and Prose store up on Connecticut Avenue.

Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border is a series of vignettes and character sketches about gun trafficking, organized crime, and migration at the U.S.-Mexico border. Jusionyte makes the point that Mexico is not inherently a violent place, that the United States’ approach to firearms plays a role too.

I’ve given the book a very close read and am completely over-prepared. Looking forward to Thursday.

I liked this part:

I began following American guns south in order to understand what they were doing to Mexican society. From the stories migrants and refugees told me I already knew I would find communities scarred by gun violence and people who were living in fear, some of whom were choosing to leave their homes in search of safety and better lives. I knew that this journey would eventually take me back to the border, right to where I had started, that the plight of migrants and refugees running away from threats would only lead to further militarization and fortification of the barrier separating “us” from “them.” After all, the desire to prevent migrants from crossing is a strong political potion that reliably wins elections in the United States. And yet I was surprised by how few people recognize that it’s a circle. Even the language we use to talk about violence south of the border, using such terms as “narcos” and “cartels,” only reinforces the idea that Mexico is a dangerous country and we need to build a barrier lest those people coming from over there—not only Mexico, but also Honduras and Guatemala, Haiti and Venezuela, and many other places—would bring violence here.

Somehow, we fail to connect the dots: that the violence people are fleeing, the violence we are afraid they would spread in the United States is, in large part, of our own making—that the tools come from the factories in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Tennessee, some smuggled across the borders, others legally exported to foreign military and police forces with records of abuse. Even more: these guns come from the same regions where addiction to opioids has created demand for drugs that continue to enrich smugglers in Mexico; that the money Americans spend on fentanyl, heroin, or meth will be used to buy guns to arm those who supply this contraband. Nor do we realize that the US government’s pursuit of most prominent Mexican traffickers and their extraditions to face trials on this side of the border—the list that includes several leaders of the Gulf Cartel and the Zetas—have deprived communities that have suffered their brutality most directly from recourse to justice, further fraying the social fabric of the Mexican society.

April 15, 2024 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

17 events about Latin America this week, that I know about, that can be attended in person in Washington or online anywhere.

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

Monday, April 15

11:00 at Facebook Live: Observamos de Costa a Costa: Informe Elecciones Regionales 2024.
11:00 at thedialogue.org: Consolidation of Power and State Capture in Nicaragua (RSVP required).
11:00-12:30 at iiss.org: Drug-trafficking, organised crime and electoral processes in Latin America (RSVP required).
8:00pm at Honduras Solidarity Network Zoom: Juan Orlando Hernandez, Guilty! Where is Accountability for his Enablers: the U.S. & Canada? (RSVP required).

Tuesday, April 16

10:00-1:00 in Room 310, Cannon House Office Building: Hearing of the House Homeland Security Committee about A Review of the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security.
10:00 in Room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building: Hearing of the House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs about How the Border Crisis Impacts Public Safety.
10:30-12:00 at the OAS: Book Talk and Discussion with Author Marie Arana (RSVP required).
12:00-1:00 at Global Americans Zoom: U.S.-Spain Cooperation and the Western Hemisphere with Ambassador Julissa Reynoso (RSVP required).

Wednesday, April 17

2:30 in Room 2358-A, Rayburn House Office Building: Hearing of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security about Fiscal Year 2025 Request for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Thursday, April 18

10:00 in Room 342, Dirksen Senate Office Building: Hearing of the Senate Homeland Security Committee on The FY25 Dhs Budget: Resources and Authorities Requested to Protect and Secure the Homeland.
10:00-11:00 in Room 2247, Rayburn House Office Building: Challenges in Upholding Racial Justice in Policing and the Rule of Law in Colombia.
11:00-12:30 at Wilson Center Zoom: Border Policy, Organized Crime, and Migration Between Mexico and the US (RSVP required).
12:00-1:30 at the Institute for Policy Studies and online: Responding to Green Colonialism: Voices from Latin America, Asia, and the Middle East (RSVP required).
3:00-4:30 at the Wilson Center and online: OECD Expansion in Latin America (RSVP required).
3:30-5:30 at New School Zoom: Indigenous Autonomous Governments and Decoloniality: Paths to (Re)Affirm, Defend, and Restitute Territories of Life (RSVP required).
7:00 at Politics and Prose Connecticut Ave.: Ieva Jusionyte — Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence Across the Border.

Friday, April 19

4:00 at Zoom: CBP One App: Migrants Speak (RSVP required).

April 8, 2024 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

19 events about Latin America this week, that I know about, that can be attended in person in Washington or online anywhere.

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

Monday, April 8, 2024

3:00 at Wilson Center Zoom: Discussing Mexico’s First Presidential Debate (RSVP required).
6:00 at George Washington University: Elections and Electoral Democracy in Latin America (RSVP required).

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

8:30-5:30 at Georgetown Law School: Protecting Environmental Defenders in an Age of Climate Emergency (RSVP required).
9:30-12 at Zoom: Transitional Justice in Colombia: The Environment as-and-for Transitional Justice (RSVP required).
11:30-12:30 at the Wilson Center and online: Book Presentation: Siete Presidentes y el Crimen Organizado (1982-2023) by Sergio Aguayo (RSVP required).

12:00 at Zoom: Estallido de violencia en #Chiapas: ¿Qué está pasando en la zona fronteriza? (RSVP required).
2:30 in Room 138 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Hearing of the Senate Appropriations Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee on A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

10:00 in Room 2359 Rayburn House Office Building: Hearing of the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee on Fiscal Year 2025 Request for the Department of Homeland Security.
10:00 in Room 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on FY2025 United States Agency for International Development Budget Request.
10:00 in Room 310 Cannon House Office Building: Hearing of the House Homeland Security Committee on markup of several border and migration-related bills.
10:15 in Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building: Hearing of the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on Biden’s Border Crisis: Examining the Impacts of International Cartels Targeting Indian Country.
12:00-1:00 at Georgetown University: Latin America Research Seminar: “From Archive to Adaptation and Voice”.
2:00-3:00 at the Carnegie Endowment and online: Pivotal States: The Venezuela Problem (RSVP required).
2:30 in Room 219 Dirksen Senate Office Building: Hearing of the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee on A Review of the President’s Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security.
4:00 at Georgetown University and online: U.S.-Mexico Presidential Elections: Insights from a Former Ambassador on the Critical Issues (RSVP required).
4:30 at LASA Zoom: Panel Discussion with Francisco Sagasti, Former President of Peru (RSVP required).

Thursday, April 11, 2024

9:00-10:00 at the Inter-American Dialogue: New Infrastructure—Emerging Trends in Chinese Investment in Latin America (RSVP required).
3:00 on Zoom: Im/Mobility in Migratory Contexts (RSVP required).

Friday, April 12, 2024

1:30 at the Atlantic Council and online: Local perspectives: Unlocking US-Colombia ties on development and democracy (RSVP required).

April 1, 2024 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

Six events about Latin America this week, that I know about, that can be attended in person in Washington or online anywhere.

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

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

4:00 at the Atlantic Council and atlanticcouncil.org: Venezuelans’ view of the July elections: A look at public opinion (RSVP required).

Thursday, April 4, 2024

8:30-4:30 at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Center: 6th Annual Security Challenges in Latin American Forum (RSVP required).
9:30-10:30 at the Inter-American Dialogue: Perspectives on Argentina with Founding Member of La Libertad Avanza (RSVP required).
1:30 at American University: Haiti: From Crisis to Catalyst.
4:30 at Center GW Law School and online: The Threat to Human Rights in the Face of the Regionalization of Bukele’s Model of Government.

Friday, April 5, 2024

10:00-12:00 at the Brookings Institution and Brookings.edu: The 10th annual Breyer Lecture: Matias Spektor on the US, the West, and international law in an age of strategic competition (RSVP required).

March 24, 2024 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

Six events about Latin America this week, that I know about, that can be attended in person in Washington or online anywhere.

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

Monday, March 25, 2024

4:00-5:30 at wilsoncenter.org: Nicaragua Must Survive: Sandinista Revolutionary Diplomacy in the Global Cold War (RSVP required).

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

11:00-12:00 at the Wilson Center: Book Launch: Battle of Powers (RSVP required).
2:00-3:30 at WOLA and wola.org: Violence, Security and the Search for Justice in Venezuela (RSVP required).

Wednesday, March 27, 2024

10:00-11:00 at wilsoncenter.org: A New Threat to Women in Politics: Online Gender-Based Violence (RSVP required).
1:00 at Georgetown University: Latin America Research Seminar: “Political Elites’ Decision-making and Democratic Constitutional Change in Chile after a Social Uprising”.
4:00-5:00 at Georgetown University and online: Refugee Relocation in Mexico: Findings from the UNHCR Local Integration Program US Launch Event.

March 17, 2024 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

Fourteen events about Latin America this week, that I know about, that can be attended in person in Washington or online anywhere.

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

Monday, March 18, 2024

9:00-10:30 at csis.org: USAID/MujerProspera: Advancing Gender Equality in Northern Central America (RSVP required).
2:00-5:00 at CSIS and csis.org: From Terrestrial to Celestial: Unlocking the Potential to Enhance U.S.-Latin American B2B Collaboration (RSVP required).

Tuesday, March 19, 2024

3:00-3:50AM at WOLA Zoom (Event in Vienna, Austria): From Synthetic Drug Threats to Synthetic Drug Realities.
10:00 at the Atlantic Council and atlanticcouncil.org: General Laura Richardson on security in the Western Hemisphere (RSVP required).
6:00-8:00 at Busboys and Poets K Street: Aid State: Elite Panic, Disaster Capitalism, and the Battle to Control Haiti (RSVP required).

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

8:00-8:50 at WOLA Zoom (Event in Vienna, Austria): Environmental Justice and the Urgency of Drug Policy Reform.
2:45 in Room 342, Dirksen Senate Office Building: Hearing of the Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Spending Oversight on Strengthening International Cooperation to Stop the Flow of Fentanyl Into the United States.

Thursday, March 21, 2024

4:10AM at WOLA Zoom (Event in Vienna, Austria): The War on Drugs: Militarization and States of Emergency (RSVP required).
10:30 in Room 419, Dirksen Senate Office Building: Hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Implementation of the U.S. Anti-Corruption Strategy.
1:00 at Artículo19 social networks: Debates sobre la regulación electoral.
2:00 in Room 310, Cannon House Office Building: Hearing of two House Homeland Security Subcommittees on Examining CBP One: Functions, Features, Expansion, and Risks.
2:00 in Room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building: Hearing of the House Oversight Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs on Accountable Assistance: Reviewing Controls to Prevent Mismanagement of Foreign Aid.
3:00 at AfroResistance Zoom: Realities and Challenges of the Haitian Population in the Dominican Republic from the Voices of Women (RSVP required).
4:30-5:30 at Georgetown University: Whose Story to Tell? Writing About, For, and Alongside Children on the Move (RSVP required).

March 10, 2024 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

Ten events about Latin America this week, that I know about, that can be attended in person in Washington or online anywhere.

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

Monday, March 11, 2024

10:00-11:15 at the Wilson Center and wilsoncenter.org: China’s Voice in Latin American Media (RSVP required).
2:30 in Room 216, Hart Senate Office Building: Hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Worldwide Threats.

Tuesday, March 12, 2024

10:00 in Room 2118, Rayburn House Office Building: Hearing of the House Armed Services Committee on U.S. Military Posture and National Security Challenges in North and South America.

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

12:00-1:00 at Georgetown University: Latin America Research Seminar: “Transforming the Religious/Secular Arena: The Far-Reaching Consequences of Educational Reform in Chile”.
3:15 at UCLA Zoom: A View from the Border: Exploring Challenges & Solutions for Immigration Policy with Advocates on the Ground (RSVP required).

Thursday, March 14, 2024

9:30 in Room 216, Hart Senate Office Building: Hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on the posture of United States Northern Command and United States Southern Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2025 and the Future Years Defense Program.
10:00-11:00 at the Wilson Center and wilsoncenter.org: Navigating Brazil’s G20 Presidency: A Conversation with Ambassador Maurício Lyrio (RSVP required).
12:00-1:30 at Georgetown University and online: Mexican Cartels, Fentanyl, and the Global Synthetic Drugs Revolution (RSVP required).
12:00-1:30 at thedialogue.org: The Future Of Micro-Credentials in Latin America – Challenges And Opportunities (RSVP required).
3:00-4:30 at Georgetown University: Global Humanities Seminar Series: Son Jarocho, Sounds of Dissent, and Global Activism.

March 4, 2024 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

Eleven events about Latin America this week, that I know about, that can be attended in person in Washington or online anywhere.

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

Tuesday, March 5, 2024

12:00 online: A conversation about Digital Rights with the Experts (RSVP required).
12:00-1:20 at harvard.edu: Venezuela 2024: Negotiations, Elections, and the Prospects for a Way Out (RSVP required).
3:00 at WOLA: Mesa “Ideas por la Democracia”: Desafíos y oportunidades en las Américas (RSVP required).
4:00-5:30 at George Washington University: Book Talk: Love and Despair: How Catholic Activism Shaped Politics and the Counterculture in Modern Mexico, With Professor Jaime Pensado.

Wednesday, March 6, 2024

2:00 at wola.org: The Past, Present, and Future of the Fight for Gender and Racial Justice in the Americas (RSVP required).
2:00-3:15 at wilsoncenter.org: Political Risk and Mexico’s Investment Climate (RSVP required).

Thursday, March 7, 2024

2:00 in Room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building: Hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere on The Agents of Antisemitism in Latin America.
2:00 in Room 2141, Rayburn House Office Building: Meeting of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement on Presidential Power to Secure the Border.
3:00-4:00 at CSIS and csis.org: Rethinking the U.S. Approach in the Global South (RSVP required).

Friday, March 8, 2024

10:00-12:00 at the Atlantic Council and atlaniccouncil.org: Breaking waves: Igniting gender inclusivity for development across the Americas (RSVP required).
1:00-2:15 at the Inter-American Dialogue and thedialogue.org: Freedom Behind Bars: 11 Stories of Resistance (RSVP required).

February 25, 2024 — 2

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

Forty-six events about Latin America this week, that I know about, that can be attended in person in Washington or online anywhere.

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

Monday, February 26, 2024

11:00-1:00 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Guatemala: Case 13.159 14 Communities of the Mayan Q’eqchi’ People (Ex officio).
1:30 at atlanticcouncil.org: Venezuela at a turning point: María Corina Machado on 2024 elections (RSVP required).
2:30-6:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Colombia: Case 13.583 – League of Displaced Women.
5:00 at atlanticcouncil.org: Redefining US strategy with Latin America and the Caribbean for a new era (RSVP required).

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

9:00-10:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Colombia: Forced Recruitment of Indigenous Children and Adolescents in the Armed Conflict in Cauca.
10:00 in Room G50, Dirksen Senate Office Building: Hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Damming the Iron River: How to Stop the Deadly Flow of American Guns to the Cartels.
10:00-12:00 at the Heritage Foundation and heritage.org: The Dangers of Gender Ideology at Home and Abroad (RSVP required).
11:00-12:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Colombia: Right to comprehensive redress of the victims of the armed conflict.
3:30-4:15 at atlanticcouncil.org: Institutional Retrenchment and the Growth Imperative in Latin America, at Freedom and Prosperity Research Conference (RSVP required).
4:30-6:00 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Guatemala: Follow-up to precautionary measures in favor of indigenous communities.
6:00-8:00 at American University: Sounding the Alarm: A Conversation on the Rise of Authoritarianism Behind Latin America’s Humanitarian Crisis (RSVP required).

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

9:00-10:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Mexico: Protection of Women Seekers.
9:00-10:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Ecuador: Right to indigenous justice.
9:30-10:45 at WOLA and wola.org: Chemical Reactions: U.S.-Mexico Drug Control in the Age of Fentanyl (RSVP required).
10:00-11:15 at the Wilson Center and wilsoncenter.org: 11th Annual US-Mexico Security Conference: Preventing and Combating Illicit Trade (RSVP required).
11:00-12:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Mexico: Protection of Human Rights Defenders and Journalists.
11:00-12:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: United States: Impacts of uranium exploitation on indigenous peoples’ rights.
12:00-1:00 at Georgetown University: Latin America Research Seminar: “Afro-Colombian female resistance and resilience in ‘Ancestras’ by Petrona Martínez” (RSVP required).
2:00-3:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Honduras: Forced evictions of indigenous, black and peasant communities.
2:00-3:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Dominican Republic: Human Rights of Persons Deprived of Liberty.
4:00-5:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Regional: Status of judicial independence (Ex officio).
4:00-5:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Regional: Impact of carbon market expansion on indigenous peoples and local communities in Colombia, Guyana and Peru.
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Thursday, February 29, 2024

9:00-10:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Regional: Human rights of people in human mobility due to the effects of climate change.
9:00-10:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Cuba: Right to freedom of association.
10:30-11:45 at Forum on the Arms Trade Zoom: Accountability for Gun Violence: What’s Next In Mexico’s Case Against U.S. Gun Manufacturers? (RSVP required).
11:00-12:00 at wilsoncenter.org: A Conversation with Interior Minister Mónica Palencia on Ecuador’s Security Crisis (RSVP required).
11:00-12:00 at the Inter-American Dialogue and thedialogue.org: Caribbean Energy Synergies (RSVP required).
11:00-12:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Haiti: Impunity for sexual violence against women and girls.
11:00-12:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Cuba: Human Rights of Persons Participating in Medical Missions.
1:00 at WOLA and wola.org: Climate Emergency, Displacement, and Migration: Voices and Proposals from Affected Communities and Civil Society (RSVP required).
2:00-3:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Guyana: Impacts of private companies on human rights.
2:00-3:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Panamá: Impacts of private business activities on the human rights of indigenous and peasant communities.
3:00-4:15 at wilsoncenter.org: 11th Annual US-Mexico Security Conference: Challenges Facing the Next President of Mexico (RSVP required).
4:00-5:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Regional: Right to reintegration of women deprived of their liberty.
4:00-5:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Regional: Situation of human rights defenders.
4:30-5:30 at WOLA and wola.org: Accused of Money Laundering and Terrorism: Criminalization of NGOs to Close Civic Space (RSVP required).

Friday, March 1, 2024

9:00-10:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Nicaragua: Arbitrary deprivation of liberty for political reasons.
9:00-10:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Uruguay: Right to nationality and risk of statelessness in legislation.
11:00-12:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Peru: Human rights of victims of forced sterilization.
11:00-12:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Regional: Business Impacts on Human Rights and the Environment.
2:00 at Columbia ILAS Zoom: New Perspectives on Crime, Violence, and Victims in Latin America (RSVP required).
2:00-3:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Chile: Human Rights of the Deaf persons.
2:00-3:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Venezuela: Right to physical, psychological and moral integrity of political prisoners.
4:00-5:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Peru: Public Prosecutor’s Office Situation and Human Rights Impacts.
4:00-5:30 at Inter-American Human Rights Commission Headquarters: Regional: Human rights situation of older persons in the region (Ex Officio).

February 19, 2024 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

Nine events about Latin America this week, that I know about, that can be attended in person in Washington or online anywhere.

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

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

9:00-10:00 at wilsoncenter.org: What to Expect from Secretary Blinken’s Visit to Brazil (RSVP required).
10:00-11:00 at hudson.org: What Does Bukelismo Mean for Latin America?.
2:00-3:00 at the Wilson Center and wilsoncenter.org: Venezuela at a Crossroads: Is the Barbados Agreement on Life Support? (RSVP required).

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

12:00-1:30 at Georgetown University: Higher Education and Social Mobility in Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities (RSVP required).
1:00 at cmsny.org: Telling the Truth about the Border: A Humane Vision for Border Management (RSVP required).
1:30-2:30 at the Inter-American Dialogue and online: Bernardo Arévalo’s First Month in Office and the Path Ahead for Guatemala (RSVP required).
1:30-3:00 at Zoom: Presentación del cortometraje COLATERAL (México, 2024) (RSVP required).

Thursday, February 22, 2024

4:00-5:00 at Georgetown University and Georgetown Americas Institute YouTube: Mexico’s 2024 Elections: What’s at Stake, What’s Next? (RSVP required).

Friday, February 23, 2024

11:00-12:00 at wilsoncenter.org: A Brazilian Perspective on the G20: Debriefing the First Ministerial Meeting (RSVP required).

February 11, 2024 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

Fourteen events about Latin America this week, that I know about, that can be attended in person in Washington or online anywhere.

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

Monday, February 12, 2024

2:00 at the Atlantic Council and online: Countering China and Russia in Latin America and the Caribbean (RSVP required).
3:00-6:00 at Georgetown University and online: Seminar ‘Why does Latin America matter?’ (RSVP required).
4:00-5:30 at Columbia University Zoom: Bukele’s El Salvador and its Regional Implications on Democracy and Security: A Post-electoral Discussion (RSVP required).

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

10:00 at atlanticcouncil.org: A new era for US-Guatemala economic relations (RSVP required).
1:00 at IBERO online: Presentación del libro “El negocio del crimen. El crecimiento del delito, los mercados ilegales y la violencia en América Latina” (RSVP required).
3:00-4:00 at csis.org: Venezuela’s Deteriorating Electoral Conditions: A Conversation with María Corina Machado (RSVP required).

Thursday, February 15, 2024

9:30-11:00 at the Wilson Center: A Conversation With Mexico City Mayoral Candidate Salomón Chertorivski (RSVP required).
11:00-12:00 at wola.org: Mexico could elect its first female president. What would this mean for human rights and the feminist movement? (RSVP required).
2:00 in Room 2200 Rayburn House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Western Hemisphere Subcommittee on The Agents of Antisemitism in Latin America.
2:00 in Room 2154 Rayburn House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Oversight National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on The Consequences of Catch and Release at the Border.
3:00-4:00 at csis.org: Report Launch: China’s Role in Democratic Backsliding in Latin America and the Caribbean (RSVP required).

Friday, February 16, 2024

10:00-11:30 at wola.org: From Barbados to Democratic Elections: Will Venezuela Meet the Challenge? (RSVP required).
12:30-1:45 at the Inter-American Dialogue and online: Perspectives on Remittances in 2024 (RSVP required).
4:15 at the Atlantic Council and online: The Bahamian foreign minister on shaping US-Caribbean ties (RSVP required).

February 4, 2024 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

Ten events about Latin America this week, that I know about, that can be attended in person in Washington or online anywhere.

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

Monday, February 5, 2024

9:30-11:00 at wilsoncenter.org: A Conversation with Mexican Presidential Candidate Xóchitl Gálvez (RSVP required).

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

9:00 at Colombia Congress YouTube: ¿Cómo va la implementación del Acuerdo de Paz?.
10:00-11:15 at Canning House Zoom: Elections in El Salvador (RSVP required).
10:00-11:30 at the Inter-American Dialogue: Wall Street’s Influence on Democracy in Latin America (RSVP required).
11:00 at the United Methodist Building: Press Conference & Senate Lobby Day on Senate Immigration Proposal.

Wednesday, February 7, 2024

11:00 in Room 2200 Rayburn House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Western Hemisphere Subcommittee on The Fight for Freedom in Venezuela: A Conversation with María Corina Machado.

Thursday, February 8, 2024

9:30 in Room 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building and online: Hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to examine the nomination of Dafna Hochman Rand, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.
1:00-2:30 at American University: Book Event: “From Homemakers to Breadwinners to Community Leaders: Migrating Women, Class and Color” (RSVP required).
3:30 at naturalresources.house.gov YouTube: Hearing of the House Natural Resources Federal Lands Subcommittee on Biden’s Border Crisis: The Consequences of Failing to Secure Federal Border Lands.
4:00-7:00 at the Fairmont Hotel: Resisting to Continue Defending Human Rights: Reflections One Year After the Banishment and Dispossession of Nicaraguan Nationality (RSVP required).

Friday, February 9, 2024

12:00 at UCSD online: Will Immigration be Biden’s Poisoned Apple in 2024? (RSVP required).

January 28, 2024 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

Eleven events about Latin America this week, that I know about, that can be attended in person in Washington or online anywhere.

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

Monday, January 29, 2024

10:00-11:00 at csis.org: El Salvador’s 2024 Elections: Voting in a One-Party State? (RSVP required).
3:00-4:00 at the Atlantic Council and atlanticcouncil.org: Industry Minister Víctor Bisonó on the Dominican Republic’s economic growth and resilience (RSVP required).
5:30-7:00 at Georgetown University and YouTube: Religious and Academic Freedom in Nicaragua (RSVP required).

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

10:00 in Room 2141 Rayburn House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government on The Southern Border Crisis: The Constitution and the States.
10:00 in Room 310 Cannon House Office Building and online: House Homeland Security Committee Markup of Articles of Impeachment against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
10:00-1:00 on several social media streams: Un Camino con las Víctimas.
11:30 at USCRI Zoom: The Impact of Proposed Changes to the Asylum System on Survivors of Human Trafficking (RSVP required).

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

9:00-10:30 at InsightCrime YouTube and Facebook: Organized Crime in Venezuela: Challenges and Perspectives for 2024.
11:00-1:00 at UNAM Zoom: Tensiones Constitucionales: Libertad de Expresión y Derechos de Autor en la Era Digital (RSVP required).
1:00-6:00 at Rutgers University and online: “La Marea Feminista”: Feminist Movements for Reproductive Justice and Against Gender -Based Violence and Exclusion (RSVP required).

Thursday, February 1, 2024

12:15 at the Atlantic Council and atlanticcouncil.org: Unlocking opportunities for the US-Suriname relationship (RSVP required).

January 20, 2024 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

Four events about Latin America this week, that I know about, that can be attended in person in Washington or online anywhere.

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

Monday, January 22, 2024

4:00-5:00 at atlanticcouncil.org: LAC2024: The stories we’ll likely be talking about (RSVP required).

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

8:00-9:30 at Zoom: The human rights crisis in Mexico: the road towards Mexico’s fourth cycle to the Universal Periodic Review (RSVP required).
12:00-2:00 at Centro PRODH Facebook Live: México Ante la 4ª revisión del Examen Periódico Universal de la ONU (RSVP required).
4:00-5:30 at American University: Book Launch and Commemoration:The North American Research Initiative (RSVP required).

January 13, 2024 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

Latin America- related events that I know of in Washington and online during January 16-18, 2024.

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

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

1:00-2:00 at quincyinst.org: Demilitarizing the U.S.-Mexico Relationship (RSVP required).
4:30 at the Atlantic Council and atlanticcouncil.org: Setting the US-Caribbean agenda with The Bahamas Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon. Frederick Mitchell (RSVP required).

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

10:00 in Room 2154, Rayburn House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on The Biden Administration’s Regulatory and Policymaking Efforts to Undermine U.S. Immigration Law.

Thursday, January 18, 2024

9:30-1:30 at homeland.house.gov: Hearing of the House Committee on Homeland Security on Voices for the Victims: The Heartbreaking Reality of the Mayorkas Border Crisis.
12:00-1:30 at Georgetown University and online: Globalization, Trade, and Regionalism in Latin America and the Caribbean (RSVP required).
1:00-2:15 at wilsoncenter.org: Mexico’s Election: Issues and Polls (RSVP required).
2:00 in Room 2200, Rayburn House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Western Hemisphere Subcommittee on The Myth of the New Cuban Entrepreneurs: An Analysis of the Biden Administration’s Cuba Policy.

December 10, 2023 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

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

Monday, December 11

5:00-6:30 at Columbia University Zoom: Guatemala: Democracy in the Crosshairs (RSVP required).

Tuesday, December 12

1:00-2:00 at Refugees International Zoom: A Better Approach Toward Reception of People Seeking Asylum (RSVP required).

Wednesday, December 13

10:00-11:15 at aei.org: Should Argentina Dollarize? (RSVP required).
12:00-2:00 at House of Sweden: The Global State of Democracy: Presentation of International IDEA’s 2023 Report (RSVP required).

December 4, 2023 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

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

Monday, December 4

8:30-10:00 at csis.org: Prospects and Pitfalls for Security Assistance in Haiti (RSVP required).

Tuesday, December 5

10:00-1:00 in the House of Representatives and online: Hearing of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology on “Protecting our Preparedness: Assessing the Impact of the Border Crisis on Emergency Management”.
2:30 at the Atlantic Council and online: Venezuela 2024: A democratic opportunity (RSVP required).
5:00-7:00 at Article 19 / UNAM Facebook Live: Presentación de investigación: «Autoridades electorales y plataformas digitales, desafíos y oportunidades para la democracia»

Wednesday, December 6

9:00-10:30 at the Inter-American Dialogue: La agenda ambiental y climática en Colombia: autoridades locales hablan (RSVP required).
9:30-11:00 at the Brookings Institution and online: Tackling global corruption to strengthen democracy and security (RSVP required).
10:00 at Race and Equality: Challenges And Lessons Of The Brazilian Trans Movement (RSVP required).
11:30-12:45 at the Inter-American Dialogue: Mobilizing Youth for Democracy and Human Rights (RSVP required).
2:00-3:00 at carnegieendowment.org: Pivotal States: Is the United States Overlooking Mexico’s Potential? (RSVP required).
2:00-5:30 at CSIS and online: Progress and Possibility: Reflecting on 75 Years of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (RSVP required).
3:00-5:00 at the Atlantic Council and online: Elections everywhere all at once (RSVP required).
6:30 at cuny.edu: How Can We Solve The Border Crisis? (RSVP required).

November 26, 2023 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

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

Monday, November 27

11:00-12:00 at Brookings.edu: Women’s role and influence in organized crime.

Tuesday, November 28

10:00 at the Atlantic Council and atlanticcouncil.org: Venezuela 2024: A democratic opportunity (RSVP required).

Wednesday, November 29

9:30-10:45 at the Inter-American Dialogue: The Pulse of Democracy in the Americas: Results from the 2023 AmericasBarometer (RSVP required).
10:00-7:35 at IberoMx YouTube: Conferencia Internacional sobre Reducción de Homicidios.
12:00-1:00 at Georgetown University: Latin America Research Seminar – Partido de Agua: An Examination of a Local Election in Rural Ayacucho, Peru.

Thursday, November 30

10:00 at the Atlantic Council and atlanticcouncil.org: Assessing the future of US-Colombia cooperation on drugs and security (RSVP required).
10:00-11:30 at the thedialogue.org: The State of Community-based Care and Support Systems for People with Disabilities in Latin America (RSVP required).
10:00-7:00 at IberoMx YouTube: Conferencia Internacional sobre Reducción de Homicidios.
11:00 at Zoom: Reforming “The Dictators’ Bank”: Revelations from recent investigative reporting into the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (CABEI) (RSVP required).
12:00 at International Crisis Group Zoom: Mexico: Women’s Rise in Organised Crime (RSVP required).
2:00 in Room 210 of the Capitol Visitors’ Center and online: Hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on The U.S. Border Crisis and the American Solution to an International Problem.
4:00-6:30 at the Keough School Washington office: Lasting and Sustainable Peace in Colombia: The seventh anniversary of the peace accord and opportunities that lie ahead (RSVP required).
5:00-7:00 at George Washington University: Assessing Argentina’s Election Results: Prospects for the Future (RSVP required).
6:00-8:00 at George Washington University: Human Rights in Latin America: Challenges and Growth (RSVP required).

Friday, December 1

10:00-2:00 at IberoMx YouTube: Conferencia Internacional sobre Reducción de Homicidios.
10:30-12:00 at CSIS and csis.org: Democracy and the Catholic Church in Nicaragua (RSVP required).

November 13, 2023 — 0

Video: “Migrant Justice in Times of Militarized Borders”

This was a great panel on November 7, with speakers in four countries (the United States, Mexico, Guatemala, and Colombia). We talked about challenges for dignified migration at a time of hardening borders and more military and police involvement in migration control throughout the region.

Many thanks to Hispanics in Philanthropy and Open Society Foundations for organizing it and inviting me to participate.

November 12, 2023 — 0

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

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

Monday, November 13

10:00-11:30 at the Wilson Center and online: US–EU Cooperation: Strengthening Democracy in Latin America (RSVP required).

Tuesday, November 14

8:00-12:00 at YouTube Live: Territorios Colectivos de Comunidades Negras: Apuestas y voces frente al bienestar y un mejor ambiente.
9:00-10:00 at the Atlantic Council and online: The road to COP28: The energy transition in Central America (RSVP required).
2:00-3:30 at the Wilson Center and online: Mexico’s Next President: Challenges and Recommendations (RSVP required).
2:00-5:00 at homeland.house.gov: Hearing of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement and Subcommittee on Emergency Management and Technology on The Broken Path: How Transnational Criminal Organizations Profit From Human Trafficking at the Southwest Border.
5:00-6:30 at the Inter-American Dialogue and online: Art and Politics in Nicaragua: A Conversation with Carlos Fernando Chamorro and Luis Enrique Mejía Godoy (RSVP required).

Wednesday, November 15

8:00-10:00 at atlanticcouncil.org: The Caribbean gender empowerment forum (RSVP required).
9:00-12:00 at homeland.house.gov: Hearing of the House Homeland Security Committee on Worldwide Threats to the Homeland.
11:00-12:30 at Georgetown University: CLAS Ambassador Series: A Conversation with H.E. Catalina Crespo Sancho of Costa Rica (RSVP required).
2:00-3:00 at wilsoncenter.org: Examining the Impact of Elections in Argentina with Former President Macri (RSVP required).
6:00-8:00 at WOLA and at wola.org: Racism in the Americas: A Path Forward (RSVP required).

November 6, 2023 — 0

Thursday at 5:00 Eastern: Crowd-Control Weapons in the Americas: Evidence From the Ground and How to Stop Their Harm

A big group of non-governmental human rights organizations, from around Latin America, has a hearing on Thursday at the OAS Inter-American Human Rights Commission to discuss how security forces are misusing supposedly “non-lethal” crowd-control weapons to maim or kill participants in political protests. The United States, through arms sales, is a top source of those weapons.

Join me later on Thursday, at 5:00—at WOLA or online—when I have the honor of moderating a discussion with some of them.

Here’s the explanatory text from WOLA’s website:

The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA), the Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales (CELS), the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations (INCLO) and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) warmly invite you to the hybrid event “Crowd-control weapons in the Americas: Evidence from the ground and how to stop their harm”. The event will be held in-person and on Zoom on Thursday 9 November from 5:00-6:30 PM EST.

The right to protest in the Americas is regularly undermined when crowd-control weapons (misleadingly called non-lethal or less-lethal) are used and misused in ways that are disproportionate, indiscriminate and illegal. They inflict life-changing injuries, long-term psychological harm and even death. Despite growing recognition of their dangers, the manufacture, marketing, trade and use of law enforcement equipment including less lethal weapons continues to rise.

Join us for a civil society discussion on how to tackle the negative impacts of crowd-control weapons used by law enforcement in protests across the Americas with experts from the US, Argentina, Colombia and Ecuador.

The discussion will include a presentation of Lethal in Disguise 2: How Crowd-Control Weapons Impact Health and Human Rights, reflections on an IACHR hearing on the subject to be held earlier that day and growing call at the UN for a binding global Torture-Free Trade Treaty.

Speakers:

Adam Isaacson, Director for Defense Oversight at WOLA (moderator)
Erika Dailey, Director of Advocacy and Policy of PHR

Alicia Ruth Tapuy Santi, INREDH / Widow of Byron Guatatuca

Camilo Mendoza Zamudio, Researcher for the police violence observatory and platform GRITA of Temblores NGO
Juliana Miranda, Researcher for Citizen Security and Police Violence teams of CELS
Michael Perloff, staff attorney at ACLU

The event will be in Spanish and English with simultaneous interpretation available virtually. For those joining us in person and need interpretation, we ask that you bring a device and headphones to connect to the virtual meeting and access the simultaneous interpretation. Wifi will be available.

There will be ample time for Q&A, as well as a short reception following the discussion with beverages and snacks.

** Registration is required both for in person and virtual participation. Please RSVP through this link.

The event will be livestreamed and accessible afterwards on WOLA’s Youtube Channel.

November 5, 2023 — 0

Tuesday 3:00 Eastern: “Migrant Justice in Times of Militarized Borders”

Event poster: Migrant Justice in times of militarized borders

Hispanics in Philanthropy - Open Society Foundations

Lizbeth Gramajo, Red Jesuita con Migrantes de Centroamérica y Norteamérica

Adam Isacson, Washington Office on Latin America

Lorena Delgadillo, Fundación para la Justicia y el Estado Democrático de Derecho

Manaka Infante, Open Society Foundations

Jose Knippen, Hispanics in Philanthropy

Tuesday November 7, 2023 12PM PT 2PM CT 3PM ET

Register at bit.ly/webinar-fronteras

I’ll be on a first-rate virtual panel on Tuesday afternoon, talking about hard-line “deterrence” border and migration policies—which cause a lot of harm, continue to escalate, and fail to deter desperate people—at the U.S.-Mexico border and along the migration route. Register here to view and participate.