Adam Isacson

Defense, security, borders, migration, and human rights in Latin America and the United States. May not reflect my employer’s consensus view.

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Latin America-related events in Washington this week

Monday, April 3, 2023

  • 1:00-2:00 at the Wilson Center: Corruption, Accountability and Democracy in Brazil: Challenges and Solutions (RSVP required).

Thursday, April 6, 2023

  • 11:00-12:30 at George Washington University: Resurgence Of Militarism: Views From The Global South And Implications For The United States (RSVP required).

Latin America-related events in Washington and online this week

Monday, March 27, 2023

  • 5:00-6:30 at Georgetown University: The García Luna Case: Dirty Money and the War on Drugs (RSVP required).

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Thursday, March 30, 2023

  • 9:30 at the Atlantic Council and online: 2023: A pivotal moment to celebrate 200 years of US-Chile relations (RSVP required).
  • 3:00-5:00 at Georgetown University: Forty years after the US invasion of Grenada: lessons for the 21st Century (RSVP required).

Friday, March 31, 2023

  • 10:00 at Global Americans Zoom: The Implications of Climate Change for Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in the Caribbean (RSVP required).

Latin America-related events in Washington and online this week

Monday, March 20, 2023

  • 11:00 at the Atlantic Council and online: Weathering the storms together: Improving US humanitarian efforts (RSVP required).
  • 1:00-5:00 at the Wilson Center and online: Forum on Cyber-Harassment (RSVP required).
  • 4:00-5:30 at wilsoncenter.org: The Ends of Modernization: Nicaragua and the United States in the Cold War Era (RSVP required).

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Friday, March 24, 2023

Latin America-related events in Washington and online this week

Monday, March 13, 2023

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Thursday, March 16, 2023

  • 9:15-10:30 at the Inter-American Dialogue and online: A Conversation with Dante Mossi, Executive President of CABEI (RSVP required).
  • 5:00-6:00 at Witness at the Border online: Biden’s Proposed Asylum Ban: a Disaster for Children and Families (RSVP required).

Latin America-Related Events in Washington and Online This Week

Monday, March 6, 2023

Tuesday, May 7, 2023

Wednesday, March 8, 2023

Thursday, May 9, 2023

  • 8:30-5:00 at Johns Hopkins SAIS and online: 5th Annual Forum on Security Challenges in Latin America (RSVP required).
  • 9:30-11:00 at stimson.org: The Biden Administration’s New US Conventional Arms Transfer Policy (RSVP required).
  • 11:00 at migrationpolicy.org: Migration in the Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities for a Changing Region (RSVP required).

Friday, March 10, 2023

  • 2:00-3:30 at American University: Book Talk: The Foreign Policy of The Latin American States – Approaches, Methodologies and Cases (RSVP required).

Latin America-related events in Washington and online this week

Monday, February 27, 2023

  • 1:00-1:45 at atlanticcouncil.org: Climate-proofing the Caribbean: A partnership for the future (RSVP required).
  • 2:00 at Provea Zoom: Los laberintos de la Verdad (RSVP required).
  • 4:00-5:00 at Georgetown University: Democracies Need Robust Evidence: The Mexican Evaluation System (RSVP required).

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Thursday, March 2, 2023

  • 9:00-10:45 at the Inter-American Dialogue and at thedialogue.org: Central America Forward: A Conversation with Emily Mendrala (RSVP required).

Friday, March 3, 2023

  • 1:45-3:00 at wilsoncenter.org: Strengthening U.S. Cooperation on Marine Protection in Latin America (RSVP required).

Latin America-Related Events Online and in Washington this Week

Tuesday, February 21, 2023

  • 10:00-11:00 at the Wilson Center and wilsoncenter.org: Putting Peru Back Together (RSVP required).
  • 2:00-4:10 at stimson.org: Forum on the Arms Trade Annual Conference (RSVP required).
  • 3:00-4:30 at INCAE Zoom: Experiencias exitosas en gobierno digital y auditoría social (RSVP required).
  • 6:00-7:30 at csis.org: Turning up the Heat on Geothermal Energy in Latin America (RSVP required).

Wednesday, February 22, 2023

  • 9:00-10:30 at wilsoncenter.org: Greening BRI Governance in Southeast Asia, Latin America and Beyond (RSVP required).
  • 9:30-11:30 at csis.org: Promise and Peril: Migration Management Technologies in West Africa and Central America (RSVP required).
  • 11:00-12:30 at FIU Washington DC and Zoom: A Look Inside Venezuela with Julio Borges and Paola de Alemán (RSVP required).
  • 12:30-2:00 at wola.org: Reckoning with Indigenous and Afro Descendant Truth: the Ethnic Chapter of Colombia’s Truth Commission Report Webinar (RSVP required).
  • 6:00-7:30 at George Washington University: Assessing the U.S. – Mexico Security Cooperation (RSVP required).

Thursday, February 23, 2023

  • 12:00 at globalinitiative.net: Gobernanza punitiva y derechos humanos en Centroamérica (RSVP required).
  • 4:00-5:00 at Georgetown University: Peaceful Borders and Illicit Transnational Flows: The Case of the Americas (RSVP required).
  • 5:00-7:00 at George Washington University: A Conversation with Ambassador Juan Jose Gomez Camacho (RSVP required).

Saturday, February 25, 2023

  • 5:00-7:00 at Busboys and Poets 14th Street: Indigenous Cinematic Resistance in the Amazon (RSVP required).

Latin America-related events online and in Washington this week

Tuesday, February 14, 2023

  • 10:00-11:00 at Georgetown University Zoom: A Conversation with Robert W. Thomas, Chargé d’Affaires of the United States Embassy in Santo Domingo (RSVP required).
  • 3:00-4:00 at the Wilson Center: Reflections on President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s Visit to Washington (RSVP required).

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Thursday, February 16, 2023

  • 1:00-2:00 at the Wilson Center: A Conversation with Inter-American Development Bank President Ilan Goldfajn (RSVP required).
  • 5:00-6:15 at Witness at the Border mobilize.us: Journey for Justice: Reporting Back (RSVP required).

Friday, February 17, 2023

  • 12:00-1:30 at George Washington University: Making Sense of Immigration Data: A Conversation With TRAC (RSVP required).

Latin America-related events online and in Washington this week

Monday, February 6, 2023

  • 10:30-11:15 at csis.org: Press Briefing: Previewing President Biden’s Meeting with President Lula of Brazil (RSVP required).
  • 4:00-5:00 at Georgetown University: Spotlight on the Americas: World Economic Outlook 2023 (RSVP required).

Tuesday, February 7, 2023

Thursday, February 9, 2023

Friday, February 10, 2023

  • 4:15-6:00 at the Inter-American Dialogue and thedialogue.org: Between Radicalization and Prospects for Change in Nicaragua (RSVP required).

Latin America-related events online and in Washington this week

Monday, January 30, 2023

  • 4:00-5:00 at Georgetown University and YouTube: Latin America and the Caribbean in 2023: What to Expect? (RSVP required).

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Thursday, February 2, 2023

  • 12:00 at Johns Hopkins Zoom: Peru’s Crisis in the Latin American Context (RSVP required).

Latin America-related events online and in Washington this week

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

  • 10:00-11:00 at csis.org: Mining, Climate Risks, and the Western Hemisphere (RSVP required).
  • 12:30-1:30 at wilsoncenter.org: Venezuela in 2023 and Beyond: Charting a New Course (RSVP required).
  • 3:00 at ABA Zoom: Electronic Monitoring of Migrants: Alternative to Detention or Just Another Form of Punitive Custody? (RSVP required).
  • 4:00-5:00 at Georgetown University Intercultural Center: Paraguay’s Future in a Turbulent Continent (RSVP required).

Thursday, January 26, 2023

  • 11:00-12:30 at thdialogue.org: The Future of Women in STEM – Challenges and Opportunities in LAC (RSVP required).
  • 6:00-8:00 at Busboys and Poets 14th and V NW: “After Ayotzinapa”: The Case of the 43 Disappeared Students in Mexico (RSVP required).

Friday, January 27, 2023

  • 6:00-7:30 at American University Spring Valley Building: A Look Inside Venezuela: An Expert Conversation With Author William Neuman (RSVP required).

Latin America-related events online and in Washington this week

Tuesday, January 17

  • 9:45-4:00 at juridicas.unam.mx: Seminario “Desmilitarizar a México: ¿dónde estamos y hacia dónde vamos?” (RSVP required).

Wednesday, January 18

Thursday, January 19

  • 11:00-3:15 at juridicas.unam.mx: Seminario “Desmilitarizar a México: ¿dónde estamos y hacia dónde vamos?” (RSVP required).
  • 12:30-1:30 at atlanticcouncil.org: A conversation with General Laura J. Richardson on security across the Americas (RSVP required).

Latin America-related events online and in Washington this week

Monday, December 12

  • 3:00-4:30 at csis.org: Defending Transparency and Advancing Anticorruption in the Western Hemisphere (RSVP required).

Tuesday, December 13

Wednesday, December 14

  • 1:30-3:00 at wilsoncenter.org: 200 Years of U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Relations: An Ambassadorial Perspective (RSVP required).

Thursday, December 15

  • 1:00-2:00 at atlanticcouncil.org: US-Mexico ties at the bicentennial and weeks from NALS (RSVP required).

Latin America-related events in Washington and online this week

Monday, December 5

  • 11:00-12:30 at the Wilson Center: Protecting, Defending and Promoting Civic Space in Central America (RSVP required).
  • 11:00 at Inter-American Human Rights System social media networks: Los retos de la independencia judicial en las democracias actuales (RSVP required).
  • 2:00-3:00 at wola.org: Perspectives on Civil Society Consultation in Venezuela Negotiations (RSVP required).
  • 2:30-3:15 at CSIS and csis.org: The Convergence of National Security and Homeland Security: A Conversation with DHS Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas (RSVP required).

Wednesday, December 7

  • 10:00-11:00 at thedialogue.org: Ambassador Dialogues: US-Ecuador Relations (RSVP required).
  • 3:00 at Hispanics for Philanthropy Zoom: Migration Policy Impacts // Los Impactos de las Políticas Migratorias (RSVP required).

Thursday, December 8

  • 9:00-9:45 at the Wilson Center: A Conversation with Buenos Aires Mayor Horacio Rodríguez Larreta (RSVP required).
  • 2:30-4:00 at the Wilson Center: Brazil – U.S. Climate Dialogues: Research and Scientific Cooperation (RSVP required).

Friday, December 9

  • 8:00-9:00 at csis.org: Hydrogen Development in Latin America: Varying Scenarios for Chile and Paraguay (RSVP required).
  • 11:00-12:00 at thedialogue.org: A Conversation with Jorge Castañeda Gutman on the Future of Democracy in the Americas (RSVP required).

Latin America-related events online and in Washington this week

Monday, November 28

  • 10:00-11:15 at wilsoncenter.org: Feeding the World: A Conversation with Latin American & Caribbean Agriculture Ministers (RSVP required).

Tuesday, November 29

  • 9:00-10:00 at atlanticcouncil:org: Mapping president-elect Lula’s first 100 days (RSVP required).

Thursday, December 1

  • 1:00-2:30 at thedialogue.org: Grading the Pacific Alliance—What Progress on Cross-Pacific Economic Connectivity? (RSVP required).

Latin America-related events online and in Washington this week

Monday, November 7

  • 10:00–11:00 at thedialogue.org: Brazil Elections – What’s Next? (RSVP required).

Tuesday, November 8

  • 11:00–12:00 at thedialogue.org: Power in Brazil – Energy Policy Post-Election (RSVP required).

Wednesday, November 9

  • 2:00–3:15 at csis.org: “Panel 3: Forgotten Crisis: Tackling Humanitarian Challenges in Haiti” at 2022 Washington Humanitarian Forum: Closing the Gap (RSVP required).

Thursday, November 10

  • 2:00 at wola.org and thedialogue.org: Militarization in Mexico: a discussion of the future of security, human rights, and civil-military relations (RSVP required).

Latin America-related events online and in Washington this week

Monday, October 17

Tuesday, October 18

  • 1:00-2:30 at wola.org Zoom: Abuse, Accountability, and Organizational Culture at U.S. Border Law Enforcement Agencies (RSVP required).
  • 2:30-4:00 at wola.org Zoom: Human Rights and the Changing Colombia-Venezuela Relationship (RSVP required).

Wednesday, October 19

Thursday, October 20

  • 1:00 at PUCP Zoom and Facebook Live: El legado del fujimorismo (RSVP required).

Next Tuesday: Abuse, Accountability, and Organizational Culture at U.S. Border Law Enforcement Agencies

I don’t host events very often, and I’ve wanted to do this one for a while.

There’s a few colleagues in Washington and at the U.S.-Mexico border whose work I really admire: people who take testimonies from migrants about abuse they say they suffered at the hands of U.S. border law enforcement agencies (CBP and Border Patrol), and people who doggedly follow the DHS complaints process and otherwise seek reforms to hold abusers accountable. It’s hard work.

I’m delighted that four of these colleagues accepted my invitation to talk about their work, what they’re finding, what happens when you try to achieve justice or redress after an abuse occurs, and how to bring about institutional and cultural change.

We’ll be talking at 1:00pm Eastern next Tuesday in this virtual event. I’ll share the video on YouTube (and embedded here) afterward. Please join, and share—here’s the WOLA event announcement.

Latin America-related events in Washington and online this week

Tuesday, October 11

  • 2:00-3:00 at csis.org: Revisiting Counter-Narcotics Policy in the Western Hemisphere (RSVP required).

Wednesday, October 12

  • 2:00-5:45 at Georgetown University and Youtube: Economic Stabilization and Reform Options for Argentina (RSVP required).

Thursday, October 13

  • 2:00-3:30 at USIP and online: Faces of Violence: Understanding Colombia’s Conflict through the Lens of Jesús Abad Colorado (RSVP required).
  • 5:30 at GWU Elliott School: The Only Latina in the Room Female Representation in National Security (RSVP required).

Friday, October 14

  • 9:45-2:15 at GWU Elliott School: On the Road – Migration in the 21st Century (RSVP required).
  • 10:30-12:00 at Zoom: Creating a Favorable Environment for Negotiations in Venezuela: Prospects for Resuming Talks and the Role of U.S. Stakeholders (RSVP required).

Latin America-related events in Washington and online this week

Monday, October 3

  • 9:00 at atlanticcouncil.org: Brazil votes: Where do we go from here? (RSVP required).

Tuesday, October 4

  • 11:00 at humanrightscommission.house.gov: Hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on Considerations on Economic Sanctions.
  • 3:00–4:30 at wilsoncenter.org: Traitor, Survivor, Icon: La Malinche – Expressions of Gender-Based Violence from Mexico’s Inception (RSVP required).

Thursday, October 6

Latin America-related events in Washington and online this week

Monday, September 26, 2022

  • 10:00-11:00 at wilsoncenter.org: What’s Next for Brazil? The 2022 Elections and Beyond (RSVP required).

Tuesday, September 27, 2022

  • 10:00 at the Atlantic Council and atlanticcouncil.org: US-Mexico border: How can greater efficiencies enhance economic potential? (RSVP required).

Wednesday, September 28, 2022

  • 10:00-10:45 at csis.org: Press Briefing: Previewing Brazil’s General Election (RSVP required).

Thursday, September 29, 2022

Friday, September 30, 2022

  • 10:30-2:00 at cide.edu: Network to Address the Economic Consequences of Violence in Mexico (RSVP required).

Latin America-related events in Washington and online this week

Monday, September 19

Tuesday, September 20

Wednesday, September 21

Thursday, September 22

  • 9:00-10:15 at wilsoncenter.org: Reducing Poverty in Mexico: The Case of the State of Oaxaca (RSVP required).

Latin America-related events in Washington and online this week

Monday, September 12

Tuesday, September 13

  • 11:30 at CESCOS/Universidad ORT Uruguay: La Relación China-Estados Unidos y las Consecuencias para América Latina (RSVP required).
  • 3:30-5:00 at the Wilson Center and wilsoncenter.org: 200 Years of Bilateral Relations: The Perspective of the U.S. Ambassadors (RSVP required).

Wednesday, September 14

  • 9:00-10:15 at thedialogue.org: Competing Visions for Economic and Security Partnership in the Pacific — What Role for Latin America? (RSVP required).
  • 9:00 at CINEP YouTube and Facebook Live: Resistencia al genocidio desde el centro y el sur del Cesar.
  • 11:00-12:00 at thedialogue.org: Social Impact Investing – Trends in Latin American & the Caribbean Amid Turbulent Times (RSVP required).
  • 2:00-3:00 at thedialogue.org: Educational Connectivity in Complex Areas – A Call to Action to Solve Connectivity Gaps in Latin America (RSVP required).
  • 4:00 at atlanticcouncil.org: Leaders of the Americas: A conversation with José Gregorio Baquero, CEO of CMI Foods (RSVP required).

Thursday, September 15

Latin America-related events in Washington and online this week

Tuesday, September 6

Wednesday, September 7

  • 9:00 at Provea online: ¿Qué aprendemos de las protestas del año 2017? (RSVP required).

Thursday, September 8

  • 11:00-12:00 at thedialogue.org: Offshore Wind Energy in LAC – Gauging Speed and Direction (RSVP required).
  • 12:00-1:00 at atlanticcouncil.org: Rechazo: The vote on Chile’s constitutional plebiscite and what it means beyond national borders (RSVP required).
  • 2:00-3:00 at Hispanics in Philanthropy Zoom: Philanthropy in Cuba: Supporting Food Systems Transformations (RSVP required).
  • 4:00-5:00 at Witness at the Border mobilize.us: Journey for Justice: a Border Pilgrimage (RSVP required).

Friday, September 9

  • 10:00-11:30 at WOLA.org: A Compounding Crisis: Domestic Shortcomings, U.S. policies, and the Impact on Everyday Cubans (RSVP required).
  • 12:00 at UCSD USMEX Zoom: El impacto de la sequía en la relación México-Estados Unidos (RSVP required).
  • 1:00-5:00 at American University and Facebook Live: The Threat of Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing in Latin America and the Caribbean (RSVP required).

Latin America-related events online and in Washington this week

Tuesday, July 26, 2022

  • 10:00 in 216 Hart Senate Office Building and online: Hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Fighting Fentanyl: The Federal Response to a Growing Crisis.
  • 11:00-12:00 at thedialogue.org: Cancer & Covid-19: New Challenges to Controlling Cancer in Latin America and the Caribbean (RSVP required).
  • 1:00-2:00 at the Wilson Center: A Conversation with President Irfaan Ali of Guyana (RSVP required).

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

  • 11:00-12:00 at the Inter-American Dialogue: Colombian Energy Policy under Petro (RSVP required).
  • 1:00-2:00 at CSIS and online: Strengthening the Guyana – U.S. Relationship (RSVP required).
  • 2:00 in 310 Cannon House Office Building and online: Hearing of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, & Operations on Assessing CBP’s Use of Facial Recognition Technology.
  • 3:00-3:45 at AS-COA Zoom: How to Make Nearshoring in Latin America a Reality (RSVP required).
  • 4:00-5:00 at USIP and usip.org: Images From Central America’s Wars and Its Unfinished Peace (RSVP required).
  • 8:00pm at CCINOC Zoom, Facebook, YouTube: La Lista Engel en el Norte de Centroamérica (RSVP required for Zoom).

Thursday, July 28, 2022

Friday, July 29, 2022

  • 10:00-11:15 at the Brookings Institution and brookings.edu: The future of the US-Colombia relationship: A conversation with Ambassador Juan Carlos Pinzón (RSVP required).
  • 12:00-1:30 at Georgetown Zoom: Extraction and Exploitation: The Effects of Mining on Religious Communities (RSVP required).

Latin America-related events in Washington and online this week

All times are U.S. Eastern.

Monday, July 18

  • 10:00 at IACHR and online: Cuba, one year after #11J (RSVP required).

Tuesday, July 19

Wednesday, July 20

Friday, July 22

Latin America-related events in Washington or online this week

Monday, July 11

  • 11:00-12:00 at wilsoncenter.org: AMLO’s Visit to Washington: Key Issues on the Bilateral Agenda (RSVP required).
  • 1:00-3:00 at Verso Books EventBrite: Book Launch for Humanitarian Borders and Nobody is Protected (RSVP required).

Tuesday, July 12

  • 12:00 at Twitter Spaces: Real Solutions for the Border.
  • 1:00-5:00 at Florida International University and Zoom: Commemorating the Peace Accords in Guatemala and El Salvador: Promises & Lessons in Central America (RSVP required).
  • 2:00 at Race and Equality Zoom: Afro-Latin and Afro-Caribbean Women in Democracy (RSVP required).

Wednesday, July 13

  • 11:00 at DPLF Zoom: Muzzled Justice: The capture of #ElSalvador’s Justice System (RSVP required).
  • 12:00-2:00 at Fordham U Zoom: The State of Asylum Processing & U.S. Immigration Policy: The Impact of Families (RSVP required).
  • 2:00-3:00 at atlanticcouncil.org: Going local: City collaboration following the Summit of the Americas (RSVP required).
  • 2:00-3:30 at thedialogue.org: International Aid in Haiti – Disappointing Outcomes (RSVP required).

Thursday, July 14

  • 11:00 at CEJIL Facebook and Zoom: Informe de la CIDH y Deterioro de la Justicia en Guatemala. (RSVP required).
  • 12:00-1:00 at wilsoncenter.org: Going Digital: The High Cost of Latin American Remittances and Cross-Border Payments (RSVP required).
  • 3:00-6:00 at wilsoncenter.org: Documenting Evidence of Femicide: Film Discussion of the “Caníbal, indignación total” Docuseries (RSVP required).

Friday, July 15

  • 11:00-12:30 at USIP and online: The Final Report of the Truth Commission from Colombia’s 2016 FARC Peace Accord (RSVP required).

Latin America-related online events this week

Tuesday, July 5

  • 8:00am at Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs Zoom: Webinar for Civil Society: The World Drug Report 2022 (RSVP required).

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

  • 10:00-11:30 at wilsoncenter.org: Preparations and Challenges Ahead of Brazil’s 2022 Presidential Election (RSVP required).
  • 12:00 at UCSD US-Mex Zoom: Vida y violencia en la Sierra Tarahumara (RSVP required).

Thursday, July 7

Friday, July 8

  • 12:00 at UCSD US-Mex Zoom: Prohibición al aborto en Estados Unidos: Impacto en comunidad migrante y México (RSVP required).

Latin America-related events online and in Washington this week

Monday, June 27, 2022

Tuesday, June 28, 2022

  • 12:00 at YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: []Transmisión Virtual del Acto Público de Presentación del Informe Final de la Comisión de la Verdad](https://twitter.com/ComisionVerdadC/status/1537140383175438337).
  • 12:30-2:00 at thedialogue.org: Low-Carbon Hydrogen in LAC – Prospects and Pathways (RSVP required).

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Thursday, June 30, 2022

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