Center for American Progress
Luis Alberto Moreno
Luis Alberto Moreno
The Merida Initiative, efforts to bridge economic and social inequality, burgeoning biofuel markets, hostages in Colombia--these are only a handful of issues that defined the contours of the State of the Americas in 2008. How do these and other dynamics affect the United States and its relationship with and place in the Americas?The Americas Project at the Center for American Progress held a lively discussion of the evolving interconnections that increasingly define relations in the Americas. The event featured keynote speaker Luis Alberto Moreno, president of the Inter-American Development Bank, followed by comments from and audience Q&A with panelists Leonardo Martinez Diaz of The Brookings Institute, Adrean Rothkopf from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Michael Shifter from the Inter-American Dialogue.
Luis Alberto Moreno
Luis Alberto Moreno
The Merida Initiative, efforts to bridge economic and social inequality, burgeoning biofuel markets, hostages in Colombia--these are only a handful of issues that defined the contours of the State of the Americas in 2008. How do these and other dynamics affect the United States and its relationship with and place in the Americas?The Americas Project at the Center for American Progress held a lively discussion of the evolving interconnections that increasingly define relations in the Americas. The event featured keynote speaker Luis Alberto Moreno, president of the Inter-American Development Bank, followed by comments from and audience Q&A with panelists Leonardo Martinez Diaz of The Brookings Institute, Adrean Rothkopf from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Michael Shifter from the Inter-American Dialogue.