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AS/COA hosts heads of state from the Western Hemisphere in conjunction with opening debate of the UN General Assembly and throughout the year. Latin American Cities Conferences. Each year, AS/COA hosts public conferences and private, off-the-record meetings throughout Latin America, creating spaces for the public and private sectors to convene.
Explainer: What Is the OAS? - AS/COA
2015年10月19日 · This explainer details the organization’s origins, members, structure, and goals, as well as recent developments and controversies. Origins and Background. The Organization of American States (OAS) was founded on April 30, 1948, in Bogota, Colombia, with 21 countries signing the original charter. A precursor dates back to 1890, when 18 ...
Explainer: What Is CELAC? - AS/COA
2015年1月27日 · The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) represents one of the newer regional blocs in the Americas. Officially inaugurated in 2011, it seeks to represent the interests of a wider set of actors. AS/COA Online explains the group’s structure, membership, and recent developments. Origins and Goals.
Chart: How U.S. Latinos Voted in the 2020 Presidential Election
2020年11月5日 · Talk about the Latino vote surged after incumbent President Donald Trump picked up Florida’s 29 electoral votes early on Tuesday evening. Indeed, the Cuban-American vote in Florida was decisive, breaking 56-41 for the Republican incumbent compared to an even 49-49 split among non-Cuban voters. But the Latino vote in Florida is a singular one.
Approval Tracker: Mexico's President AMLO - AS/COA
2019年3月19日 · This tracker was initially published March 19, 2019 and has since been updated. Andrés Manuel López Obrador has long been described as the “Teflon president,” given his ability to weather storms that ranged from the Covid-19 pandemic to slow economic growth.He’s maintained approval levels north of 60 percent and his popularity no doubt helped serve as a boost to his party, Morena, in ...
Explainer: What Is the Trans-Pacific Partnership? | AS/COA
Updated, October 5, 2015—After nearly eight years of negotiations, 12 countries in Asia and the Americas signed an agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in Atlanta, Georgia, on October 5, 2015. With the deal, which will now need to be ratified by each member country, two of the world’s most dynamic regional markets moved toward integration through the establishment of a …
Chart: Evaluating Latin American Democracies in 2022 - AS/COA
2022年1月11日 · Per IDEA’s Global State of Democracy Report 2021, released last November, most Latin American democracies are holding steady, if not stagnating, at mid-range levels of quality. But according to Latinobarómetro’s 2021 report published the same month, there’s a growing indifference among citizens in the region toward democracy on the whole.
Mexico Elects: What's in Play in the Country's Massive Elections ...
2023年11月29日 · Mexico’s 2024 election will be the biggest in the country’s history. That’s not just due to the sheer number of voters but because—for the first time—all 32 of the country’s states will hold concurrent elections for local seats, in addition to the presidential contest. Mexican voters will cast ballots for more than 20,000 posts across the country.
Explainer: What Is Mercosur? - AS/COA
2012年8月2日 · The Southern Common Market—known as Mercosur in Spanish and Mercosul in Portuguese—is one of the world’s leading economic blocs, its fifth-largest economy. Mercosur is made up of four member countries: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The group encompasses 295 million people and has a combined GDP of nearly $2 trillion.
El Dorado: Myths of Gold - AS/COA
2023年9月6日 · Americas Society presents the second part of El Dorado: Myths of Gold, a two-part group exhibition exploring the legend of El Dorado as a foundational myth of the Americas.The exhibition presents artworks by more than sixty artists, from the pre-Hispanic period to the contemporary era, that challenge, reinforce, and question the continuity and effects of the myth in the Americas into the present.