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Davidow named to Southwest Border Task Force
The complete list of Southwest Border Task Force members is as follows: William "Bill" Webster (Chair), retired partner at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley, and McCloy. Webster previously served as director of the CIA and FBI. Webster is a member and chair of DHS' Homeland Security Advisory Council. James "Jim" Jones (Vice Chair), chairman and CEO of Mannatt Jones Global Strategies. Jones is a former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, U.S. Congressman from Oklahoma, and White House Chief of Staff. Guadalupe "Lupe" Trevino (Vice Chair), sheriff of Hidalgo County, Texas. Trevino serves on the State of Texas Homeland Security Office Mass Migration Committee and on the Executive Committee of the Texas Radio Interoperability Coalition. Ruben Barrales, president and CEO of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce. Barrales served in the White House for five years as deputy assistant to President George W. Bush, where he was the President's liaison to state and local elected officials.Andrea Bazan, president of Triangle Community Foundation. Bazan serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Council of La Raza, and is a member of the Leadership Council of Hispanics in Philanthropy. Robert "Rob" Bonner, a senior principal of the Sentinel HS Group, a homeland security consulting firm. Bonner is also a partner of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP. Bonner served as the first Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Ray Borane, former mayor of Douglas, Ariz. Borane was an FBI Special Agent and served as a Policy Advisor to the Governor of Arizona on border and immigration issues. Raymond Cobos, sheriff of Luna County, N.M. Cobos served as detention administrator and undersheriff in Luna County prior to being elected sheriff in 2006. Cobos is also a volunteer with the GED Tutor Literacy Program. John Cook, mayor of El Paso, Texas. Cook formerly served as president of the El Paso Health Care Facilities Financing Corporation and El Paso Housing Finance Corp. Jeffrey Davidow, president of the Institute of the Americas. Davidow, who served as U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, Zambia, and Venezuela and as assistant secretary of state, was appointed in 2009 as White House Adviser to the Summit of the Americas. Richard Dayoub, president and CEO of Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce. Dayoub previously was owner, president and CEO of a large regional travel company. Victor Flores, director of executive projects at Arizona Public Service. Flores is a member of the State of Arizona Transportation Board, serves as president of the Arizona-Mexico Commission Board of Directors, and sits on boards at the Valley of the Sun United Way, the Children's Action Alliance and Vision Quest 20/20. Francis "Pancho" Kinney, vice president of HNTB Federal. Kinney was previously DHS Deputy Director of International Affairs. Kinney is a Border Trade Alliance Board Member and Infrastructure Committee Chair. Melvyn "Mel" Montano, a retired Major General in the U.S. Air National Guard and former Adjutant General of New Mexico. Kenny Montoya, a Major General and Adjutant General for the New Mexico National Guard. Montoya is also president of the State Armory Board and provides oversight for the New Mexico Civil Air Patrol. Ned Norris, Jr., chairman of the Tohono O'odham Nation. Prior to his election, Norris worked with the Tohono O'odham Gaming Enterprise as director of marketing and public relations, casino manager and director of community relations. Maria Luisa O'Connell, president and CEO of Border Trade Alliance (BTA). Prior to joining BTA in 1998, she was a financial analyst at Bank One International Corporation, and also worked for the National Federation of Merchants of Colombia. Ralph Ogden, sheriff of Yuma County, Arizona. Ogden is a member of numerous local organizations and serves as chairman of the State of Arizona Homeland Security Coordinating Council. Evelyn M. Rodriguez, a physician and president and CEO of Rodriguez Health Consulting Services, LLC. Rodriguez is a former captain of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps and worked on pharmaceutical drug safety at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Robert "Bob" Ross, president and CEO of the California Endowment, a health foundation established in 1996 to address the health needs of Californians. He previously served as director for the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency. Jerry Sanders, mayor of San Diego. Sanders served as San Diego Chief of Police from 1993-1999. After leaving the police department, Sanders became the CEO of United Way. In 2002, Sanders was appointed to the American Red Cross Board of Directors.
BP's Hayward receives IOA Energy Innovator Award
Dr. Tony Hayward, group chief executive officer of BP p.l.c., was honored May 13 with the Institute of the America's first Energy Innovator Award. "Today, Tony is recognized for his leadership in calling for technology investment to create greater energy efficiency and for working to bring new energy sources to the market," IOA Chairman David Weaver said during an award ceremony at the Institute's annual La Jolla Conference. "The Institute believes it is important to recognize the achievements of the private sector. BP, as it is embodied by Tony, is a visionary company and an innovative leader in the energy world." BP is the largest investor in U.S. energy development. Over the past five years, BP has invested more than $30 billion in the United States to find new sources of oil and gas, extend production from existing fields, improve the reliability of its U.S. refineries, expand its wind and solar business, create better biofuels and develop new low-carbon technologies. "In all respects, Tony Hayward is a leader in his field. He's a visionary and he most assuredly deserves the Institute of the Americas' first Energy Innovator Award," Weaver told the group of more than 100 energy executives from throughout the Western Hemisphere. Hayward said Latin America will play a critical role in future energy production. Latin America currently produces 12 percent of the world's oil and 7 percent of the world's natural gas. Gas production has almost doubled over the past 10 years, Hayward said, "an outstanding example of what can be achieved when technology innovation is combined with public-private partnership. "The last few years have seen some very successful subsoil oil exploration in Brazil, enabled by changes in seismic imaging and drilling technology," Hayward noted. "Venezuela also boasts significant conventional oil resources that can now be developed, thanks to today's technology." Latin America is one of the biggest producers of hydroelectric power, he said, and biofuel production in the region is expected to show significant growth over the next few years. "There are few limits to technology and innovation to access available resources," Hayward said, "so when it comes to producing more energy to meet demand the problems are not below ground, they're above it -- they're human, they're not geological." Some 80 percent of the world's resources are off limits to the world's best technology and know-how, he said, "but these are hurdles that can be overcome." "Here, I believe, lies the opportunity for Latin America," said Hayward. "The region can differentiate itself and gain competitive advantage by focusing on solving the challenges above ground." "We're living through a fundamental shift between the balance of supply and demand. This powerful trend will not be stopped by the downturn we're currently experiencing," he said. "We know the aims: A stable energy supply and a sustainable planet. We neet to create a framework that will allow us to get on and deliver. Latin America is well placed to do just that." To read Hayward's views on U.S. energy policy, click here Davidow returns to IOA after serving as White House Adviser
IOA President Jeffrey Davidow returned to the Institute of the Americas on May 4, concluding his two-month leave of absence to serve as White House Adviser for the Summit of the Americas. While "questions of Cuba, questions of handshakes and smiles got the most press," Davidow said the Summit "was a very substantive meeting. It was not a photo opportunity." During a May 1 roundtable hosted by the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C., Davidow noted that presidents and prime ministers from 33 countries spent more than 15 hours during the Summit in meetings that touched on the most pressing issues facing the hemisphere. Those meetings in Trinidad and Tobago produced a document that "is a snapshot of where the hemisphere is today," he said. Topping the list of concerns, Davidow said, is "public safety -- and public safety that goes beyond narcotics and terrorism. "For the mass of people living in this hemisphere, the real issue of public safety is the safety of their families, the ability to carry on their normal lives, the ability to come home from work without getting mugged," he said. Public security also focuses on the question of "strong and efficient and honest police and judicial systems." Energy and climate change are "of immense importance" to the countries in the hemisphere, Davidow said. "What came out of this Summit is a very clear indication that climate change is the most important issue confronting our future and that the discussion of energy really must be undertaken within the context of climate change." On the issue of the economic crisis, Davidow said President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stressed that "we, as a group of nations and as individual governments, have a particular responsibility to ensure that the weight of the current economic crisis does not, as it has in the past, fall disproportionately on those elements of our societies that are least able to defend themselves -- the poorest and the voiceless." To view a video of Davidow's remarks at the OAS Policy Roundtable entitled, "Post-Summit Briefing: A New Beginning in Inter-American Relations," click here To hear Davidow talk about the Summit of the Americas on Southern California Public Radio (KPCC 89.3), click here
IOA and SEMARNAT announce climate change workshop  The Institute of the Americas and Mexico's Ministry of the Environment (SEMARNAT) on June 4 announced a new partnership to offer a professional workshop on climate change for Mexican journalists.
Walker to discuss threats faced by Latin American journalists on KPBS 'These Days' program
Walker, who was Mexico City bureau chief for Copley News Service for 15 years before joining the Institute of the Americas in April 2008, will discuss the threats, disappearances and murders of journalists who cover corruption and organized crime. Walker is directing a professional journalism workshop, which will be held May 4-8 at the IOA, entitled, "Silencing the Press: Violence Against Journalists as a Threat to Democracy." Among the journalists attending the workshop are a Venezuelan reporter who is the vice president of the College of Journalists; a Nicaraguan TV director; a Bolivian reporter who is the former president of the La Paz Journalism Association; and a reporter working with the Institute for Press and Society (IPYS) in Peru. Journalists from Mexico City and from Michoacan will also be among the participants as well as reporters from Tijuana news organizations. The journalists will meet with several specialists who are traveling to San Diego for the workshop. Catalina Botero, Special Rappoteur on Freedom of Expression for the Organization of American States, will review her annual report on freedom of expression in the Americas, which she will deliver in Washington next week. Los Angeles Times reporter Sam Quinones, whose multimedia coverage of the drug violence in Mexico garnered several international journalism awards this year, will discuss his work entitled, "Mexico under Seige." Al Valdez, former supervising investigator with the Orange County District Attorney's Office anti-gang unit, will discuss international gangs and Jesus Quinonez, homicide detective with the Baja California Attorney General's Office, will explain how investigations are conducted. Carlos Lauria, senior program coordinator for the Americas with the Committee to Protect Journalists, will join Walker on These Days to discuss the rising wave of violence in Mexico and other Latin American countries. Lauria, who will be interviewed by phone from his office in New York, will also meet with journalists on May 4 during the IOA workshop. Sergio Sarmiento, director of TVAzteca's editorial board, will join These Days by phone from his office in Mexico City. Sarmiento is launching a project, "Road to Freedom: Freedom of Expression in Mexico," aimed at encouraging freedom of expression among journalists in the Americas. Sarmiento, who has published a book of essays written by Latin American journalists on the subject, will meet with IOA workshop participants on May 8 to discuss his plans for the project. The IOA workshop comes as journalists throughout the Americas are increasingly the targets of violence. On Monday, (April 27) a Honduran journalist in the capital of Tegucigalpa was murdered. Osman Lopez, 27, who worked for the daily newspaper La Tribuna and the broadcast station Channel 45, was shot to death in his car. His murder came less than a month after another Honduran journalist, Rafael Murguia, was shot to death in the city of San Pedro Sula. Murguia, a reporter for the Cadena Voces radio station, was dragged from his car and shot eight times. No one has been arrested in the slaying. On April 1, Rolando Santiz, a journalist with Telecentro 13, was killed in Guatemala City and a videographer from the television station, Antonio de Leon, was seriously injured. In Mexico, 25 journalists have been killed since 2000 and another eight have disappeared, making the country the most dangerous in the region for journalists. For information on the workshop, contact
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at 858-453-5560 x 128 Davidow joins OAS policy roundtable  IOA President Jeffrey Davidow will participate in a policy roundtable on May 1 at the Organization of American States (OAS) in Washington, DC. The roundtable, entitled “Post-Summit Briefing: A New Beginning In Inter-American Relations?” is being offered as a briefing session to assess the results of the Fifth Summit of the Americas, which took place April 17-19 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, and the future of Inter-American Relations. The event, organized as part of the OAS Policy Roundtables series, will take place from 10am to 12pm, and will include presentations from José Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization of American States; Marcelo Varela-Erasheva, Associate Director for the Americas Program, at the Carter Center; and Davidow, who served as the White House Adviser for the Summit of the Americas. A second panel will feature Ambassador Francisco Villagrán de León, Ambassador of Guatemala to the United States; Representative Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere of the U.S. House of Representatives; and Enrique Arturo de Obarrio, Vice President of the organization ‘Private Sector of the Americas’. Each panel will be followed by a debate among panelists and by a question and answer session. The Policy Roundtable will be webcast live at www.oas.org. White House names Davidow Adviser to Summit of the Americas
Davidow, who served as U.S. ambassador to Mexico and Venezuela and as assistant secretary of state before retiring from the State Department in 2002, will work with the Secretary of State and the National Security Advisor to plan for President Obama's participation in the summit. The Summit of the Americas will bring together all of the 34 democratically elected heads of state in the Western Hemisphere. Davidow noted that this will be the first opportunity for most of the hemisphere's leaders to meet President Obama and for him to hear their aspirations for hemispheric cooperation. The multilateral meeting will be an “opportunity for President Obama to present his ideas, to listen and to see what we can do together to confront challenges,” said Davidow. President Obama will attend the summit “with three things in mind: The spirit of equality, equity and a sense of responsibility,” Davidow said. Since Davidow joined the Institute of the Americas in 2003 after a 34-year career in the U.S. State Department, the Institute has become recognized as a leader in promoting regional integration, economic development and efficient government in the western hemisphere. To read the White House announcement on Davidow's appointment, click here BP's Hayward to receive Energy Innovator Award Hayward is the first recipient of the prestigious Institute of the Americas award, which recognizes his leadership in calling for technology investment to achieve greater energy efficiency and for working to bring new energy sources to market. His efforts to respond to the world's growing need for energy despite the volatility caused by the global crisis will be highlighted at the La Jolla Conference, which is Latin America's largest energy forum. Read more BP's Martin talks about energy boom-bust at Caracas forum Border czar faces dual challenges on immigration and drug trafficking
Summit of the Americas and Energy Security  IOA Energy Program Director Jeremy Martin writes that the Summit of the Americas should focus the Hemisphere's energy policy agenda on four goals: a free-market approach to ethanol; improved energy standards for buildings, autos and appliances; addressing the debate over nuclear energy; and streamlining regulatory, legal and fiscal regimes. To read his commentary published in the April 15 edition of World Politics Review, click here Drug violence is subject of border media project
Tijuana drug violence has claimed nearly 100 lives this year, as the battle intensifies for control of the lucrative smuggling corridor on the U.S.-Mexico border. Amy Isackson, border reporter for KPBS, and Vicente Calderon, editor of tijuanapress.com, spent six weeks investigating the unprecedented violence in the drug war along the Tijuana-San Diego border. They presented the results of their investigation -- a multimedia project entitled “Border Battle: Bringing Home the Drug War” – on Feb. 19 at the Institute of the Americas. Isackson and Calderon focused their project on the causes of the violence. IOA plans economic conference in China
IOA Vice President Lynne Walker traveled to China in December for two weeks of meetings with government officials, high-level researchers studying the Sino-Latin America relationship, professors of Latin America studies and a university president. During her travels, Walker also met with U.S. business people and ambassadors from several Latin American countries. As she traveled from Beijing to Tianjin, Shanghai and the southeastern province of Fujian, Walker found among all she met a deep interest in promoting better economic ties, two way investment and trade between China and Latin America. Three board members join Institute The Institute of the Americas board of directors recently elected three new board members, bringing the total number to 30.
Prior to joining the Woodrow Wilson Center in 2006, Mr. Sotero was the Washington correspondent for Estado de S. Paulo, a leading Brazilian daily newspaper. From 2003 to 2006 he taught as an adjunct lecturer at Georgetown University, both in the Dpeartment of Spanish and Portuguese and in the Center for Latin American Studies of the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. In addition to his responsibilities at the Wilson Center, Mr. Sotero is a frequent lecturer on Brazilian and Latin American affairs at U.S. universities, think tanks and civic and business associations.
IOA plans September 2009 economic conference in China From its strategic location on the Pacific Coast and the U.S.-Mexico border, the Institute of the Americas is building bridges between China and Latin American countries. “Geographically, we’re ideally located,” said Richard Hojel, the chairman of Corporacion Frigus Therme who serves as vice chairman of the Institute of the Americas board of directors. “We can turn that into a positive, into a competitive advantage, by bringing the Americas to Asia and by bringing Asia to the Americas. “So few people in Latin America know about Asia. They’re starved for information,” said Hojel. “The idea of bringing together Asia and the Americas is very appealing. We can be a facilitator, a player in that process of linking the two regions together.” Responding to emerging regional economic trends has been a hallmark of the Institute’s 25-year history. The Institute of the Americas has built relationships with the government of each Latin American country as well as with major corporations in each sector. “I see the Institute as an organization that can recognize an opportunity, organize and act on it,” said David Weaver, managing partner and chairman of Intercap Institutional Investors, who serves as chairman of the Institute’s board of directors. “We are capable of being proactive, of moving quickly into the vacuums created by a quickly changing world.” Walker welcomes suggestions for programming and participants from IOA friends at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Building a New Partnership Between U.S. and Mexico  IOA President Jeffrey Davidow spoke about the importance of a strategic partnership between the United States and Mexico during a February 6 panel discussion at the Woodrow Wilson International Center's Mexico Institute in Washington, D.C. While U.S.-Mexico relations have sometimes seemed mired in accusations and finger-pointing, Davidow said the possibility exists for a new era of understanding if leaders on both sides of the border reject timeworn cliches and long-held views on the thorny issues of immigration, drug trafficking and violence. Davidow was joined on the panel by Lazaro Cardenas Batel, former governor of Michoacan, Mexico; Denise Dresser, professor at the Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico ; Andres Martinez, a fellow at the Bernard L. Schwartz Fellows Program , New America Foundation , and former editorial page editor for The Los Angeles Times . The panel was moderated by Ginger Thompson, national correspondent and former Mexico City bureau chief for The New York Times. The Mexico Institute released a 65-page report on Friday entitled, "The United States and Mexico: Towards a Strategic Partnership." To read the full report, click here Latin America Needs a Friend in Washington, D.C.
"The values of the Obama administration are the values that Latin Americans care most about, such as a multilateral approach to foreign policy," said Cunningham, managing partner of McLarty Associates and a former Clinton administration official who is close to the Obama team. "Obama himself grew up overseas and understands the perspective of the developing world." To read Oppenheimer's column, Chávez Reopens Oil Bids to West as Prices Plunge
In recent weeks, Venezuelan officials have solicited bids from some of the largest Western oil companies, including Chevron, Royal Dutch/Shell and Total of France and promised them access to some of the world's largest petroleum reserves. "If re-engaging with foreign oil companies is necessary to his political survival, then Chávez will do it," said Roger Tissot, an authority on Venezuela's oil industry who is a visiting energy fellow at the Institute of the Americas. To read the complete story by New York Times correspondent Simon Romero, click here
Commission calls on U.S., Latin America to build 'genuine partnership' The Brookings Institution urged the U.S. and Latin America to build a “genuine and sustained partnership” in a comprehensive report released Nov. 24 by its Partnership for the Americas Commission. Weaver elected IOA Chairman "Ï see the Institute as an organization that can recognize an opportunity, organize and act on it," Weaver said. "I see us coming up with solutions that governments and businesses can build into a road map for the future." Zedillo says Latin America faces
As Latin America confronts the global economic crisis, its leaders face the critical decision of adopting bold measures to carry the region forward or retreating to failed policies of the past, former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo said during a keynote address at the Institute of the America’s 25th anniversary gala. “This is the moment of truth. We have to recognize how difficult the situation is. We have to accept that we are going to have to adjust,” said Zedillo. “But we should not forget that relative to where we were 20 years ago, we have made a lot of progress. Instead of back pedaling this is a moment for moving forward with reforms. ” Zedillo, who now serves as director of the Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, delivered his remarks to an audience of almost 500 business leaders and government officials who traveled from throughout the Western Hemisphere to join the Institute on November 15 for its 25th anniversary celebration. A Yale-educated economist, Zedillo faced a crushing economic crisis shortly after assuming the Mexican presidency in 1994. During the early years of his administration, Mexico was plagued with soaring inflation, labor unrest, a decline in investor confidence and a prolonged recession. By the time Zedillo left office in 2000, however, inflation was low and the peso was strong. In the final year of his administration, the economy surged 7 percent, making it the fastest-growing economy in Latin America. In past economic crises, Latin America’s response has devastated the region and delayed efforts to deliver social programs to improve the lives of the region’s impoverished people, Zedillo said. As Latin America faces the worst economic downturn in 50 years, the question once again facing Latin American countries is, “Are we going to worsen our circumstances and impair our future, or improve our prospects for growth and prosperity? “At precisely those moments of truth most of our countries retreated, adopted the wrong policies and reacted the wrong way,” Zedillo said. “We ended up being poorer countries than we were before. We fell behind and we fell behind while others were moving forward. This has had lasting consequences in our countries. It has taken too long to recover." He noted the region has achieved impressive growth during the past two decades, giving Latin American countries the ability to withstand the crisis. “If we overcome this new moment of truth we will emerge with a new strength and a new vitality,” Zedillo said. “Then it will be possible to say that Latin America, or most of Latin America, has taken the decision to be the region of the future and has become a model of the 21st century.” See Gala reception photos The Brookings Institution urged the U.S. and Latin America to build a “genuine and sustained partnership” in a comprehensive report released Nov. 24 by its Partnership for the Americas Commission. The commission, which was first convened by the Brookings Institution in May 2008, is co-chaired by former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo and Thomas R. Pickering, a long-time diplomat and former under secretary of state. The commission’s members are prominent U.S. and Latin American policy makers, including Jeffrey Davidow, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico and Venezuela who now heads the Institute of the Americas. “The key challenges faced by the United States and the hemisphere’s other countries – such as securing sustainable energy supplies, combating and adapting to climate change and combating organized crime and drug trafficking – have become so complex and deeply transnational that they cannot be managed or overcome by any single country,” the report said. “If a hemispheric partnership remains elusive, the costs to the United States and its neighbors will be high, in terms of both growing risks and missed opportunities.” To read the complete report by the Partnership for the Americas Commission, Bush and Schwarzenegger laud IOA for strengthening international relationships  “International trade and cooperation strengthen our relationships with other countries, help advance peace around the world and contribute to economic growth,” President Bush wrote in a letter to IOA President Jeffrey Davidow. “By building mutual understanding between countries and expanding opportunities, you are helping write a hopeful new chapter in the history of our times.”  California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger added his own congratulations in a letter that praised the IOA for its “innovative programs and research..”“I commend your outstanding efforts to create partnerships across borders,” the governor wrote. “By promoting effective government policies and strengthening international relationships, you help ensure the success of our state and the Americas.” Weaver elected IOA Chairman  David R. Weaver, the managing partner and chairman of Intercap Institutional Investors LLC , has been elected Chairman of the Institute of the Americas’ board of directors. Weaver succeeds Gastón Luken, who served as chairman from 2002-2008. "Ï see the Institute as an organization that can recognize an opportunity, organize and act on it," Weaver said. "I see us coming up with solutions that governments and businesses can build into a road map for the future." Richard C. Hojel has been elected Vice Chairman of the Institute’s board of directors. Hojel is the chairman of the board of Mexico City-based Corporación Frigus Therme. IOA RECEIVES DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD  IOA Chairman Gaston Luken, right, is presented a Distinguished Service Award by John B. McNeece III during the Mexico Business Center's International Tribute Awards gala dinner. The Institute of the Americas was honored by the Mexico Business Center with a Distinguished Service Award during a Sept. 10 ceremony in San Diego. EXPERTS SEE OPPORTUNITIES FOR LATIN AMERICA IN FOOD CRISIS
But the situation also demands medium and short term policies to increase local food production to take advantage of the opportunities of higher producer prices. Many LAC countries have the resources -- abundant land, biodiversity and tradition -- to do so, but current policies do not encourage increased productivity. The experts also identified the use of foodstocks -- particularly corn in the United States -- as one of most significant causes for the rise in food prices and suggested policy changes in this regard. China sneezes, Latin America catches a cold  IOA energy expert Jeremy Martin and energy analyst Roger Tissot explain the impact of an economic slowdown in China on Latin America's exports and energy sector. To read their article in Latin Business Chronicle,
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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on June 4 named IOA President Jeffrey Davidow to the Southwest Border Task Force, a newly formed commission charged with examining the Department's efforts along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Institute of the Americas President Jeffrey Davidow has joined President Obama's administration on a temporary basis to serve as the White House Adviser on the Summit of the Americas. In that position, Davidow will coordinate the participation of the United States government at the summit, which will be held April 17-19 in Trinidad and Tobago.
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IOA Energy Program Director Jeremy Martin described the energy industry's boom-bust cycle during an April 20-23 forum in Caracas, Venezuela. The forum, which was organized by the Office of Public Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Venezuela, focused on the geopolitics of energy and energy security in the United States and Latin America. To read a full report on Martin's presentation, 
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President-elect Barack Obama brings to the White House 
As falling oil prices threaten the social welfare programs that have bolstered President Hugo Chávez's popular support, senior officials in his government are quietly courting Western companies to boost purchases of Venezuelan petroleum, The New York Times reported.
Nearly two dozen academic, business, financial and government experts met 