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Institute of the Americas President Charles S. Shapiro writes about the U.S. disconnect with Latin America in a Nov. 13 op-ed in The Miami Herald. American popular culture distorts the reality of Mexico and Colombia and can’t find Brazil on the map, Shapiro writes. Meanwhile, Latin Americans have stopped obsessing about the United States.Read article
Institute of the Americas board member Darcel Hulse has been selected by the Boys Scouts of America's San Diego-Imperial Council to receive the Patriot of the Year Award.
Hulse, who is the president and CEO of Sempra LNG, will be honored at this year's Stars and Stripes dinner on December 1 at the Paradise Point Resort and Spa. Hulse’s contributions to the Institute and his role as a civic-minded leader of Sempra make him an outstanding citizen and the Institute encourages your attendance at this event to benefit the Boys Scouts. Individual tickets are $250 per person and sponsorship opportunities exist. Please contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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President's Corner
"While U.S.-Latin America relations are not bad, they have deteriorated. The relative importance of the United States in Latin America has declined. The challenge for the United States is how to revitalize that relationship."
That's CAF President (and IOA Board member) Enrique García’s executive summary of U.S.-Latin American relations.
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