The Americas Project [En español]
About the Project
The Americas Project at the Center for American Progress is focused on the United States' relationship with and place in the Americas. The United States is in the midst of dramatic changes that will profoundly affect its future and are manifest both in the rapid growth of its Latino population and the ever-increasing interconnections with its neighbors throughout the Americas. Through rigorous research and open collaboration, The Americas Project seeks to more fully explore and understand those changes, the relationships among them, and their implications for progressive policy abroad and at home. The America Project endeavors to formulate innovative policy recommendations to address those changing realities and, through active engagement of all forms of media, effectively communicate its proposals to a wide range of audiences.
The Latest
- Fidel Castro Resigns, End of an Era Creates Opportunity for Change , February 19, 2008
- State of the Americas 2008, February 14, 2008
- Super Tuesday and the Latino Vote, February 5, 2008
- The United States & Latin America: After “The Washington Consensus,” September 27, 2007
- Rethinking U.S.-Colombia Policy, May 31, 2007
- Colombia and the U.S. at a Crossroads: A Conversation with President Alvaro Uribe, May 31, 2007
- Conversation with Colombian President Uribe, May 3, 2007
- Who Would Jesus Deport?, March 13, 2007
- Beyond Rhetoric, by Dan Restrepo, March 12, 2007
- Focus on Interests, Not Personalities, by Dan Restrepo, March 9, 2007
- A Missed Energy Opportunity, by Dan Restrepo, March 8, 2007
- Lost in the Americas: President Bush’s Strategy-Free Trip to Latin America, by Dan Restrepo, March 7, 2007
- Audio: Press Conference on Bush's Trip to Latin America (March 6, 2007)
- Cautionary Tale on Afghanistan. by Dan Restrepo, January 27, 2007 (The Boston Globe) Refocusing Border Efforts. by Dan Restrepo and P.J. Crowley, January 23, 2007
- U.S.-Venezuela Policy: A Reality-Based Approach, by Dan Restrepo, December 12, 2006
Events
State of the Americas
February 9, 2007
OAS Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza gave the keynote address at The State of the Americas, an event by The Americas Project at the Center that brought together distinguished panelists to discuss the United States’ relationship with and place in the Americas amid a wave of democratic elections in Latin America. Panelists agreed that the positive electoral outcomes were reason for optimism in the Americas, but they also worried that frustration with slower governmental action on pressing issues could lead to instability in fragile democracies.
Latino Voters: Misconceptions and Reality
February 21, 2007
Latinos, the fastest growing major segment in the United States today, defy easy characterization, be it societal or political. That was the theme running throughout Latino Voters: Misconceptions and Reality, a half-day conference organized by The Americas Project at the Center for American Progress and the National Council of La Raza. Hispanics express a desire to maintain distinct aspects of their cultural identity, but do so while also showing significant signs of and desire for assimilation into the broader American society, according to Prof. Gary Segura, one of the principal investigators behind the Latino National Survey, the first major national academic study of the country’s Latino population in nearly 15 years, who began the discussion Friday at the Center. After another principal Latino National Survey investigator, Prof. Luis Fraga, highlighted the demographic, partisan, and civic participation characteristics of the Latino population, the conversation turned to the implications for public policy at the national level.