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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.


Upcoming Events

Colombia: Hostage Rescue & What Lies Ahead
July 23, 2008, 9:00am – 10:00am
On July 2, Colombian military intelligence and Special Forces liberated 3 U.S. hostages, former Colombian presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt, and 11 Colombian police and soldiers who had been held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia for as many as 11 years. Please join The Americas Project at the Center for American Progress as it hosts Colombian Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos for a discussion of the hostage rescue mission and other recent severe blows against the FARC and their implications for efforts to bring Colombia's long history of illegal armed conflict to a close. RSVP

 

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Past 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.