Inter-American Dialogue Board Member Kellie Meiman Hock speaks with the AS/COA podcast Latin America in Focus about how recent U.S. trade policy has prompted Mercosur and other countries across the hemisphere to diversify their commercial relationships.
Alignment with Trump’s priorities is no guarantee of a TPS extension.
On April 16, 2026, the Inter-American Dialogue hosted a private conversation on Colombia’s upcoming presidential election with Sergio Guzmán, founder of Colombia Risk Analysis, moderated by Amb. Brian A. Nichols, former assistant secretary of state for western hemisphere affairs and member of the Dialogue’s board of directors.
Pushing off elections too long could delegitimize the U.S. project in the eyes of Venezuelans. We’re so far from out of the woods right now
On March 20, 2026, president and CEO of the Inter-American Dialogue, Rebecca Bill Chavez, spoke with BBC World News America.
Victor Sierra has built a distinguished career on Wall Street spanning three decades. He currently serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Torino Financial, a New York–based multi-product financial institution.
James J. Townsend Jr. is an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), where he co-hosts the podcast Brussels Sprouts, a weekly interview program featuring leaders in the transatlantic community.
Dialogue Member John Feeley is the executive director for the Center for Media Integrity of the Americas (CMIA) and a former US ambassador dedicated to promoting greater mutual understanding between the United States and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Dialogue Member Michelle Muschett is assistant secretary-general, assistant administrator, and regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). A social policy and global development specialist, she brings extensive multisectoral experience in senior leadership roles across international development and public policy.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 2, 2026 Contact: Gemma Givens press@thedialogue.org Washington, DC – The Inter-American Dialogue is pleased to welcome Ambassador Brian A. Nichols, Ambassador Anthony W. J. Phillips-Spencer, former Minister Alfonso Prat-Gay, and Ambassador Todd D. Robinson to its Board of
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