March 18, 2021: The President’s Leadership Council of the Inter-American Dialogue convened members for a virtual meeting with Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX). Participants discussed regional collaboration and congressional priorities towards Latin America and the Caribbean.
The President’s Leadership Council of the Inter-American Dialogue convened members for a virtual meeting with Representative Joaquin Castro (D-TX). Participants discussed regional collaboration and congressional priorities towards Latin America and the Caribbean.
November 24, 2020: The President’s Leadership Council of the Inter-American Dialogue hosted a virtual meeting with Representative Gregory Meeks (D-NY), chairman-elect of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Participants discussed congressional priorities for the upcoming year and the future of Western Hemisphere policy under the Biden-Harris administration.
February 13, 2018: The Inter-American Dialogue convened members of Congress and a delegation of Salvadoran representatives from the private sector to discuss the issue of Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The CMWG dinner was attended by five members of Congress: Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Jim McGovern (D-MA), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA), and Norma Torres (D-CA). Read more here.
May 25, 2017: The Inter-American Dialogue hosted its fourth annual roundtable discussion with private sector leaders of the President’s Leadership Council and Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA). The conversation was moderated by Thomas McLarty, former White House Chief of Staff. See more here.
December 14, 2016: The Inter-American Dialogue and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law convened a private roundtable discussion on funding for the Zika virus outbreak in the Americas. The CMWG breakfast was hosted by four members of Congress: Eliot Engel (D-NY), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Sam Farr (D-CA), and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL). Read more here.
June 9, 2016: The Inter-American Dialogue hosted its second annual roundtable discussion with private sector leaders of the President’s Leadership Council and members of Congress. The congressional breakfast was hosted by a bipartisan group of members: Tim Kaine (Senate, D-VA), Matt Salmon (R-AZ), Beto O’Rourke (D-TX), Alan Grayson (D-FL), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), and Jared Polis (D-CO). The conversation was moderated by Jim Kolbe, former US representative (R-AZ). See more here.
July 9, 2015: The Inter-American Dialogue hosted a CMWG dinner discussion led by Hugo Martínez, the foreign affairs minister of El Salvador, and Roberta Jacobson, US assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs. The dinner was co-hosted by a group of bipartisan members of Congress: Tom Emmer (R-MN), Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), Joaquin Castro (D-TX), Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ), and Norma Torres (D-CA). Other congressional members in attendance included Nita Lowey (D-NY), David Schweikert (R-AZ), Henry Cuellar (D-TX), and Sam Farr (D-CA). Read more here.
June 18, 2015: The Inter-American Dialogue hosted its inaugural roundtable discussion with private sector leaders of the President’s Leadership Council and members of Congress. The congressional breakfast was hosted by a bipartisan group of members: Gregg Harper (R-MS), Eliot Engel (D-NY), and Beto O’Rourke (D-TX). Other congressional members in attendance included Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Luis Gutiérrez (D-IL), Tony Cárdenas (D-CA), Norma Torres (D-CA), and Joaquin Castro (D-TX). The conversation was moderated by Jim Kolbe, former US representative (R-AZ). See more here.
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