Americas Society / Council of the Americas
2016 Highlights
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We were active in 16 cities in the Americas including Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Guatemala City, Havana, Lima, Managua, Medellín, Mexico City, Miami, Monterrey, New York, Panama City, Rio de Janeiro, Santiago, São Paulo, and Washington, D.C.
In 2016, we held a record number of 276 policy programs across the Americas. More than 12,000 guests attended our events.
Our Music and Visual Arts departments attracted nearly 8,000 visitors to our exhibitions and culture programs.
We expanded our reach globally by webcasting 37 events, which received 3.5 million views. 2
Secretary General, Organization of American States Secretary of Finance, Argentina Minister of Economy Private Programs and Finance, Panama U.S. Representative Senior We hosted 207 private meetingsAffairs, for members in the Security Director, Western Hemisphere National United States, featuring senior public- and private-sector Governor ofthe theAmericas. Central Bank, Paraguay former Council leaders from across President of Mexico Governor of the Central Bank, Brazil CEO of Pemex, Mexico Congressman, Mesa de la Unidad Democrática, Venezuela Minister of Foreign Affairs, Argentina First Vice President of the Central Bank, Cuba Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico Minister of Finance, Brazil Minister of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica Minister of Economy, Guatemala former Vice President of Ecuador; presidential candidate for Alianza País Minister of Finance, Canada Delegate of the Colombian Government to the Peace Talks in Havana, Cuba Vice Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, Cuba Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State Minister of Economy and Finance, Peru Senator, Former President of Colombia Minister of Finance, Chile Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina Director, Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund Governor of the Central Bank, Paraguay Minister of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica In 2016, our guests included: Luis Almagro, Secretary General, Organization of American States
José Guerra, Congressman, Mesa de la Unidad Democrática, Venezuela
Luis Caputo, Secretary of Finance, Argentina
Susana Malcorra, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Argentina
Dulcidio de la Guardia, Minister of Economy and Finance, Panama
Irma Martínez Castrillón, First Vice President of the Central Bank, Cuba
Tom Emmer, U.S. Representative (R-MN)
José Antonio Meade, Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico
Mark Feierstein, Senior Director, Western Hemisphere Affairs, National Security Council
Henrique Meirelles, Minister of Finance, Brazil
Carlos Fernández Valdovinos, Governor of the Central Bank, Paraguay
Vicente Fox, former President of Mexico
Ilan Goldfajn, Governor of the Central Bank, Brazil José A. González Anaya, CEO of Pemex, Mexico
Alexander Mora, Minister of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica Rubén Morales Monroy, Minister of Economy, Guatemala
Lenín Moreno, former Vice President of Ecuador; presidential candidate for Alianza PAIS William Francis Morneau, Minister of Finance, Canada
Óscar Naranjo, Delegate of the Colombian Government to the Peace Talks in Havana, Cuba Ileana Núñez Mordoche, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment, Cuba
Tom Shannon, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Alfredo Thorne, Minister of Economy and Finance, Peru Álvaro Uribe, Senator, former President of Colombia
Rodrigo Valdés Pulido, Minister of Finance, Chile
María Eugenia Vidal, Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina Alejandro Werner, Director, Western Hemisphere Department, International Monetary Fund
L-R: Luis Almagro, Secretary General, Organization of American States; José Antonio Meade, Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico; María Eugenia Vidal, Governor of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina; Susan Segal, President and CEO, AS/COA; Henrique Meirelles, Minister of Finance, Brazil; Alfredo Thorne, Minister of Economy and Finance, Peru
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Public Programs We held nearly 70 public panels and presentations in the United States, including in our offices in New York, Washington, and Miami.
Argentina Investment Conference 2016. Anthony Lim, GIC; John Paul Rathbone, Latin America Editor, Financial Times; Martin Marron, Latin America and Canada, JPMorgan Chase & Co; Tom O’Flynn, The AES Corporation
Urbanization and Technology: Smart Cities in Latin America. Ellis J. Juan, Division Chief, Housing and Urban Development Division, Inter-American Development Bank; João Canais, Americas, Esri; Laura Gaviria, Citi; Gustavo Menendez-Bernales, Latin America, Cisco Systems
A Complex Reality: Security, Trade, and the U.S.-Mexico Border. Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, AS/COA; Will Hurd, U.S. Representative (R-TX); Beto O’Rourke, U.S. Representative (D-TX)
Venezuela and PDVSA’s Bonds: What to Expect. Francisco Rodríguez, Torino Capital; Russ Dallen, Caracas Capital Markets; Lucas Aristizabal, Latin American Energy, Fitch Ratings; Diego Ferro, Greylock Capital 4
Mexico’s Economic and Political Outlook after the Elections. Ragnhild Melzi, Vice President, Public Policy Programs and Corporate Relations, AS/COA; Vivianne Rodrigues, Latin America Managing Editor, Bloomberg News; Alonso Cervera, Latin America, Credit Suisse; Rubén Kraiem, Corporate Partner, Covington & Burling LLP; Mauro Leos, Latin American Sovereign Ratings, Moody’s Investors Service
Guatemala’s Progress and Challenges 20 Years after the Peace Accords. Fernando Quevedo, Representative in Guatemala, Inter-American Development Bank; Humberto López, Country Director for Central America, The World Bank; Gladys Marithza Ruiz de Vielman, Ambassador of Guatemala to the U.S.
2016 Panama Investment Conference. Daniel Korn, Microsoft Latin America; Joseph Fidanque III, General Manager, Tocumen; Sandra Miró, DHL Panama; Aristides Chiriatti, President, American Chamber of Commerce, Panama; Colon Import & Export; Jose A. Zapata, Central America and the Caribbean, Delta Air Lines
Washington Conference on the Americas The 46th Annual Washington Conference brought together senior-level officials and private-sector leaders to focus on the topic of advancing a growth agenda in the Americas.
“Keeping the hemisphere competitive is going to require even deeper commitment from all of us and more creativity, more entrepreneurial governance.” —John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State
Clockwise from top: Juan Carlos Varela, President of Panama; John Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State; Penny Pritzker, U.S. Secretary of Commerce
COA Symposium and BRAVO Business Awards CFO Forum Series and CEO Roundtables In 2016, Council of the Americas assumed control of Latin Trade’s successful spectrum of live events, including the Symposium, BRAVO Business Awards, CFO Forum Series, and CEO Roundtables.
Left: Andrés Gluski, Chairman, AS/COA; Marcos Galperín, MercadoLibre, Inc.; Francisco Garza, Arca Continental; José Antonio Meade, Secretary of Finance and Public Credit, Mexico; Susan Segal, AS/COA; Eduardo J. Padrón, Miami Dade College; Patricia Villela Marino, Humantias360 Institute; Ali Moshiri, Chevron Africa and Latin America Exploration and Production Company; Federico Gutiérrez, Mayor of the City of Medellín, Colombia; Ambassador John Negroponte, Chairman Emeritus, AS/COA; Center: Daniel González, YPF; Right: Xavier Serbiá, News Anchor, CNN Dinero; Blanca Treviño, Softtek; César Cernuda, Microsoft Latin America; Claudio Muruzábal, SAP Latin America & the Caribbean, Laxman Narasimhan, PepsiCo; Luiz Ros, Special Advisor for Innovation - Digital Economy, Inter-American Development Bank
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Latin American Cities Conferences As part of our Latin American Cities Conference series, we convened eight public conferences and 11 private meetings across Latin America. Our public conferences attracted more than 2,900 attendees and received 3.2 million live views via webcasting. We traveled to Argentina: Buenos Aires; Brazil: São Paulo; Chile: Santiago; Colombia: Bogotá; Mexico: Mexico City, Monterrey; Panama: Panama City; Peru: Lima
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1: Fernando Turner Dávila, Secretary of Economy and Labor, Nuevo Leon State, Mexico; 2: Mauricio Cárdenas, Minister of Finance and Public Credit, Colombia; 3: Martín Vizcarra, First Vice President, Minister of Transport and Communications, Peru; 4: Heraldo Muñoz, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chile; 5: Ildefonso Guajardo, Secretary of Economy, Mexico; 6: Augusto Arosemena, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Panama
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7: Otaviano Canuto, Executive Director, International Monetary Fund, Brazil; 8: Marcos Peña, Chief of the Cabinet of Ministers, Argentina
Presidents of the Americas Across the Americas, AS/COA proudly hosted the following Latin American presidents: President of Chile Michelle Bachelet, President of Peru Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, President of Argentina Mauricio Macri, President of Guatemala Jimmy Morales, President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos, President of Costa Rica Luis Guillermo Solís, President of Brazil Michel Temer, President of Panama Juan Carlos Varela, and President of Uruguay Tabaré Vázquez.
“Opening up economies has been extremely productive to the world. We’ve had the best period of growth in the last 50 years in the world’s history.” —Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Peru
Above: Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, Peru Clockwise from top right: Mauricio Macri, Argentina; Michelle Bachelet, Chile; Juan Carlos Varela, Panama; Luis Guillermo Solís, Costa Rica; Jimmy Morales, Guatemala; Tabaré Vázquez, Uruguay; Juan Manuel Santos, Colombia; Michel Temer, Brazil
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Initiatives & Working Groups “ You cannot wait to be offered a political role, a political place in your organization or in your life—you must take it.” —Trinidad Jiménez, Telefónica
AS/COA Cuba Working Group In 2016, the AS/COA Cuba Working Group (CWG) organized 13 programs in New York, Washington, Miami, and Havana. These included events with U.S. Representatives Tom Emmer and Kathy Castor, U.S. Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs U.S. Director Josefina Vidal, Irma Martínez Castrillón of Cuba’s Central Bank, and Ileana Núñez Mordoche of Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Trade and Investment. CWG also led two business delegations to the island to better understand U.S.-Cuba relations and business opportunities. More: as-coa.org/cuba
AS/COA Women’s Hemispheric Network The Women’s Hemispheric Network (WHN) celebrated its fifth year in 2016 by hosting events in Miami and New York. The annual New York conference included a keynote by Trinidad Jiménez of Telefónica, panels on entrepreneurship and the importance of building strong professional relationships, and an interactive table leader session. WHN programs attracted over 300 attendees and related videos have earned more than 86,000 YouTube views.
Ambassador Jeffrey DeLaurentis, Chargé D’Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba; Josefina Vidal, General Director of U.S. Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Cuba
More: as-coa.org/women Left, top to bottom: Trinidad Jiménez, Telefónica; Alexis Meissner, Americas, HSBC; Suzy White, Global Markets, Americas, HBSC; Courtney Wright, Institutional Coverage Group, HBSC; Katia Bouazza, Global Banking for Latin America, HSBC
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North American Trade Initiative Anticipating a changing political atmosphere in the United States, the North American Trade Initiative (NATI), formerly known as the Trade Advisory Group, moved from advocacy and promotion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership to a new look at the North American relationship and modernization of NAFTA. This focus forms the basis of activities going forward, providing a forum to analyze and advance the next phase of economic relations.
Venezuela Working Group The Venezuela Working Group (VWG) brings together key players to address the country’s economic scenario. In 2016, the group hosted opposition leader and Congressman Julio Borges, as well as public panels on timely topics such as Venezuela’s economic outlook and the financial standing of the country’s state oil firm PDVSA.
More: as-coa.org/trade
More: as-coa.org/venezuela
Energy Action Group In 2016, Energy Action Group (EAG) events engaged high-level leaders on strategic energy trends throughout the hemisphere. Programs focused on Mexico’s reform, Caribbean energy security, and prospects for integrated energy markets across the Americas. EAG hosted the U.S. Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein, among other senior industry representatives.
Young Professionals of the Americas With a network of over 1,500 young people in New York and Miami, Young Professionals of the Americas (YPA) inspires future leaders through professional development and social events. In 2016, YPA hosted a private tour with the owners of Cosme Kitchen, a cocktail hour with Mexican Consul Diego Gómez Pickering, and a panel on becoming a young art collector. In 2017, YPA will expand to Washington, DC.
More: as-coa.org/energy
More: as-coa.org/YPA
Above, top to bottom: Arturo Sarukhán, former Mexican Ambassador to the U.S.; John Cornyn, Senator (R-TX) Amos J. Hochstein, Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, U.S. Department of State
Above, top to bottom: Alejandro Grisanti, Barclays; Julio Borges, Congressman, Primero Justicia, Venezuela YPA: Kitchen Tour and Conversation with Cosme’s Owners in NY
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Culture Visual Arts In 2016, Americas Society’s Visual Arts program presented two exhibitions, a fashion show/contemporary dance performance by Mexican designer Carla Fernández, and 25 public programs. In the spring, Hemispheres: A Labyrinth Sketchbook by Silvia Gruner featured a specially commissioned video installation by the contemporary artist. Accompanied by a bilingual publication, the show was produced in collaboration with the Museo Amparo in Puebla, Mexico, where it was installed in an expanded version. In the fall, we opened Told and Untold: The Photo Stories of Kati Horna in the Illustrated Press, the photographer’s first U.S. exhibition, with a forthcoming exhibition catalogue. More: as-coa.org/visualarts Clockwise: Hemispheres: A Labyrinth Sketchbook by Silvia Gruner. Installation view; Book Launch: Conversations in Mexico, by Hans-Ulrich Obrist. Boris Hirmas, Tres Mares Group; Pedro Reyes, artist; Hans-Ulrich Obrist, curator; Told and Untold: The Photo Stories of Kati Horna in the Illustrated Press; 2016 catalogue
Music The MetLife Foundation Music of the Americas Concert Series’ 21 programs in 2016 included the U.S. premiere of the multimedia contemporary opera Inteligencia Artificial, our third collaboration with Argentina’s Centro de Experimentación del Teatro Colón; the premiere of a newly commissioned piece at the Banff Centre in Canada; and several performances of the music of Alberto Ginastera, including a concert in Central Park. We also collaborated for the first time with Brooklyn’s National Sawdust and presented an early music concert from the archives of the Hispanic Museum & Library. More: as-coa.org/music
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Clockwise: Orfeón San Juan Bautista at Hispanic Society of America; Soprano Maria Goso with Pianist Marcelo Ayub as part of Instituto Superior de Arte del Teatro Colón’s An Evening of Opera Favorites; Onix Ensamble at National Sawdust, Brooklyn
Americas Quarterly Americas Quarterly (AQ) is the premier publication on business, politics, and culture in the Americas. In 2016, AQ issues included: Corruption Busters (Issue 1); Which Future for Central America? (Issue 2); Memos to the Next President (Issue 3); and Fixing Brazil (Issue 4). Issue 1 celebrated the top five figures behind Latin America’s historic corruption crackdown: Sérgio Moro, Iván Velásquez, Thelma Aldana, José Ugaz, and Viridiana Rios. In June, AQ traveled to Guatemala City to launch Issue 2 and, in December, to Lima for a private roundtable on consulta previa. We also held a Cuba Night for the inaugural launch of the Cultura section in Issue 3 and a Brazil Night for Issue 4; both included in-depth panels, poetry, music, and regional cuisine. The magazine’s fifth annual Social Inclusion Index was presented in Washington, DC, in partnership with the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs. AQ’s online readership continued to grow, with close to an 80 percent increase in unique page views from 2015 to 2016. More: AmericasQuarterly.org
Top: Issue 1 Above, left to right: Lanzamiento de AQ: Avances y prioridades para una mejor Centroamérica. Rubén Morales Monroy, Minister of Economy, Guatemala; Issue 2; Issue 3; Issue 4
AQ 2016 Social Inclusion Index cover
AQ Launch: Latin America’s History-Making “Corruption Busters.” Iván Velásquez, Colombian Prosecutor; Head, CICIG, Guatemala; Thelma Aldana, Attorney General, Guatemala; Brian Winter, Editor-in-Chief, AQ; Vice President, Policy, AS/COA; Antonio Carlos Welter, Prosecutor; Senior Member, Lava Jato Unit, Brazil; José Ugaz, Jurist; Global Chair, Transparency International
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Americas Society (AS) is the premier forum dedicated to education, debate, and dialogue in the Americas. Its mission is to foster an understanding of the contemporary political, social, and economic issues confronting Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada, and to increase public awareness and appreciation of the diverse cultural heritage of the Americas and the importance of the inter-American relationship. Council of the Americas (COA) is the premier international business organization whose members share a common commitment to economic and social development, open markets, the rule of law, and democracy throughout the Western Hemisphere. The Council’s membership consists of leading international companies representing a broad spectrum of sectors, including banking and finance, consulting services, consumer products, energy and mining, manufacturing, media, technology, and transportation.
Americas Society / Council of the Americas would like to thank our many sponsors, including: SERIES SPONSORS Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 • Andes Energia plc. • Chubb • Cisco Systems, Inc. • Chevron Corporation • Citigroup, Inc. • CLADEC • HBO Latin America • HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. • J.P. Morgan • MetLife, Inc. • Microsoft Corporation • Panedile Argentina S.A.I.C.F. e I. • Puente • Telefónica, S.A. • The AES Corporation CORPORATE SPONSORS Akerman LLP • Archer Daniels Midland Company • Banco Ciudad de Buenos Aires • Bank of America • Barrick Gold Corporation • BlackRock • BNP Paribas • Bridas Corporation • DirecTV Latin America, LLC • EY • Freeport-McMoRan • General Electric Company • General Motors South America • GeoPark • Greenberg Traurig, LLP • IBM Corporation • IE Singapore • Johnson & Johnson • Kellogg Co. • Merck & Co., Inc. • Monsanto Company • New York Life • News Corp/Fox • Pampa Energía • PepsiCo • Pluspetrol • Rio Tinto • S&P Global Ratings • Sancor Seguros • Scotiabank • 12
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