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Atlantic Council Experts Urge President Obama to Use Today’s Announcement to Finish the Job on US-Cuba Opening

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Atlantic Council Experts Urge President Obama to Use Today’s Announcement to Finish the Job on US-Cuba Opening

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Jul 1, 2015

Atlantic Council Experts Urge President Obama to Use Today’s Announcement to Finish the Job on US-Cuba Opening

By Atlantic Council

In an open letter to President Obama, Peter Schechter, Director, and Jason Marczak, Deputy Director, of the Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center at the Atlantic Council, urge that the time is now to  seize the momentum of recent policy changes toward Cuba and fully reignite relations by pushing the current session of Congress to end […]

Cuba

In the News

Jul 1, 2015

Reuters Features Atlantic Council Open Letter on Cuba

By Atlantic Council

Reuters features an open letter written by Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Director Peter Schechter and Deputy Director Jason Marczak in an article about how a US-Cuba embassy deal could undercut the trade embargo:

Cuba

In the News

Jun 30, 2015

Marczak on Dilma’s State Visit Hopes

By Jason Marczak

Fox News Latino quotes Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Deputy Director Jason Marczak on how Brazil’s President Rousseff hopes to repair her image and the Brazilian economy during her US visit:

Brazil

In the News

Jun 30, 2015

Marczak on US-Brazil Relations

By Jason Marczak

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Deputy Director Jason Marczak joins NPR’s Morning Edition to discuss how Brazil is trying to rebuild relations with the United States after the NSA spying scandal:

Brazil

In the News

Jun 30, 2015

Marczak: Silicon Valley, Remember Brazil?

By Jason Marczak

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Deputy Director Jason Marczak writes for the San Jose Mercury News on why Silicon Valley technology companies should pay more attention to Brazil:

Brazil

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Jun 30, 2015

US News and World Report Features Atlantic Council Event on Brazil

By Atlantic Council

US News and World Report features the Atlantic Council event President Rousseff’s Visit: Photo-Op or a New Era for the United States and Brazil? in article about President Obama and Brazilian President Rousseff meeting to discuss increasing tensions in Venezuela:

Brazil Venezuela

In the News

Jun 29, 2015

Schechter on Rousseff’s US Visit

By Peter Schechter

The Wall Street Journal quotes Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Director Peter Schechter on Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s visit to the United States and the potential for cooperation between the two countries in areas such as climate change and education:

Brazil

In the News

Jun 28, 2015

Marczak on Rousseff’s State Visit

By Jason Marczak

The Washington Post quotes Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Deputy Director Jason Marczak on Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s state visit to the United States as her country’s economy slides:

Brazil

In the News

Jun 27, 2015

Marczak on Dilma’s US State Visit

By Jason Marczak

Foreign-language Estado de Sao Paulo quotes Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Deputy Director Jason Marczak on the importance of the visit of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff to the United States this week in light of her falling popularity and Brazil’s faltering economy: Read the full article here.

Brazil

In the News

Jun 26, 2015

Marczak on Venezuela’s Female Electoral Mandate

By Jason Marczak

The Miami Herald quotes Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center Deputy Director Jason Marczak on the Venezuelan National Electoral Council’s announcement that at least 40 percent of a party’s candidates must be women, and how this announcement has thrown the opposition into chaos: 

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Enrique Millán-Mejía

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Erin K. McFee

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Latin America National Security

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Clifford Sobel

Former United States Ambassador to Brazil

Adrienne Arsht Latin America Center

Brazil Economy & Business

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Brenda Estefan

Nonresident Senior Fellow

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Jacobo Ramos Folch

Policy Manager, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

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Will Mortenson

Program Assistant

Freedom and Prosperity Center

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