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The Scouting Report: Previewing the Summit of the Americas

Summit of the Americas, Latin America, Global Economics, South America, Central America


Event Summary

The new Obama Administration can send signals for a new beginning with many of our neighbors to the south at the upcoming Summit of the Americas April 17-19 in Trinidad and Tobago.

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Event Information

When

Wednesday, April 08, 2009
12:30 PM to 01:30 PM

Where

Online
The Brookings Institution
1775 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Washington, DC
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Contact: Brookings Office of Communications

E-mail: events@brookings.edu

Phone: 202.797.6105

Challenges abound for the new President and his emissaries to Cuba, Colombia, Bolivia, Haiti and Venezuela. Mauricio Cárdenas, director of the Latin America Initiative at Brookings, took your questions on U.S. policy in the region during a web chat moderated by Politico Senior Editor Fred Barbash, Wednesday, April 8 at 12:30 PM.
 

Transcript

12:37 [Comment From Arlene Graham]
Hello Mauricio! Thank you for holding this chat today. Do you believe that President Obama will continue his 'listening mode' stance during the Summit of the Americas? And, if so, what do you think might be accomplished during the summit?

12:38 Mauricio Cárdenas:
Good question! I think he'll come to Trinidad and Tobago in a listening mode, but he will also bring a new attitude - kind of like what he showed in Turkey earlier this week.

12:39 Mauricio Cárdenas:
This means the U.S. is not going to divide the hemisphere in to friends and enemies and, at the same time, President Obama will bring news on various fronts, including Cuba, and hopefully new initiatives on energy from which all countries in the region can benefit.

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Moderator

Fred Barbash

Senior Editor
Politico


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