On March 16, Foreign Policy at Brookings’ Latin America Initiative hosted U.S. Ambassador to Colombia Kevin Whitaker who offered an assessment of the state of U.S.-Colombia relations and the prospects for a successful peace accord between the Colombian government and the FARC. Vice president and director of Foreign Policy Bruce Jones provided introductory remarks. Senior Fellow Harold Trinkunas moderated the discussion.
Kevin Whitaker was confirmed as Ambassador to Colombia in April 2014. He has previously served as deputy assistant secretary of state for South America, as well as deputy chief of mission in Venezuela and diplomatic posts in Jamaica, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
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U.S.-Colombia relations: A conversation with U.S. Ambassador to Colombia Kevin Whitaker
Agenda
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March 16
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Introduction
Bruce Jones Vice President and Director - Foreign Policy, Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for Asia Policy Studies, Strobe Talbott Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology @BruceBrookings -
Featured Speaker
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Moderator
Harold Trinkunas Former Brookings Expert, Interim Co-Director and Senior Research Scholar, Center for International Security and Cooperation - Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University, Antiguo experto de Brookings @htrinkunas
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