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developer program look at how cities in latin america and the caribbean can apply technology and database solution to tackle urban challenges from the atlantic household this is under an hour and a half i think that is specific to the subject matter were working through today is in particular honor sitting here with us on stage first and foremost ambassador brian nichols assistant secretary for western hemisphere affairs and jennifer baucus inaugural accurate to say inaugural principal deputy assistant secretary for the bureau of cyberspace and digital policy, both from the department of state you have chosen the atlantic council to relaunch the program aimed at empowering local governments. the digital agenda for transformation in the americas for those of you who are acronym nerds it translates to data, data for cities initiative. more on that in a second, across the region the strategic and notes possible adoption and sparsity practices and technology is really helping to strengthen local governments. make service provision more efficient and empower the financial capacity of municipal

tackling the root causes of food insecurity and forced migration in latin america. both of the los angeles declaration on migration and protection and the pact on migration highlights the importance of addressing the key factors that forces people to leave their homes. migration from latin america is multifaceted and driven by factors that include food insecurity. the consequences of food insecurity highlight the need to better understand the social dynamics in the region and the policy responses to ensure the self-reliance and well-being of displaced people. bureaucratic impediments continue to stand in the way of reaching food insecure communities and saving lives. local organizations, faith- based actors, and others, are stepping up to deliver essential services, with limited resources. our experts will discuss the intersection of food, hunger, and migration, the role played by different actors in building hope, and sustainable solutions , and address root causes. thank you again for joining us, and no, i will introduce, briefly, our speakers. sitting on the far

conversations about forced migration in latin america. you look across the landscape of emergencies that the program is responding to, there are other things grabbing news cycles right now. you've got an entire population in gaza in need of humanitarian assistance, one of the largest military and emergencies around the world right now that you may not have heard of in sudan. 26.5 million people in that country facing crisis levels of hunger. not to mention northeastern if the op a, not to mention syria and yemen. so when i say there's not a lot of oxygen left in the room, i really mean that. we have a limited pool of attention. congress has a limited pool of attention. we have to make strategic decisions about the issues we bring up before those audiences for them to take action on. so we're in this world now where frankly, we are not combating the problem of global hunger with nearly enough resources. she's been studying the feed the future program for agricultural development, but that operates at $1 billion. one billion dollars over 12

we would like to see latin america be successful. we would like to see us be a good neighbor to them, then be a good neighbor to us. we would like to make sure we are not losing in that battle for allies as the world becomes polar, bipolar. i don't know if that answers your question, but your question was very specific. i wanted to talk about the general because getting to the specific is harder, but you are right that we have got to get there. >> thank you, congressman and everybody. as you mentioned, an adversary that is near, not far, that is the main take away a gotten in recent years in the u.s. despite being a scholar of chinese global strategy, what they are doing here, whether cyber or fentanyl or critical infrastructure, or a united front, there is so much activity going on here that it just seems very clear that polar security must be one of the key pillars to overcome this challenge and when the entire picture. we just have to focus. july for your voice on this -- thank you for your voice on this issue. we will continue to

science and technology technology innovation regional director for latin america review development. latin american center. we watch the advantage counsel motivated in our responsibility to drive responsibility and big and you responsible ways. work with programs like the latin american center and the work across the region. it is my honor to introduce terry brian jennifer marcus moderated by the event latin america subject one of our advisory members for that. i will be joined by secretary nichols. it's really important day and announced this digital agenda. this is really exciting to goes back to the partnership have the state department and a range of different issues together and that hamas not to long ago urbanized in the world second only to north america it had a europe, asia, africa, louisiana and across the hemisphere nearly ten people lived in cities this was the rationale for server cities last year the leader level. the first ever in america's, the momentum and excitement in ration of that city officials work on the front line delivering on promises. how good and effective

regional director for latin america andor caribbean from u.. trade and development agency. promises of services of security and opportunity for their communities and citizens. so keeping that in mind and how deeply essential good and effective local govern anticipates for latin the america domestic resilience and opportunities, i want to began discussion with you secretary nichols, again, welcome, before we talk about the initiative in-depth, i would like to help frame this a little bit more. so what challenges, what opportunities do you see in the adoption of digital tools by cities across the region and then also, what key engagement programs is the u.s. leading to work with local governments across the region? >> jason, thank you so much for having me. this is a great opportunity to talk about how do we deliver for the citizens of our region and you framed itt perfectly, i thik you actually stole half of my talking points about how we got here. that's perfect. so you think about going back to 2020 and the pandemic and where our region was in terms of lack of access to ed

carter to latin america, you mentioned latin america. this was our hemisphere. yet he sent pat darian the assistant secretary for human rights, who was an amazing champion for. human rights. and i see some of her colleagues, roberta cohen and tex harris and others that are here with us today who brought that message to the dictatorships in latin america. in fact, you know, pat threatened military to argentina if the disappeared people, the thousands of disappeared people, did not reappear. and they did. they reappeared alive because of that threat of withholding, of military support. there's a professor in georgia, elena, who's alive, who came and told us i was one of those 3000 that would it would have have been dead if pat darian hadn't gone down and pounded her fist and said, we want to see these people alive. so by not just rhetoric by real action. the carter administration made such an such an important difference in latin america. but you have to understand this was during the cold war. so not only did president carter write a handwritten letter to andrei

also in latin america, travelling overland to the united states. his wife, i know, says they've been having a hard time. uh while i think people how, how evaluation won't be held by my mother. used to say that's kind of where, so those are all not in or this out sooner it has to go. you have to hope you guys have when you're done. india and his brother leeway has been sending updates for me a lot. that's kind of the charge of it. anyway, so i'm here until the. i can't lose. so not just say your name don't, don't. zillow, no, not even finding a fault. dental group was on has what is the one you watch him and that's what i what, what, what. 4 i'm using here where you find me pull so that drop off what i will go to my module by sitting on the video. that's just a question. i'm good. how long will solve that? to me? what's that to me? what can sevalla would your, would you will consume cold weather to you, to a dollar? so anyways i o j o. it's 2 months since we last saw or 2 and he's left that as a found a new home and start to use a new job with us or

always had a great interest in latin america. how much of a threat is castro to the economic development of latin america? well, i think i have to broaden, ken, and just you kind of just talk the economic development and economy only develops when you've got stable government. let's face it, the government creates the framework within which people operate private enterprise, free labor and so forth. and the castro influence, plus the communist and their are interrelated very intimately. fidel is more they call it fidel castro. fidel is more in latin america is very strong. it's a movement that is supported from cuba, agents are going out, saboteurs, the explosives, so that they're constantly these attacks being made. and for the governments of the caribbean area to preserve law and order alone is becoming a major problems. say nothing of the propaganda, the disruption others being caused so that it's having naturally its effect on the economic life, on investment of private capital, which is what creates the jobs. so the whole th

20th and on. tens of thousands of chinese migrants have been taking the dangerous routes through latin america to the united states when they plan to seek asylum. risking everything in that quest, but back to lines point for them. so in the 2nd half of our 2 pot investigation, $1.00 oh, $1.00 east finds out what happens to the microns once they've made it to the top of the single coon on us. as you check on cars. we meet so secretive pass to discover his plan for new arrivals along the judge and then she's hired in john we learned why, despite the risks, many more chinese are willing to undertake the same perilous journey. and we all ask if the american dream is ready with that sacrifice. the young one children young, has made it to america. the chinese migrant sent his wife june. u chan arrived in july 2023. they now live with relatives in the small city of habits in california. okay. okay. well, here you are, assuming we are legal calling you the couple are among the 31000 chinese migrants who enter the us via risky track through latin america in 2023 on social media. this expedition is know

and the us after a physically and mentally exhausting trick to latin america. but the deal wasn't over yet, so i made for him again to wish or 10th what size of your time the developed christian on says he left china because his church leaders were being detained and tortured. that despite the assurances from badging that it respects religious freedom, hon says p lifting fear to here it's, i am the way media to show you a deed. so can you me the mail quote to her, you know me a file. ok. the you. why that for the true mails or friend even you at that time then move to show okay. and immigration lawyer helped to get him out of detention and was able to find casual works one week off to his release. but it's nothing like his old job to know for sure in that culture, that's one of the steve hands of it's not easy. finding stable work for other chinese migrants new to los angeles. the search often begins at one of the many employment agencies. so having recent arrivals like them, we've received information that some businesses might be involved in questionable acti

>> this is president trump saying to all of latin america it's tile to reengage with the united statesbivalence with latin america is over anding looing at cabinet appointments and senator rubio and mike waltz and people from "fox & friends" pete hegseth and the new generation of thinking and people having a new strategy of how to look at the world. you can't look at the world less you look at western hemisphere and president trump is making that abundantly clear and latin america getting basically -- going to have to think about this in terms of gio p politics than from both sides and the idea of being able to trade with china and the united states and allow china to take up the critical infrastructure and putting the united states in a weaker position and that era is over and president trump is making that statement right now. will: thank you, joseph. rachel: thank you, joseph. if the trump administration is smart, they'll put that -- take advice from that guy. joseph humire has been at the forefront of so much of this and understands the economics, national security and implications

they love you in the caribbean and in latin america. and every head of state that i spoke with without exception. agreed with me on the importance. of cooperating and consulting closely on the issues that concern you jimmy and the concern us all human rights nuclear nonproliferation economic development. arms control. i think we've made progress in all of these areas. i'm glad to be back home. i'm glad to be with amy and with jamie. i'm going to convey all of this information that i have to jamie. in fact. i look forward to consulting closely with him on a regular basis. my role was more one. of a sounding board for jimmy could explain the issues to me and in the process think them through. any new i was interested in them because i had been all over the country telling people what he was going to do. and then i wanted to be sure he did. and and i could go add into the countryside and talked to people presents can become very isolated and one reason is because i have such huge entourages when they go out and they can't really get answer

like, you know what government is currently failing in latin america from the accent you hear on they what's helping the failure of our countries in latin america, sometimes... - exactly. - is the u.s. and i love this country. but also, this country makes a lot of mistakes. - no, no, no, they bet on the wrong horse every single time. and it's-- it's mortifying, right? - name a latin american country, and the chances are pretty good that the u.s. government intervened there at some point in order to secure their political and economic goals. for decades, the u.s. helped fight dirty wars throughout latin america, destabilizing economies and causing mass migrations. chileans came here escaping a dictator we supported in 1973. guatemala in 1954. el salvador in '79. the list goes on and on. those events often determine an immigrant's politics, for better or for worse. - i don't want to take us of our accountability. how many times are we going to get fooled? - right, right. - because every country in latin america, for the most part, bounces between extreme right and extreme left. - yeah,

, the imperative of fighting for the unity of workers in the united states with the workers in latin america, south america, north and canada. invite to unify the north american and south american working class against this route. patients government is going to develop as a central strategic issue. well, as i said, i had to colonial struggle, alive and well in west africa, all sorts of bricks oriented developments in the rest of the world. how will the working classes react? do you think to the drum policies from january the 20th, are they going to end up in despair as they're further impoverished, or will they be able to organize? i think there's going to be a real struggle in a fight. you know, the american working class is not in this state of demoralization and defeat, that's not what's happening. uh, it will. it has many illusions and lack of understanding. but the policies that there's all, the gar could government will pursue the escalating war. this is going to engender opposition. this is not a period of coming up of the size. the demoralization. this is a period of struggle and th

exactly, it is extremely important but the process we have seen from the farmers, latin america is anfor example also other commodities like brazil it has also soybeans and sugar and these things. europe is not specialising in these matters. we are specialising in the higher end and manufacturing good and services and that is what you see in the trade bans in this country. and we have the opportunity to get rid of this tariff, it is pure win—win scenario for europe. this tariff, it is pure win-win scenario for europe.- scenario for europe. and in terms of — scenario for europe. and in terms of trade _ scenario for europe. and in terms of trade with - scenario for europe. and in terms of trade with the - scenario for europe. and in | terms of trade with the us, scenario for europe. and in - terms of trade with the us, how concerned is europe over the potential tariffs coming in and under the trump administration? europe is concerned, but i am just back from a trip to washington and i think the main concern on the tariff site is that the tariffs will be directed towards china. if europe

since then export to plastic waste have out new markets like latin america. we're focusing on the market in the united states and mexico, but the fact is, is that this is a global business that also spans other regions. these are the 5 countries that export the most plastic waste and worldwide in tons per year. germany leaves the way with more than 680000 tons followed by japan and the united kingdom with just over 600000 tons. the netherlands and the us are in 4th and 5th place respectively . considering the enormous amounts of plastic consume globally, our companies shifting towards the sustainable production again, canada. but i thought i'd let you know maybe guy and missy burne co either style in this process that i've, she's young. i'm the assistant associate. i'm which us out on the investment by setting up ignoring or she had called brent said last night you left you on this a but i said to stop by the through the bus you that my daughter plus 170 that in but aside. yeah. rodrigo vargas is technical, director of green tank of mexican consulting, firm,

like many latin american nations, as relatively green electricity grants may be collecting in latin america. 65 percent of electricity comes from green and renewable sources, a different allow list race ribbon, you know, is the executive secretary of the latin american energy organizations. i use it there in countries where renewables account for nearly 100 percent of electricity, paraguay, uruguay. and then some hours of the day she laid out what a hold of the many of the countries in this region have large hydro electric projects and other green energy sources, all of which contribute to the cleaner energy matrix. which in turn, makes the switch to electric vehicles more impactful. but this is not a simple swap over. for one electric buses are more expensive or stolen with the theme. anything it has the initial investment cost. and that's precisely because of the new technology to them over the conclusion you transport secretary and miranda, assess the initial investment, was about twice as much as a gasoline powered bus before the pandemic. and now folks are bothered to but we have obser

i mean, currently with blogger rubio, its extra estates, uh, any war on central america and latin america will create more refugees to the north . but how will these oligarchs going to employ people? enough people in their factories, if the border doesn't allow more immigration. and apparently, you know, most studies show the united states is desperate for new immigrants to be able to supply labor. how, how are they going to cope with less emigration into the united states? under trump? presidency as well through an immense increase in exploitation. although i think that the the main significance of the assault on immigrant work. the 1st all their creating conditions of basically desperation fear in which immigrant workers have absolutely no rights or are perpetually at fear of deportation. and therefore, right for extreme corporate exploitation. but the assault on immigrants is also part of the establishment of a, essentially a police state regime trumpet spoken about the deployment of the military. to utilize to create a, basically concentration camps and organize mass deportations. but

as with many of these diplomatic spats between latin america and donald trump, this one started withbitant, he called it ridiculous and a ripoff, which he expected to end. he even suggested that the canal could pass back to us control. as you might expect, the president of panama responded robustly, saying that the canal was completely part of panamanian sovereignty, every square metre of it, as he put it, and that was a non—negotiable situation. a little bit of history — the canal has been under panamanian control, complete panamanian control, complete panamanian control since 31 december, 1999. it's coming up on its 25th anniversary as it passed back from us control to panamanian control under accords reached in 1977 between the then president of panama and presidentjimmy carter. so it is of course a panamanian entity run by the panamanian government. 0ne element that donald trump was right about that the fees have gone up in recent years — that is largely down to climate change, as reservoirs which support the level of water in the canal have run dry — that means it's have run dry