Speakers:
Ivan Chanis Barahona, Human Rights Defender and President of Fundación Iguales Margarita Salas, LGBT+ Rights Defender and President of VAMOS (Costa Rica) Hunter T. Carter, Partner/International Practice Co-Leader, Arent Fox LLP Javier Corrales, Professor/Chair of Political Science, Amherst College Gabriela Zavaleta, LGBTQ rights activist and president of Más Igualdad Perú Guy Mentel, Executive Director, Global Americans (moderator)
President Trump, known as a master dealmaker, is making a bold bet on the negotiating advantage he finds in chaos, having already used similar tariff declarations to extract concessions from the United States’ closest trading partners, including Canada and Mexico.
Unless the administration delivers concrete economic benefits to willing partners and admirers like Argentina and El Salvador, U.S. influence in the region will remain fragile, likely ceding increasing space to China.
En momentos de profunda incertidumbre global, nunca ha sido más crucial defender y fortalecer instituciones como USAID, que representan los valores y principios de la política exterior estadounidense.
