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AMERICAS SOCIETY IS AN EDUCATIONAL FORUM WHICH PRESENTS PROGRAMS IN ITS PUBLIC POLICY AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS DEPARTMENTS.

PUBLIC POLICY - AMERICAS SOCIETY IS COMMITTED TO FURTHERING EDUCATION AND DEBATE ON PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES IN THE HEMISPHERE. THIS IS ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH PROGRAMS; CONFERENCES; MEETINGS; WORKING GROUPS; REPORTS; PUBLICATIONS; RESEARCH; AND HIGH-LEVEL MEETINGS WITH POLICYMAKERS, SCHOLARS, MEDIA, COMMUNITY GROUPS, PHILANTHROPISTS, AND BUSINESS LEADERS. IN 2022, AMERICAS SOCIETY HOSTED IN-PERSON, HYBRID, AND VIRTUAL HIGH-LEVEL PROGRAMS WITH AUDIENCES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND LATIN AMERICA TO FOSTER DIALOGUE ON REGIONAL ISSUES.AMERICAS SOCIETY IDENTIFIES EMERGING POLICY CHALLENGES AND PRODUCES, PUBLISHES, AND DISSEMINATES RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS AS A BASIS FOR DEBATE AND DIALOGUE WITH RELEVANT POLICYMAKERS, BUSINESS LEADERS, COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES, AND THE MEDIA. AS THE LEADING FORUM FOR HEMISPHERE-WIDE DEBATE, THE SOCIETY'S PUBLIC POLICY PROGRAMS ENGAGE OPINION LEADERS FROM THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTORS IN POSITIVE DIALOGUE IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AND THROUGHOUT LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN TO SHARE IDEAS WITH ORGANIZATIONS, BUSINESSES, AND INDIVIDUALS AND TO FORMULATE SOLUTIONS TO THE CHALLENGES FACING THE AMERICAS TODAY.AMERICAS QUARTERLY (AQ) IS AN AWARD-WINNING PUBLICATION DEDICATED TO POLITICS, BUSINESS, AND CULTURE IN THE AMERICAS. BORROWING ELEMENTS FROM THE ECONOMIST AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS, BUT WITH A FOCUS ON LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, AQ REACHES MORE THAN 1 MILLION PEOPLE PER YEAR THROUGH ITS DIGITAL PLATFORMS, MAGAZINE, AND PODCAST. ITS INFLUENTIAL, AGENDA-SETTING AUDIENCE INCLUDES CEOS, SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AND THOUGHT LEADERS. FOUNDED IN 2007 AND BASED IN NEW YORK CITY, AQ IS AN EDITORIALLY INDEPENDENT, NOT-FOR-PROFIT PUBLICATION OF AMERICAS SOCIETY/COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS, WHICH FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS HAVE BEEN DEDICATED TO DIALOGUE IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.THE AQ PODCAST FEATURES WEEKLY INTERVIEWS ON LATIN AMERICAN POLITICS & TRENDS FOR A GROWING AUDIENCE OF OVER 10,000 LISTENERS PER MONTH. LAUNCHED IN MARCH 2020, THE AQ PODCAST FOCUSES ON INTERVIEWS WITH EXPERTS AND POLICY MAKERS FROM ACROSS THE HEMISPHERE. IN 2022 AQ DELIVERED QUALITY POLITICAL ANALYSIS THROUGH ITS QUARTERLY SPECIAL REPORTS, WEEKLY ONLINE PIECES AND BY CO-ORGANIZING SEVEN EVENTS WITH AMERICAS SOCIETY/COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS THAT HAD OVER 166,000 LIVE VIEWS. IN 2022, AMERICAS QUARTERLY'S ISSUES PUBLISHED WERE: THE COVID GENERATION (ISSUE 1), SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS (ISSUE 2), SUPPLY CHAINS (ISSUE 3) AND MILLENNIALS IN POLITICS (ISSUE 4).ISSUE 1 EXAMINED THE CHALLENGES FACING EDUCATION IN LATIN AMERICA, WHERE SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED DURING THE PANDEMIC FOR LONGER THAN ANY OTHER REGION. EXPERTS SURVEYED THE DAMAGE TO EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THE REGION AND EXPLORED POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO PREVENT A LOST GENERATION OF YOUTH. AQ HOSTED A LAUNCH EVENT EXAMINING HOW TO ADDRESS THE REGION'S EDUCATION CRISIS, FEATURING FERNANDO REIMERS, FORD FOUNDATION PROFESSOR OF THE PRACTICE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND DIRECTOR OF THE GLOBAL EDUCATION INNOVATION INITIATIVE AND OF THE INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION POLICY MASTER'S PROGRAM AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY AS WELL AS CLAUDIA COSTIN, FOUNDER AND DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION IN EDUCATION POLICIES (CEIPE) AND A PROFESSOR AT THE GETULIO VARGAS FOUNDATION.ISSUE 2 FEATURED A SPECIAL REPORT ON THE SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS AHEAD OF THE EVENT IN LOS ANGELES IN JUNE 2022. THE ISSUE HIGHLIGHTED SOME OF THE REGION'S MOST PRESSING CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRESS, INCLUDING REGIONAL COORDINATION ON MIGRATION AND EFFORTS TO LESSEN THE DAMAGE FROM CLIMATE CHANGE IN CENTRAL AMERICA'S NORTHERN TRIANGLE. TO LAUNCH THE ISSUE, AQ CONVENED EXPERTS TO DISCUSS HOW TO FINANCE LATIN AMERICA'S GREEN TRANSITION. THE PANEL FEATURED THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AT THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK AT THE TIME, REINA IRENE MEJIA CHACON, AS WELL AS LAURA SEGAFREDO, THE GLOBAL HEAD OF SUSTAINABLE RESEARCH, ETF AND INDEX INVESTMENTS AT BLACKROCK, AND JOSE DANIEL MADRIGAL, ECONOMICS SPECIALIST AT THE HONDURAS RESIDENT COORDINATOR'S OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS.ISSUE 3 DELVED INTO THE BUZZWORD OF THE MOMENT, NEARSHORING, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES TO INTEGRATE FURTHER INTO U.S. AND GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS. EXPERTS EXPLORED HOW LATIN AMERICA MIGHT SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROMOTE REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND GREATER INTRAREGIONAL TRADE WHILE RECOGNIZING THE CHALLENGES THAT ABOUND IN THE REGION. AQ HOSTED A LAUNCH EVENT FEATURING JOSE ANTONIO MEADE, FORMER SECRETARY OF FINANCE AND PUBLIC CREDIT OF MEXICO, AND THE AUTHOR OF THE ISSUE'S COVER STORY SHANNON K. O'NEIL, THE VICE PRESIDENT, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF STUDIES AND SENIOR FELLOW FOR LATIN AMERICA STUDIES AT THE COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS.ISSUE 4 TOOK A DEEP LOOK INTO LATIN AMERICA'S MILLENNIAL POLITICIANS AND HOW THAT GENERATION MAY CHANGE POLITICS FOREVER. THE ISSUE FEATURED ANALYSIS OF WHAT YOUNG VOTERS WANT AND WHAT YOUNG POLITICIANS (INCLUDING TWO MILLENNIAL PRESIDENTS) ARE DOING IN THE REGION, AS WELL AS AN INTERVIEW WITH FORMER CHILEAN PRESIDENT RICARDO LAGOS ON LATIN AMERICA'S NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS. ALONG WITH THE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS OF THE AMERICAS, AQ HOSTED AN IN-PERSON LAUNCH EVENT AT AS/COA'S HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK FEATURING A CONVERSATION WITH TWO MILLENNIALS: JOURNALIST AND POLITICAL ANALYST ANDREA MONCADA (THE AUTHOR OF THE ISSUE'S COVER STORY) AND GUATEMALAN CONGRESSMAN SAMUEL PEREZ. A RECORDING OF THE EVENT WAS ALSO POSTED ONLINE. THROUGH ITS SIGNATURE LATIN AMERICAN CITIES CONFERENCES, THE SOCIETY COHOSTED AND CONTINUED TO OFFER AN UNPARALLELED PLATFORM FOR PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EXCHANGES WHERE TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, BUSINESS LEADERS, AND INVESTORS DISCUSSED SOME OF THE MOST PRESSING ISSUES FACING THE REGION. HELD IN PERSON, THE CONFERENCES FOCUSED ON CHILE, ARGENTINA, COLOMBIA, AND MEXICO. THEY FEATURED KEYNOTE REMARKS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON TOPICS SUCH AS EXAMINING POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOKS IN THE CONTEXT OF SUSTAINABILITY, CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, AND BOOSTING ECONOMIC ACTIVITY THROUGH FOREIGN INVESTMENT.PROMINENT SPEAKERS AT THE CONFERENCES INCLUDED MINISTERS, GOVERNORS, AMBASSADORS, SENIOR REPRESENTATIVES FROM MULTILATERAL ORGANIZATIONS, CEOS, AND LEADING ENTREPRENEURS AND INNOVATORS. AMONG THE TOP OFFICIALS FEATURED AT THE 2022 LATIN AMERICAN CITIES CONFERENCES WERE MEXICO'S SECRETARY OF FINANCE AND PUBLIC CREDIT ROGELIO RAMIREZ DE LA O; MEXICO'S SECRETARY OF ECONOMY TATIANA CLOUTHIER; MEXICO'S UNDER SECRETARY OF FINANCE AND PUBLIC CREDIT GABRIEL YORIO GONZALEZ; MEXICO'S UNDER SECRETARY OF EXPENDITURES JUAN PABLO DE BOTTON; MEXICO'S UNDER SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN TRADE LUZ MARIA DE LA MORA; ARGENTINA'S MINISTER OF ECONOMY SERGIO MASSA; U.S. UNDER SECRETARY FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT JOSE W. FERNANDEZ; EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT OF CAF, DEVELOPMENT BANK OF LATIN AMERICA SERGIO DIAZ-GRANADOS; AMBASSADOR OF ARGENTINA TO THE U.S, JORGE ARGUELLO; COLOMBIA'S MINISTER OF FINANCE AND PUBLIC CREDIT JOSE ANTONIO OCAMPO; PRESIDENT OF PERU AND COLOMBIA AND HEAD OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR LATIN AMERICA, GOLDMAN SACHS FERNANDO BRAVO; CO-HEAD OF THE AMERICAS TEAM, SOVEREIGN GROUP, FITCH RATINGS RICHARD FRANCIS; CHILE'S MACROECONOMIC COORDINATOR AND CHIEF OF ADVISORS, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, ANDRES SANSONE; CHILE'S MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT MARIA HELOISA ROJAS CORRADI AND CHILE'S MINISTER OF ECONOMY, DEVELOPMENT AND TOURISM NICOLAS GRAU.IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PUBLIC LATIN AMERICAN CITIES CONFERENCES, THE SOCIETY COHOSTED SEVERAL INVITATION-ONLY ELITE EVENTS TO CONVENE CONSTITUENTS WITH SENIOR HEMISPHERIC OFFICIALS AND BUSINESS LEADERS FOR INTIMATE, OFF-THE-RECORD PROGRAMS. THESE PROGRAMS PROVIDE AN IDEAL SETTING FOR COA'S MEMBERS AND CONSTITUENTS TO ENGAGE WITH INVITED GUESTS ON INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND CRITICAL HEMISPHERIC ISSUES. AS PART OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE AMERICAS SERIES, THE SOCIETY COHOSTED VIRTUAL PROGRAMS FOR LATIN AMERICAN HEADS OF STATE FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO DIALOGUE ON THEIR COUNTRIES' INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND CURRENT ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL ENVIRONMENTS. IN 2022, THE SOCIETY COHOSTED PRIVATE IN-PERSON PROGRAMS WITH CHILE'S PRESIDENT GABRIEL BORIC, GUYANA'S PRESIDENT IRFAAN ALI, COLOMBIA'S PRESIDENT GUSTAVO PETRO, PERU'S PRESIDENT PEDRO CASTILLO, AND ECUADOR'S PRESIDENT GUILLERMO LASSO. ALONG WITH COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS, AMERICAS SOCIETY CONTINUES TO ADVANCE THE MISSION OF THE WOMEN'S HEMISPHERIC NETWORK (WHN), AN INITIATIVE THAT ENCOURAGES YOUNG PROFESSIONAL WOMEN TO STAY IN THE WORKFORCE AND REACH LEADERSHIP POSITIONS. THE NETWORK LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER 2012 AT A NEW YORK WORKSHOP FEATURING THEN-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UN WOMEN MICHELLE BACHELET AND FORMER FIRST LADY OF MEXICO MARGARITA ZAVALA.

VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM -THE AMERICAS SOCIETY'S VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM BOASTS THE LONGEST-STANDING PRIVATE SPACE IN THE UNITED STATES DEDICATED TO EXHIBITING AND PROMOTING ART FROM LATIN AMERICA, THE CARIBBEAN, AND CANADA. IT HAS ACHIEVED A UNIQUE AND RENOWNED LEADERSHIP POSITION IN THE FIELD, PRODUCING BOTH HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS. THE VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM PRESENTS EXHIBITIONS ACCOMPANIED BY A SERIES OF PUBLIC AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FEATURING OUTSTANDING ARTISTS, CURATORS, CRITICS, AND SCHOLARS. VISUAL ARTS PRODUCES EXHIBITION CATALOGUES AS WELL AS SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS.IN 2022, AMERICAS SOCIETY'S VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM PRESENTED THREE EXHIBITIONS AND 10 PUBLIC PROGRAMS.PART II OF THE TWO-PART EXHIBITION THIS MUST BE THE PLACE: LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS IN NEW YORK, 1965-1975 PREMIERED ON FEBRUARY 2, 2022. FEATURING OVER 40 LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN ARTISTS WHO HELPED SHAPE NEW YORK CITY'S ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPE, THE EXHIBITION BROUGHT TOGETHER INSTALLATION, PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO ART, PAINTING, AND ARCHIVAL MATERIAL, EXPLORING TOPICS OF MIGRATION, IDENTITY, POLITICS, EXILE, AND NOSTALGIA. THE EXHIBITION RECEIVED REVIEWS IN AGENCIA EFE, ARTREVIEW, BUZZFEED, HYPERALLERGIC, WIDEWALLS, AND OTHER NOTABLE OUTLETS IN THE UNITED STATES AND LATIN AMERICA. THE EXHIBITION WAS ACCOMPANIED BY PROGRAMS AND WAS ON VIEW UNTIL MAY 21, 2022.IN JUNE 2022, GELES CABRERA: MUSEO ESCULTORICO OPENED AT AMERICAS SOCIETY. THE SOLO EXHIBITION, WHICH CLOSED JULY 30, 2022, FOCUSED ON THE MEXICAN SCULPTOR'S INTEREST IN THE HUMAN BODY AND HER EXPERIMENTATION WITH DIFFERENT MATERIALS. MUSEO ESCULTORICO PRESENTED A SELECTION OF WORKS CREATED OVER 40 YEARS OF THE ARTIST, GELES CABRERA'S, CAREER. GELES CABRERA: MUSEO ESCULTORICO WAS THE FIRST INSTALLMENT IN A SERIES OF AMERICAS SOCIETY EXHIBITIONS HIGHLIGHTING THE LEGACY OF WOMEN-IDENTIFYING ARTISTS OF THE AMERICAS, FOCUSING ON CELEBRATING ARTISTS PREVIOUSLY UNDERSTUDIED OR OVERLOOKED. THE SHOW WAS REVIEWED BY OUTLETS INCLUDING ARTFORUM, ARTISHOCK, LA JORNADA, THE ART NEWSPAPER, AND THE NEW YORKER.TROPICAL IS POLITICAL: CARIBBEAN ART UNDER THE VISITOR ECONOMY REGIME PREMIERED AT AMERICAS SOCIETY ON SEPTEMBER 7, 2022, AND WAS ON VIEW THROUGH DECEMBER 17, 2022. THROUGH THE WORK OF 19 CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS FROM THE CARIBBEAN AND ITS DIASPORAS, THE EXHIBITION INVESTIGATED THE IDEAS OF NATURAL AND FISCAL PARADISE WHERE TOURISM AND FINANCE FORM THE "VISITOR ECONOMY REGIME." IT INCLUDED VIDEO, INSTALLATION, PAINTING, AND SCULPTURE. TROPICAL IS POLITICAL WAS REVIEWED BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE NEW YORKER, VOGUE, EL DIARIO NUEVA YORK, HYPERALLERGIC, AND OTHER NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS.IN MARCH 2020, AMERICAS SOCIETY'S VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM LAUNCHED IN THE STUDIO, A SERIES OF CONVERSATIONS WITH ARTISTS TAKING PLACE ON INSTAGRAM LIVE AND PUBLISHED ON YOUTUBE. DURING 2022, AMERICAS SOCIETY HOSTED 13 IN THE STUDIO CONVERSATIONS, INCLUDING NOTABLE GUESTS SUCH AS MARTA MINUJIN AND PEDRO REYES.

MUSIC PROGRAM -MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS FEATURES RENOWNED AND EMERGING PERFORMERS FROM LATIN AMERICA, THE CARIBBEAN, AND CANADA, AS WELL AS U.S. LATINO ARTISTS. IN APPROXIMATELY 20 CONCERTS PER YEAR, INCLUDING EARLY, CLASSICAL, CONTEMPORARY, JAZZ, AND TRADITIONAL MUSIC, MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY OF MUSIC BEING PRODUCED IN THE AMERICAS. THE MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS CONCERT SERIES GIVES ACCESS TO INNOVATIVE MUSIC AND CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES BY OFFERING FREE ADMISSION TO OUR IN-PERSON CONCERTS AND UNLIMITED ACCESS TO ONLINE CONTENT INCLUDING FULL-LENGTH PERFORMANCES AND OUR DAILY VIRTUAL VIDEOS.HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2022 SERIES INCLUDED THE US PREMIERE OF THE AFRO-CUBAN PUPPET OPERA MANITA EN EL SUELO, A VIRTUAL CONCERT BY BRAZILIAN SINGER/SONGWRITER LUEDJI LUNA, A CONCERT OF CARIBBEAN CLASSICAL MUSIC BY JEAN-BERNARD CERIN AND MELISSA JOSEPH, THE PREMIERE OF NEW WORKS BY MEXICAN JAZZ SINGER AND COMPOSER MAGOS HERRERA, AND THE SAO PAULO CHAMBER SOLOISTS PERFORMING BRAZILIAN MUSIC FOR STRING ORCHESTRA.MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS PRODUCES TWO VIRTUAL SERIES: EN CASA (DAILY VIDEOS BY ARTISTS PERFORMING FROM THEIR HOME) AND RECUERDOS (PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN MATERIAL FROM PERFORMANCES AT AMERICAS SOCIETY, SOME DATING BACK DECADES). IN ADDITION TO THESE DAILY VIDEOS, PERFORMANCES FOR THE MUSIC OF THE AMERICA CONCERT SERIES ARE RECORDED FOR SUBSEQUENT RELEASE ONLINE.THESE OVER 300 VIDEOS HAVE BEEN VIEWED 7 MILLION TIMES FROM 2020-2022 ON THE AS/COA WEBSITE, YOUTUBE CHANNEL, AND MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS' SOCIAL MEDIA (FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND TWITTER).MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS PROGRAMS WERE FEATURED IN LA NACION, AL DA NEWS AND OPERA WIRE, AMONG OTHER PROMINENT MEDIA OUTLETS.