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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 2021, AMERICAS SOCIETY CONTINUED ITS DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION SPARKED BY THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, HOSTING VIRTUAL HIGH-LEVEL PROGRAMS WITH AUDIENCES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES AND LATIN AMERICA TO FOSTER DIALOGUE ON REGIONAL ISSUES. IN THE SECOND HALF OF 2021, AS RESTARTED HOSTING SMALL, IN-PERSON PROGRAMS, CEMENTING THE ORGANIZATION'S HYBRID NATURE.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. AQ HAS AN INFLUENTIAL, AGENDA-SETTING AUDIENCE AND A PRINT CIRCULATION OF 13,000. READERS INCLUDE CEOS, SENIOR GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, AND THOUGHT LEADERS, AS WELL AS A GENERAL AUDIENCE INTERESTED IN THE AMERICAS. LAUNCHED IN 2007 AND BASED IN NEW YORK CITY, AQ IS AN INDEPENDENT, NOT-FOR-PROFIT PUBLICATION OF AMERICAS SOCIETY, WHICH FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO DIALOGUE IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE.IN 2021 AQ DELIVERED QUALITY POLITICAL ANALYSIS THROUGH ITS QUARTERLY SPECIAL REPORTS, WEEKLY ONLINE PIECES AND BY CO-ORGANIZING 11 EVENTS WITH AMERICAS SOCIETY/COUNCIL OF THE AMERICAS THAT HAD OVER 485,000 LIVE VIEWS. IN 2021, AQ PUBLISHED FOUR ISSUES: ORGANIZED CRIME IN TIMES OF COVID, THE CASE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AMAZON, MAYORS LEADING THE RECOVERY, AND THE BATTLE OVER FAKE NEWS.ISSUE 1 EXAMINED THE GROWING INFLUENCE AND POWER OF ILLEGAL ORGANIZATION ACROSS THE REGION AT A MOMENT WHEN GOVERNMENTS WERE OBLIGATED TO DIVERT RESOURCES, BOTH FINANCIAL AND SECURITY, TOWARDS THE FIGHT AGAINST THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. EXPERTS LOOKED AT WHAT WAS NEEDED TO COMBAT TRANSNATIONAL CRIME AND HOW THE REGION COULD COLLABORATE IN THIS EFFORT. AQ HOSTED A LAUNCH EVENT WITH A PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE EVOLVING POWER OF ORGANIZED CRIME IN MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA WITH FORMER COSTA RICA PRESIDENT LUIS GUILLERMO SOLIS, ANDREW SELEE, PRESIDENT OF THE MIGRATION POLICY INSTITUTE AND SONJA WOLF, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR WITH THE DRUG POLICY PROGRAM AT CIDE, IN MEXICO. ISSUE 2, LAUNCHED SOLELY ONLINE, FEATURED A SPECIAL REPORT ON EXISTING EFFORTS TO CREATE SUSTAINABLE BUSINESSES IN THE AMAZON BASIN AND NEW INITIATIVES TO BRING ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO THE 35 MILLION PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, WITHOUT RESORTING TO DEFORESTATION. THE ISSUE LAUNCH SPORTED THREE EVENTS. THE FIRST WAS A PANEL DISCUSSION ON THIS TOPIC WITH ANDREA ALVARES, FROM NATURA, MARINA GROSSI, PRESIDENT OF THE BRAZILIAN BUSINESS COUNCIL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, DENIS MINEV, CEO OF BEMOL, AN AMAZONIAN BUSINESS CONGLOMERATE AS WELL AS A TOP ANGEL INVESTOR IN THE REGION AND BETO VERISSIMO, CO-FOUNDER, IMAZON. THE SECOND LAUNCH EVENT WAS A DISCUSSION WITH COLOMBIA'S PRESIDENT IVAN DUQUE AND THE LAST PANEL BROUGHT TOGETHER REGIONAL AMAZON POLITICAL LEADERS: GOVERNOR FLAVIO DINO OF MARANHAO, MAYOR EDMILSON RODRIGUES OF BELEM AND THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATION OF AMAZONAS STATE TATIANA SCHOR.ISSUE 3, LAUNCHED SOLELY ONLINE, EXAMINED THE ROLE OF LOCAL LEADERSHIP AS THE PANDEMIC SPREAD AND FEATURED MAYORS THAT WERE ABLE TO NAVIGATE NATIONAL POLARIZATION AND OFFER A REFUGE FOR THEIR CONSTITUENTS. ISSUE 4 TOOK A DEEP LOOK INTO THE PHENOMENON OF FAKE NEWS SPREADING FASTER THAN FACT CHECKERS WERE ABLE TO HANDLE, AND HOW SOCIAL MEDIA HAS ELEVATED A LONGSTANDING PROBLEM TO A SCALE THAT THREATENS TO UNRAVEL AMERICA'S DEMOCRACIES. THE LAUNCH EVENT COUNTED WITH A KEYNOTE SPEAKER, MINISTER LUIS ROBERTO BARROSO, JUSTICE OF THE BRAZILIAN SUPREME COURT AND AT THE TIME, PRESIDENT OF THE SUPERIOR ELECTORAL COURT. FOLLOWING JUSTICE BARROSO, A PANEL BROUGHT TOGETHER CRISTINA TARDAGUILA, SENIOR PROGRAM DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR JOURNALISTS AND FOUNDER OF FACT-CHECKER AGENCIA PUBLICA, CARLOS AFFONSO SOUZA, DIRECTOR, INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY OF RIO DE JANEIRO (ITS RIO) AND MARCELO LACERDA, DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS & PUBLIC POLICY, GOOGLE BRASIL.AMERICAS QUARTERLY'S WEBSITE, AQ ONLINE (WWW.AMERICASQUARTERLY.ORG) PROVIDES EXCLUSIVE CONTENT FROM AROUND LATIN AMERICA WITH 1.6 MILLION PAGEVIEWS IN 2021.LAUNCHED IN MARCH 2020, THE AQ PODCAST HAS AMASSED A GROWING AND LOYAL FOLLOWING RESPONSIBLE FOR THOUSANDS OF DOWNLOADS OF INTERVIEWS WITH EXPERTS AND POLICY MAKERS FROM ACROSS THE HEMISPHERE.THROUGH ITS SIGNATURE LATIN AMERICAN CITIES CONFERENCES, AS 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 MOSTLY VIRTUALLY IN 2021, THE CONFERENCES FOCUSED ON ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, COLOMBIA, MEXICO, PERU, AND URUGUAY. THEY FEATURED KEYNOTE REMARKS AND PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON TOPICS SUCH AS EXAMINING POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOKS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION, AND BOOSTING ECONOMIC RECOVERY 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 2021 LATIN AMERICAN CITIES CONFERENCES WERE ARGENTINA'S CHIEF OF THE CABINET OF MINISTERS SANTIAGO CAFIERO; ARGENTINA'S MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FELIPE SOLA; ARGENTINA'S MINISTER OF THE ECONOMY MARTIN GUZMAN; ARGENTINA'S MINISTER OF HEALTH CARLA VIZZOTTI; BRAZIL'S VICE PRESIDENT HAMILTON MOURAO; BRAZIL'S MINISTER OF THE ECONOMY PAULO GUEDES; COLOMBIA'S MINISTER OF FINANCE JOSE MANUEL RESTREPO; MEXICO'S MINISTER OF FINANCE AND PUBLIC CREDIT ARTURO HERRERA GUTIERREZ; MEXICO'S MINISTER OF THE ECONOMY TATIANA CLOUTHIER; PERU'S PRESIDENT PEDRO CASTILLO, PERU'S MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OSCAR MAURTUA DE ROMANA; PERU'S MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE PEDRO FRANCKE; URUGUAY'S MINISTER OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE AZUCENA ARBELECHE; AND URUGUAY'S MINISTER OF INDUSTRY, ENERGY, AND MINING OMAR PAGANINI.IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PUBLIC LATIN AMERICAN CITIES CONFERENCES, AMERICAS SOCIETY ORGANIZED AND CO-HOSTED 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 OUR CONSTITUENTS TO ENGAGE WITH INVITED GUESTS ON CRITICAL HEMISPHERIC ISSUES AND INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES.AS PART OF THE PRESIDENTS OF THE AMERICAS SERIES, AS 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 2021, AS HOSTED PRIVATE IN-PERSON PROGRAMS WITH COSTA RICA'S PRESIDENT CARLOS ALVARADO, THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC'S PRESIDENT LUIS ABINADER, 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. IN 2021, THE WHN HELD VIRTUAL CONVERSATIONS AND CONFERENCES WITH BUSINESS LEADERS, CENTERING ON THEMES SUCH AS RESILIENCE, CONFIDENT INVESTING, AND SUPPORTING WOMEN IN STEM.2021 MARKED THE TENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WOMEN'S HEMISPHERIC NETWORK. THE VIRTUAL MEXICO CITY WHN CONFERENCE INCLUDED A CONVERSATION ON RESILIENT LEADERSHIP AND INTERACTIVE BREAKOUT WORKSHOPS. THE 10TH ANNUAL AS/COA WHN CONFERENCE, ALSO HELD VIRTUALLY, INCLUDED A KEYNOTE INTERVIEW WITH FACEBOOK'S CHIEF PRIVACY OFFICER ERIN EGAN, AS WELL AS PANEL DISCUSSIONS ON HOW TO INCLUDE WOMEN IN TRADITIONALLY MALE SPACES AND THE NEXT TEN YEARS IN GENDER EQUALITY.

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 2021, AMERICAS SOCIETY'S VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM PRESENTED THREE EXHIBITIONS AND 31 PUBLIC PROGRAMS.JOAQUIN ORELLANA: THE SPINE OF MUSIC PREMIERED ON JANUARY 20, 2021. AMERICAS SOCIETY PRESENTED THE FIRST U.S. EXHIBITION OF JOAQUN ORELLANA'S, A GUATEMALAN COMPOSER, UTILES SONOROS (SOUND TOOLS) ALONGSIDE CONTEMPORARY ART. HIS INSTRUMENTS FUNCTION AS SCULPTURES, ALSO WAITING TO BE ACTIVATED AS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. THE EXHIBITION WAS FEATURED ON THE COVER OF THE NEW YORK TIMES, AND RECEIVED REVIEWS IN AGENCIA EFE, THE NEW YORKER, THE NEW YORK TIMES, PRENSA LIBRE, LA JORNADA, AND OTHER NOTABLE OUTLETS IN THE UNITED STATES AND LATIN AMERICA. THE EXHIBITION WAS ACCOMPANIED BY PROGRAMS AND WAS ON VIEW UNTIL APRIL 24, 2021.IN MAY 2021, TERENCE GOWER: THE GOOD NEIGHBOUR ARRIVED AT AMERICAS SOCIETY. THE SOLO EXHIBITION, WHICH CLOSED JULY 17, 2021, FOCUSED ON THE CANADIAN ARTIST'S RELATIONSHIP WITH MEXICO BEGINNING IN THE 1990S AND IN THE CONTEXT OF INCREASING GLOBALIZATION FOLLOWING THE NAFTA AGREEMENT. THE GOOD NEIGHBOUR INCLUDED VIDEO, SCULPTURAL WORKS, RECREATIONS OF EARLY WALL INSTALLATIONS, AND ARCHIVAL MATERIALS, EXAMINING GOWER'S POST-1990S WORK ON MODERNISM IN MEXICAN ART AND ARCHITECTURE. THE SHOW WAS REVIEWED IN ART IN AMERICA, LA JORNADA, AND ARTS SUMMARY.PART I OF THE TWO-PART EXHIBITION THIS MUST BE THE PLACE: LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS IN NEW YORK, 1965-1975 PREMIERED IN SEPTEMBER 2021. 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. PART I OF THIS MUST BE THE PLACE WAS REVIEWED IN PUBLICATIONS SUCH AS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, AGENCIA EFE, ARTE AL DIA, CLARIN, AND THE NEW YORK TIMES.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 2021, AMERICAS SOCIETY HOSTED 26 IN THE STUDIO CONVERSATIONS, INCLUDING NOTABLE GUESTS SUCH AS LILIANA PORTER AND SYLVIA PALACIOS WHITMAN.

MUSIC PROGRAM -MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS CONTINUES TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF AND APPRECIATION FOR THE WIDE RANGE OF IMPORTANT MUSIC - BOTH PAST AND PRESENT - PRODUCED THROUGHOUT THE HEMISPHERE. 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.AT THE ONSET OF THE PANDEMIC IN 2020, MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS MOVED ALL PROGRAMMING ONLINE, REIMAGING CONCERTS FOR ONLINE PRESENTATION AND ESTABLISHING TWO NEW 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). THERE ARE OVER 250 VIDEOS AND 3 MILLION VIEWS FROM 2020-2021 MADE AVAILABLE ON THE AS/COA WEBSITE, YOUTUBE CHANNEL, AND MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS' SOCIAL MEDIA: FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND TWITTER.IN ADDITION TO THESE DAILY VIDEOS, PERFORMANCES FOR THE MUSIC OF THE AMERICA CONCERT SERIES ARE RECORDED FOR SUBSEQUENT RELEASE ONLINE. IN 2021, MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS COLLABORATED WITH VISUAL ARTS FOR THE EXHIBITION JOAQUIN ORELLANA: THE SPINE OF MUSIC, WHICH OPENED ON JANUARY 20. THIS WAS THE FIRST U.S EXHIBITION EVER PRESENTED OF THE GUATEMALAN COMPOSER'S UTILES SONOROS (SOUND TOOLS) ALONGSIDE CONTEMPORARY ART. ORELLANA'S INSTRUMENTS FUNCTION AS SCULPTURES, ALSO WAITING TO BE ACTIVATED AS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. THE SPINE OF MUSIC WAS FEATURED ON THE COVER OF THE NEW YORK TIMES, AND RECEIVED REVIEWS IN AGENCIA EFE, THE NEW YORKER, THE NEW YORK TIMES, PRENSA LIBRE, LA JORNADA, AND OTHER NOTABLE OUTLETS IN THE UNITED STATES AND LATIN AMERICA. THE EXHIBITION WAS ACCOMPANIED BY PROGRAMS AND WAS ON VIEW UNTIL APRIL 24, 2021.MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS PROGRAMS WERE FEATURED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES, CLARIN, AND OPERA WIRE, AMONG OTHER PROMINENT MEDIA OUTLETS. THE PROGRAMS ALSO RECEIVED MILLIONS OF VIEWS ACROSS MUSIC OF THE AMERICAS' SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITES AND REACHED NEW AUDIENCES THROUGH FACEBOOK, TWITTER, AND INSTAGRAM.

AS/COA ONLINE -THE WEBSITE OF THE AMERICAS SOCIETY REACHED NEW DIGITAL AUDIENCES IN 2021 AS THE GO-TO SOURCE FOR UNDERSTANDING COVID-19'S IMPACT ON LATIN AMERICA THROUGH A VACCINE PROGRESS TRACKER REGULARLY UPDATED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH THAT GARNERED 272,000 WEBSITE PAGEVIEWS. OUR PODCAST, LATIN AMERICA IN FOCUS, FEATURING EXPERTS AND VOICES FROM THE REGION, MARKED ITS FIFTH YEAR OF PRODUCTION AND EARNED MORE THAN 72,000 PLAYS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. AS/COA ONLINE CONTINUES TO EXTEND THE ORGANIZATION'S IMPACT THROUGH BROADCASTING ITS PROGRAMMING AND ON SOCIAL MEDIA, TRIPLING THE NUMBER OF WEBCASTED PROGRAMS AND ACHIEVING A 37 PERCENT INCREASE IN LIVE VIEWS. PROGRAMS ARE STREAMED ON MULTIPLE PLATFORMS, INCLUDING LIVESTREAM, TWITTER, YOUTUBE, FACEBOOK, AND INSTAGRAM. CONTENT IS ACCESSIBLE THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, E-NEWSLETTERS, AND WWW.AS-COA.ORG. THE TOP LIVESTREAMED EVENTS WERE THE 51ST ANNUAL WASHINGTON CONFERENCE OF THE AMERICAS (718,400 LIVE VIEWS), 2021 MEXICO CITY CONFERENCE (471,000 LIVE VIEWS), 2021 BUENOS AIRES CONFERENCE (416,600 LIVE VIEWS), 2021 LIMA CONFERENCE (214,140 LIVE VIEWS), AND MAKING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT A REALITY IN THE AMAZON (188,123 LIVE VIEWS).MEDIA RELATIONS AND PRESENCEDURING 2021, AS/COA HAD OVER 9,000 MENTIONS IN LATIN AMERICAN AND U.S. MEDIA, COVERING PUBLIC EVENTS, INTERVIEWS WITH EXPERTS, CONTENT, AND CULTURAL PROGRAMMING. NOTABLE MEDIA COVERAGE INCLUDED AGENCIA EFE, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, ASSOCIATED PRESS, BBC NEWS, BLOOMBERG, CBS NEWS, CNN, CNN EN ESPANOL, EL ECONOMISTA, EL PAIS, EL TIEMPO, FORBES, FOREIGN POLICY, FINANCIAL TIMES, HUFFPOST, INFOBAE, LA NACION, LOS ANGELES TIMES, MIAMI HERALD, NBC NEWS, NPR, NTN24, O' GLOBO, POLITICO, REUTERS, THE GUARDIAN, THE NEW YORKER, THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE WASHINGTON POST, AND VOICE OF AMERICA.