2009 AS/COAEND OF YEAR REPORT

Dear Members and Friends, 2009 has been another good year for Americas Society and Council of the Americas. Building on last year’s successes, we continued to solidify our standing as the preeminent forums for the discussion of hemispheric issues. In 2009, AS/COA broadened our horizons in every sense: geographically, technologically, and culturally. We expanded the footprint of our signature Latin American Cities conferences and grew our online presence, while for-tifying our impact in the United States with our Hispanic Integration Initiative. Americas Quarterly made great strides through its print and online editions, steadily increasing its readership. Meanwhile, Americas Society continued to draw new audiences and heighten awareness of its Visual Arts, Music, and Literature programs.

Some 2009 highlights included:

Welcoming Ambassador John D. Negroponte as AS/COA’s new chairman.•Holding 183 programs in New York, Washington DC, Miami, and Latin America.•Growing our online reach by ramping up the number of our public programs accessible worldwide •via Webcast.More than doubling the number of visitors to AS/COA’s and • Americas Quarterly’s websites over 2008.Expanding our signature Latin American Cities conferences, holding programs in Argentina, Brazil, •Chile,Colombia,Mexico,andPeru,andforthefirsttimeinParaguay.Hosting presidents from the Western Hemisphere throughout the course of the year, including the •heads of state of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and Uruguay.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton addressing the 39th Annual Washington Conference on the Americas.•Honoring Chilean President Michelle Bachelet with the Gold Insigne, Americas Society’s highest •honor, in recognition of her extraordinary achievements and contributions to Chile.Publishing • Americas Quarterly’s four issues, covering the hemispheric digital divide, the global eco-nomic crisis, human rights, and the environment. In addition, we expanded the number of contribu-tors across the hemisphere writing for the AQ blog.Strengthening and expanding our Working Groups: The Energy Action Group published the working •paper Energy and Climate Change in Brazil, while the Hispanic Integration Initiative published the white paper Economic Opportunity and Integration: Nashville’s Hispanic and Business Communities. The Cuba Working Group convened small meetings with select COA members to analyze the current regulatory environment in Cuba and in the United States.Enhancing our cultural program offerings, including the exciting visual arts exhibition of photographer •Fernell Franco’s work, visited by Colombian President Álvaro Uribe; marking the quadrennial of Gar-cilaso de la Vega’s Royal Commentaries with Mario Vargas Llosa; featuring renowned and emerging artists from across the Americas, including a performance by Eddy Marcano at Carnegie Hall.

We commence 2010 with excitement, focus and a commitment to making this our best year ever. Please join us at our many policy and cultural programs, consult our multiple publications and visit us online at www.as-coa.org and www.AmericasQuarterly.org. We want to thank you again for your ongoing support and involvement and look forward to seeing you often.

Susan SegalPresident & CEOAmericas Society and Council of the Americas

LEADERS OF THE AMERICAS

In 2009, Americas Society and Council of the Americas hosted six heads of state at public and private events during the week of the UN General Assembly. President Michelle Bachelet of Chile received the Americas Society’s highest honor, the Gold Insigne. This honor is awarded to democratically elected heads of state who have made exceptional contributions to their countries and have distinguished themselves globally.

During his visit, President Álvaro Uribe recognized AS/COA President and CEO Susan Segal with the Cruz de San Carlos in recognition of her many years of support of Colombia. President Uribe also toured the exhibition Fernell Franco: Amarrados [Bound].

AlsoduringUNGA,CounciloftheAmericas’Washington,DCofficeshostedPresidentTabaréVázquezofUruguay.

TabaréVázquez,PresidentofUruguay

CristinaFernándezdeKirchner,PresidentofArgentina

Ricardo Martinelli, President of Panama Michelle Bachelet, President of Chile

Álvaro Uribe, President of Colombia

Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

John Negroponte, Chairman, AS/COA; William Rhodes, Chairman Emeritus, AS/COA; Susan Segal, President and CEO, AS/COA; President Uribe

ELITE PROGRAMS

Americas Society and Council of the Americas’ off-the-record meetings and roundtables allow our members to engage directly with high-ranking leaders from the public and private sectors.

Patricio Damm, Consul General of Chile in New York; JoséFernández, Latham&WatkinsLLP;Minister Velasco; Susan Segal

William Irwin; Chevron; Vice President Santos

Secretary Mateos

Gerardo Ruiz Mateos,Secretary of Economy, Mexico

Andrés Velasco, Minister of Finance, Chile

JoséSergioGabrielli;EnzoViscusi,ENIAmericas

Francisco Santos, Vice President of Colombia

Former President of Argentina Eduardo Duhalde, Argentine Senator Daniel Filmus, and former Argentine Senator Rodolfo Terragno

Miguel Ángel Moratinos, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Spain

Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency (ApexBrasil)

Alessandro Teixeira, President of the Brazilian Trade and Investment Promotion Agency

Iñaki Urdangarín, Telefónica; Minister Moratinos; U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Thomas Shannon; Susan Segal

Eduardo Duhalde; Rodolfo Terragno; Wilfred Von Bulow, Ferrostall AG

Roberto Henríquez, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Panama

JoséMaríaSanzMagallón,Telefónica;Minister Henríquez

Edison Lobão, Minister of Mines and Energy, Brazil

Minister Lobão

PUBLIC PROGRAMS

AS/COA’s public programs included presentations by presidential economic advisors, noted economists, and govern-mentleaders,aswellaspaneldiscussionsonLatinAmericanfinancial,environmental,andenergyissues.

Felipe Larraín

Bruce Babbit, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior and former Governor of Arizona; Christopher Sabatini, Senior Director of Pol-icy, AS/COA; Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly; Andrew Revkin, science reporter, New York Times

RitaFoley,ProMujer;TomásC.Miller,TheMultilateralInvestmentFund;AnnMiles, Blue Orchard USA; Mary Ellen Iskenderian, Women’s World Banking; Christina Leijonhufvud, J.P. Morgan

Nouriel Roubini

Felipe Larraín, Economic Advisor to Sebastián Piñera The Financial Crisis and Latin America

The Risks of Deforestation in the Amazon Microfinance in Times of Crisis: Latin American Update

Nouriel Roubini, Professor of Economics and International Business, New York University

Geoffrey Dennis, Citigroup Inc.; Peter Marber, Halbis Capital Management (USA), Inc.; Ricardo Hausmann, Harvard University

Expectations for President Lula’s Trip to the United StatesUruguay Investment Forum: New Business Opportunities

L: Joyce Chang, J.P. Morgan; Paulo Viera da Cunha, Tandem Global Partners; R: Clifford Sobel, U.S. Ambassador to Brazil

Adrián Zak, Executive Director of Investment PromotionAgency, Uruguay; Álvaro Inchauspe, Director of Private Sector Development, Ministry of Economy and Finance, Uruguay

WASHINGTON PROGRAMS

TheCOAWashington,DCofficewasactiveinhostingpublicandprivateevents,ambassadors,ministersoffinance,WorldBankofficials,andotherdecisionmakersfromthepublicandprivatesectors.In2009,COAcontinuedtoexploreAsia’s ties with Latin America through participation in the Latin Asia Business Forum during APEC. In addition, COA held meetings on critical hemispheric issues such as the Honduran political crisis and climate change.

World Bank Vice President, Latin America and Caribbean

U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary LockeHonduras: Prospects, Pitfalls, and Possibilities

Pamela Cox, World Bank

Mexico and the U.S.: Neighbors, Partners, and Friends

Brazilian Ambassador to the United States Antonio de Aguiar Patriota

Oscar Zuluaga, Minister of Finance, Colombia

EricFarnsworth;ArturoSarukhán,AmbassadorofMexicototheUnited States; James R. Jones, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico

Susan Segal; Ambassador Patriota

SusanSegal;JoséGoñi,AmbassadorofChiletotheU.S.; Secretary Locke; Eric Farnsworth

Christopher Sabatini; John Maisto, former Senior Director for the Western Hemisphere, NSC and former Ambassador to the OAS, Ven-ezuela, and Nicaragua; Lawrence Harrison, Director, Cultural Change Institute, The Fletch-er School, Tufts University; William Sweeney, President, International Foundation for Elec-toral Systems

Ambassador of Spain to the U.S. Jorge Dezcallar

Ambassador Dezcallar; Eric Farnsworth

CarolinaBarco,ColombianAmbassadortotheU.S.;MinisterZuluaga;Eric Farnsworth

José de Gregorio, President of the Central Bank, Chile

JosédeGregorio;EricFarnsworth

WASHINGTON CONFERENCE ON THE AMERICAS

39th Washington Conference on the Americas: Renewing the Promise of ProsperityU.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton closed the 39th annual Washington Conference of the Americas, emphasizing the U.S. commitment to promoting social equality and engaging other countries in solutions to regional issues. Lead-ingadministrationofficialsjoinedhemisphericleaderstodiscusseconomicintegration,socialinclusion,security,andthe question of Cuba.

JoséMiguelInsulza,SecretaryGeneral, Organization of American States

2009 CONFERENCE SPONSORS

Paulo Bernardo, Minister of Planning, Budget, and Management, Brazil

Congressman Eliot L. Engel, Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, was presented with the Chair-man’s Award for Leadership in the Americas. Eric Farnsworth; Eliot L. Engel; Luis Alberto Moreno, IDB; Susan Segal; William R. Rhodes

Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State Francisco Santos, Vice President of ColombiaLawrence H. Summers, Director of the National Economic Council

U.S. Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ)

Jane Holl Lute, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security

Fernando Gómez-Mont, MexicanSecretary of Government

James Steinberg, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State

Agustín Carstens, Secretary of Finance, Mexico

Jim Prentice, Minister of Environment, Canada

Gary Locke, U.S. Secretary of Commerce

AS/COA MIAMI

AS/COA Miami continued to provide frequent opportunities for dialogue in a city that is central to hemispheric affairs andtradeand,initssecondyearofhavingapermanentofficeinMiami,doubledthenumberofprivateprogramsheldwith key leaders.

2009 AS/COA MIAMI PROGRAMS SPONSORS:

What’s Next for Mexico? Challenges and Prospects for Security, Tourism, and the Economy. In partnership with the City of Miami. L: Private meeting with Amb. Sarukhán: Manny Diaz, Mayor of Miami; Nancy Anderson, Senior Director, AS/COAMiami;Amb.Sarukhán.R:Paneldiscussion:DavidRobillard,Kroll Inc.;Oscar Fitch, Mexico Tourism Board; Adolfo del Cueto, Bulltick Capital Markets

6th Annual Latin America Predictors Forum: Econom-ic, Business, and Trade Predictions for 2010. KathrynRooney, Bulltick Capital Markets; Roberto Sifon-Arevalo, Standard & Poor’s; Eric Farnsworth

Private meeting with Luis Guillermo Plata, Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism, Colombia

Private meeting with Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY), Chairman, Subcom-mittee on the Western Hemisphere

Private meeting with Alber-to Alemán Zubieta, CEO, Panama Canal Authority

Private meeting with Hen-rique Meirelles, President, Central Bank of Brazil

Private meeting with Peter Kent, Minister of State of For-eign Affairs for the Americas, Canada

Private meeting with Audley Shaw, Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Jamaica

Private meeting with Maria Antonieta Del Cid de Bonilla, President, Central Bank of Guatemala

Private meeting with Dr. Beatriz Nofal, Secretary of State and President of the National Investment Promotion Agency of Argentina (ProsperAr)

Private meeting with Admiral James Stavridis, Commander, U.S. Southern Com-mand

Private meeting with Carlos Gianelli, Ambassador of Uruguay to the United States

Private meeting with José Darío Uribe Escobar, Gover-nor, Central Bank of Colombia

LATIN AMERICAN CITIES

In 2009 we continued to expand our reach in the region, with conferences in Bogota, Buenos Aires, Lima, Mexico City, RiodeJaneiro,Santiago,andSãoPaulo,and,forthefirsttime,Asuncion.TheseconferencesconvenedpresidentsFelipe Calderón of Mexico, Alan García of Peru, and Álvaro Uribe of Colombia, as well as vice presidents, ministers, and private sector leaders.

TheLatinAmericanCitiesconferencesunitehigh-rankinggovernmentofficials,prominentbusinessleaders,policy-makers,academics,andothernoteworthygueststoanalyzecurrentandfutureeconomicandfinancialissues,politicaltrends, opportunities for growth and investment, regional integration, energy, and other issues relevant to the region andeachspecificcountry.

PAN-REGIONAL SPONSORS: WITH THE SUPPORT OF:

Felipe Calderón, President of Mexico

Gerardo Ruíz Mateos,Secretary of the Economy, Mexico

Ivan Ramalho, Vice Minister of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Brazil

OscarZuluaga,Minister of Finance, Colombia

Enrique García, CAFÁlvaro Uribe, President of Colombia

Luis Oganes, J.P. Morgan

RobertZoellick,World Bank

AndrésVelasco,Minister of Finance, Chile

AnibalFernández,Chief of Cabinet, Argentina

Amado Boudou, Minister of the Economy, Argentina

Federico Franco, Vice President, Paraguay

Alan García, President of Peru

Luiz Marcelo Marrey Moncau, Microsoft Chile

WORKING AND STUDY GROUPS

BUILDING THE HEMISPHERIC GROWTH AGENDA: A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR POLICY

The Council of the Americas’ Trade Advisory Group (TAG) is comprised of leading experts on trade policy. It provides guidancetotheCouncilontradeandinvestment-relatedissuesandengagesU.S.andLatinAmericanofficialsinexclu-sive dialogues. In February, TAG released the report, Building the Hemispheric Growth Agenda: A New Framework for Policy in Washington, DC.

Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation, AS/COA’s Hispanic Integration Initiative (HII) highlights private-sector efforts to facilitateHispanicintegrationwhiledemonstratinghowintegrationprogramsbenefitbothbusinessandthecommunity.In 2009, the HII held meetings in New Orleans, Nashville, and Omaha, and released the white paper Economic Op-portunity and Integration: Nashville’s Hispanic and Business Communities.

The Americas Society/Council of the Americas Energy Action Group (EAG) brings together the private and public sec-tors to develop strategic energy policies for the Americas. In 2009, the EAG published the working paper Energy and Climate Change in Brazil, and held meetings in Washington DC, Houston, Brazil, and Peru. We are grateful to Chev-ron, the Inter-American Development Bank, Sempra, Shell, and others for supporting this initiative.

ENERGY ACTION GROUP

HISPANIC INTEGRATION INITIATIVE

TRADE ADVISORY GROUP

Economic Opportu-nity and Integration, released Sep. 2009

Energy and Climate Change in Brazil, a working paper re-leased Nov 2009

Building the Hemispheric Growth Agenda:A New Framework for Policy, report released Jan 2009

Energy Security and Global Climate Change: The Brazilian Perspective, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in collaboration with Brazilian Foundation for Sus-tainable Development. IsraelKlabin,BrazilianFoundationforSustainableDe-velopment; Marvin Odum, Shell Oil Company; Susan Segal; Roberto Rodrigues, Co-Chair, International Biofuels Commission; Eric Farnsworth

Energy and Global Climate Change: From Port of Spain to Copenhagen, Washington, DC. Luis Alberto Moreno, Inter-American Development Bank

Nashville Private Working Meeting. Amb. Jorge Pinto; KatherineDonato,VanderbiltUniversity;RamonCisneros,Millennium Marketing; Arley Vazquez, Bank of America

Building the Hemispheric Growth Agenda: A New Framework for Policy, Carnegie Endow-ment for International Peace. Alvaro Vargas Llo-sa, Senior Fellow and Director, Center on Global Prosperity, The Independent Institute; Gary Huf-bauer, Reginald Jones Senior Fellow, Peterson In-stitute for International Economics; James Bacchus, Chair of the Global Practice Group and Chairman of the Global Trade & Investment Practice Group, Greenberg Traurig, LLP; Eric Farnsworth

Omaha Public Forum. Ray Hankes, Tyson Foods Inc.; Jason Marczak, Director of Policy, AS/COA; Roslyn Dickerson, InterContinental Hotels Group

CUBA WORKING GROUPTheAS/COACubaWorkingGroupincludescorporateleadersfromtheworldsofbanking,financialservices,energy,telecommunications, hospitality, pharmaceuticals, and law. Working group meetings look at the steps companies can take under current U.S. restrictions to pre-position themselves for future investment and at the legal and regulatory conditions that exist inside the Cuban market. In 2009, the group’s work focused primarily on telecommunications and satelliteservices,basicfinancialservices,andhospitalityandtransportationservices.

SPECIAL EVENTS

SPRING PARTY

INAUGURAL DINNER

Americas Society hosted its 29th Annual Spring Party on June 15, 2009, at Cipriani Wall Street, New York City, attract-ing approximately 400 guests from across the Americas from the worlds of business, philanthropy, government, diplo-macy, the arts, and entertainment. The 2009 Spring Party honorees were Roger Agnelli, President and CEO of Vale, theglobaldiversifiedminingcompanyheadquarteredinBrazil;AlbertoBaillères,ExecutivePresidentandChairmanoftheboardofGrupoBal,agroupoffivepremierMexico-basedorganizations;andLuisAlbertoMoreno,PresidentoftheInter-AmericanDevelopmentBank(IDB).TheeveningalsocelebratedthefiftiethanniversaryoftheIDB.Allwerehonored for their roles promoting sustainable socioeconomic development and important education in tiatives within the Americas and the Caribbean. Remarks concluded with a special toast celebrating the ninety-fourth birthday of Americas Society founder, David Rockefeller.

The 2009/2010 Inaugural Dinner celebrated the upcoming season of programs at Americas Society and Council of the Americas, and welcomed new AS/COA Chairman Ambassador John D. Negroponte.

AlbertoBaillères,LuisAlbertoMoreno,RogerAgnelli, Susan Segal

Nicolas and Ines Aguzin with Tereza and CarlosGuimarães

GermánNeussandGabrielaFloresPiránwithSylvia and Jorge Neuss

Susan Segal with Amb. John and Mrs. Diana Negroponte

Amb. John Negroponte, David Rockefeller, William Rhodes, Susan Segal

AgustínEdwards,SirKiffinandLadySimpson,Amb.andMrs.Negroponte, John Avery

Amb.andMrs.RubenBeltránwithPolaShijman, Senior Director, Special Events, AS

Donna and Mack McLartyDinner speaker Dr. Alan Blinder, co-director of Princeton Center for Economic Policy Stud-ies, David Rockefeller, Mrs. Madeline Blinder

Bettina G. de Bulgheroni, Alejandro Santo Domingo, Ricardo Smith Estrada

AndréDesmaraisanddinnerguestswithDavid Rockefeller

William Toppeta, Angela Hofmann, Nelson Cunningham

CULTURE

2009 CULTURE HIGHLIGHTSThe 2009 Season featured stimulating discussions, ex-hibitions, presentations, and performances by cultural luminaries from across the Americas. Highlights included Dias & Riedweg...and it becomes something else,thefirstU.S. solo exhibition of the Swiss/Brazilian artists; Inca Garcilaso de la Vega and His Royal Commentaries: A Re-reading for the 21st Century, a literary exploration of the author’s life, celebrating 400 years since he published his seminal work; and a concert by legendary Chilean band, Inti-Illimani.

LITERATURE

Review 78: U.S. Latino Writing and Arts, Spring 2009

Review 79: Inca Gar-cilaso de la Vega and His Legacy, Fall 2009

Inti-IllimaniMario Vargas Llosa, Peruvian writer; Raquel Chang-Rodríguez, guest academic editor, at launch of Review 79

Installation view of Dias & Riedweg...and it becomes something else

María Hinojosa, Mexican-American journalist and author

Gerald Martin, author of Gabriel García Márquez: A Life

Scholars and Authors participating in The Inca Garcilaso Symposium.Top row: Chris-tian Fernández; ThomasWard; RocíoOviedo; CarlosAlberto González Sánchez;MargaritaZamora;DanielShapiro,ASDirectorofLiterature;AlfredMacAdam.Bottom row: Juan Ossio; Sonia Rose; Mario Vargas Llosa; Raquel Chang-Rodríguez

Voices of the Desert book presentation. Gregory Rabassa, translator;NélidaPiñon,author;MaríaTucci,actor

CULTURE

VISUAL ARTS

MUSIC

Fernell Franco: Amarrados [Bound], Sept 2009 to Jan 2010

AntonioMenesesandCelinaSzrvinsk,withSebastiánZubieta,ASDirector of MusicThursday, December 4, 2008

Installation view of Street Action: Moving Truck by Dias & Riedweg

Tanya Tagaq, performing at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

Álvaro Uribe, President of Colombia, is given a tour of Fernell Franco: Amarrados [Bound] by Gabriela Rangel, AS Director of Visual Arts.

Eddy Marcano and Cuarteto Acústico, performing at Carnegie Hall

Moon Tears: Mapuche Arts and Cosmology, Jan 2009 to April 2009

Spanish Harlem Orchestra

AS/COA ONLINE

In our ongoing efforts to aggregate hemispheric policy news, AS/COA Online launched interactive resource guides on topics ranging from Latin American elections to the Honduran political crisis. We continue to offer coverage of the latest news affecting the hemisphere, with analysis linking to primary resources and in-depth research.

Socialmedia tools helped us increase visitor traffic in2009. Get the latest updates about contents and pro-grams by following us on Twitter at twitter.com/ascoa and become a fan of the Americas Society/Council of the Americas Facebook page.

Visit www.as-coa.org for articles and op-eds by staff, board members, and regional experts; news analysis articles; and materials from our outstanding programs.

www.as-coa.org

“A Year of Latin American Elections” interactive on AS/COA Online

We expanded our geographic reach offering webcasts of popular public programs. Hundreds of attendees participated from around the globe, from Canada to Argentina, from Spain to Switzerland.

We will further increase our webcast offerings in 2010.

Webcasting

Nouriel Roubini on the Global Economic Outlook, webcast on AS/COA Online

AS/COA’s newsletters share the latest policy developments from across the Americas. The Weekly Roundup highlights major—as well as some of the overlooked—regional stories by synthesizing editorials, blogs, and reporting on the Western Hemisphere. Policy newsletter News & Views reaches nearly 20,000 readers every two weeks and offers timely analy-sis of regional events, exclusive editorials and interviews, and content from AS/COA programs. News & Views has a partnership with Financial Times.

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AMERICAS QUARTERLY

In its third year, Americas Quarterly secured its place as the premier magazine dedicated to policy analysis and de-bateoneconomics,finance,politics,andsocialdevelopmentintheWesternHemisphere.Our2009authorsincludedthen-UruguayanPresidentTabaréVázquez,U.S.SenatorJohnF.Kerry,HarvardUniversity’sRicardoHausmann,andMohamed A. El-Erian of Pimco.

Eachissuefocusesonaspecifictheme:Winter2009lookedatconnectivityandthedigitaldivide,Spring2009focusedon how the global economic crisis is affecting the Americas and what policymakers and investors can do to pull out of it, Summer 2009 commemorated 50 years of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and discussed con-temporary human rights challenges, and Fall 2009 addressed the environment and how the hemisphere can help to preserve it. AQ held launches in New York and Buenos Aires.

www.AmericasQuarterly.org

The AQ website, www.AmericasQuarterly.org, features Web Ex-clusive articles on breaking news and daily blog posts from an ever-expanding roster of contributors located in 11 cities across the hemisphere. AQ Online also offers music and videos, the ability to share and comment on articles, and archives of past issues. Join the discussion.

Spring 2009 Issue Launch

Christopher Sabatini, Editor-in-Chief, Americas Quarterly; Jason Marczak, Senior Editor, Americas Quarterly; Benja-min Wolf, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP; J. Paulo Viera da Cunha, Tandem Global Markets, at McNally Jackson bookstore

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