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What's New at AS/COA
Fall 2010 Exhibition
Americas Society opens Art and Myth in Ancient Peru: The History of the Jequetepeque Valley on September 13. Learn more.Summer AQ Hits Newsstands
The Summer 2010 issue, out July 29, looks at how technology and business are reinventing health care.Building Cuba's Telecom Access
Empowering the Cuban People through Technology outlines ways to boost Cuba's telecom access. Access the paper.AS/COA Quick Links
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Calderón Takes Aim at Money Laundering
As the Mexican Congress prepares to come back in session, President Felipe Calderón unveiled a new bill aimed to strike at the heart of organized crime by stemming the flow of illicit cash that funds cartels. But some wonder how the new law might affect legitimate business.
NASA helps with rescue mission of Chilean miners, Mercosur’s beef exports surge, and Ecuador revokes Juan Manuel Santos’ arrest warrant. Read these stories and more in the Weekly Roundup.
"If done carefully, further reforms hold the promise of breaking the policy and human rights stasis that has gripped Cuba, and U.S. policy towards Cuba, for more than half a century. That is a prize worth grasping," writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini in the Financial Times.
Access blogging of our August 26 Buenos Aires conference at www.as-coa.org/argentina2010. Speakers included Economy Minister Amado Boudou, Chief of Staff Aníbal Fernández, and U.S. State Department Under Secretary Judith McHale.
Caracas and Bogota are taking steps to bury the hatchet in what could lead to economic benefits for both sides.
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