AS/COA interviews with leaders of the Americas who define the political, business and economic future of region.

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July 15, 2010
Andrew Selee, director of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, talks with AS/COA Online about the July 14 Mexican cabinet shuffle and what it signifies for President Felipe Calderón’s last two years in office.

March 11, 2010
General Douglas M. Fraser, Commander of U.S. Southern Command, spoke with AS/COA Online about supporting relief efforts in Chile and Haiti, the fight against illicit trafficking, Iran’s growing ties with Latin America, and weapons modernization in the Andes.

December 18, 2009
Chairman of Roubini Global Economics and New York University Professor of Economics Nouriel Roubini joined AS/COA Online for an interview on Latin America's economic outlook. Dr. Roubini forecasts a regional growth rate of 3.8 percent for 2010.

November 18, 2009
After a trip to Singapore, COA’s Eric Farnsworth talks with AS/COA Online about the APEC summit, progress in charting a trans-Pacific trade agenda, and China's economic role in Latin America. "I see China as being a real engine of South American economic restoration," says Farnsworth.

August 3, 2009
Gobernador de Guerrero, Mexico Carlos Zeferino Torreblanca conversó con AS/COA en una entrevista excusiva. Guerrero es uno de los estados más pobres del país, pero el Gobernador Torreblanca guarda su optimismo en el turismo, el desarrollo de la infraestructura y la lucha contra la pobreza rural.

August 3, 2009
Carlos Zeferino Torreblanca, governer of Guerrero, Mexico, spoke with AS/COA in an exclusive interview. Guerrero is one of the poorest states in the country, but Governor Torreblanca remains optimistic about tourism, infrustructure development, and the fight against rural poverty.


July 9, 2009
AS/COA speaks with Colorado Speaker of the House Terrance Carroll about why his state has been “ground zero” for anti-immigrant legislation and how this has adversely affected Colorado. Carroll, an ordained minister and practicing attorney, also focuses on the lessons to be learned at a national level from the Colorado experience.

June 23, 2009
Petrobras CEO and President José Sergio Gabrielli de Azevedo talked with AS/COA Online about Brazil's future as one of the world's top energy producers, his firm's business plan, and global partnerships in oil and ethanol production.

June 18, 2009
Luis Pastor of the Latino Community Credit Union in North Carolina talked with AS/COA's Hispanic Integration Initiative about financial literacy programs geared toward immigrants.

May 4, 2009
OAS Secretary-General José Miguel Insulza joined AS/COA Online for an interview about the recent Summit of the Americas, from negotiating mandates to carrying them out at June's General Assembly in Honduras. He also offered his view on the process for Cuba to rejoin the OAS.

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