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TIME TO PUSH THE RESET BUTTON ON THE DRUG WAR
January 26, 2011
Washington, DC - Admist rising levels of uncertainty regarding the effectiveness of the United States' war on drugs, the Dialogue released a report authored by president emeritus Peter Hakim calling for the initiation of a far-reaching debate on alternative approaches that could reduce the risks and damage from the trafficking and abuse of illegal drugs. MORE |
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FORMER PRESIDENT MICHELLE BACHELET TO CO-CHAIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
July 20, 2010
Washington, DC - Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet has joined the Dialogue’s Board of Directors and will serve as its Latin American Co-Chair. Bachelet served as president from 2006 to 2010 and achieved important advances in women’s equity and child health and education. She is currently directing her own foundation, Fundación Dialoga, as well as UN Women. MORE |
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SENIOR ASSOCIATE DANIEL ERIKSON JOINS STATE DEPARTMENT
May 10, 2010
Washington, DC - The Dialogue is pleased to announce that senior associate Daniel P. Erikson has been appointed senior advisor for Western Hemisphere affairs at the U.S. Department of State. Erikson joined the Dialogue in 2001 as a graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School and has since emerged as a leading Latin America analyst. MORE |
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A CHANGE IN LEADERSHIP AT THE DIALOGUE
December 14, 2009
Washington, DC - The Dialogue's Board of Directors is pleased to announce the selection of Michael Shifter as the organization's president. Shiter has served as the Dialogue's vice-president for the past five years and will replace Peter Hakim, the organization's president since 1993, effective April 1, 2010. In recognition of his outstanding service, Hakim was named president emeritus. MORE
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A SECOND CHANCE: U.S. POLICY IN THE AMERICAS
March 10, 2009
Washington, DC - The Dialogue released a report detailing its recommendations for a new U.S. policy agenda in the Americas. The Dialogue’s ten point agenda is designed to guide the Obama administration through the most important challenges it is likely to confront in Latin America and the Caribbean. MORE |
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PUBLIC VIEWS CLASH WITH U.S. POLICY ON CUBA, IMMIGRATION AND DRUGS
October 2, 2008
Utica, New York - A new survey conducted by Zogby Interactive and the Dialogue and released at the Miami Herald’s 12th Annual Americas Conference shows that the views of likely voters on issues involving other countries in the Western Hemisphere, including the war on drugs, immigration, and relations with Cuba, are often in contrast with current U.S. policies. MORE |
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ZOGBY: AMERICAN PUBLIC SEES LATIN AMERICA THROUGH NARROW IMMIGRATION LENS
January 26, 2008
Utica, New York - As the U.S. presidential candidates head into Super Tuesday primaries, decidedly negative views of American adults toward immigration are not only playing a role in the campaigns, but also risk damaging the U.S. relations with Latin America that could take years to repair, finds a new survey conducted by Zogby and the Dialogue. MORE |
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LOOKING FORWARD: COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES ON CUBA'S TRANSITION
August 20, 2007
Washington, DC - Looking Forward: Comparative Perspectives on Cuba's Transition, a newly released book edited by Marifeli Pérez-Stable, the Dialogue's vice president for democratic governance, and published by the University of Notre Dame Press, probes Cuba's pending transition from multiple angles. MORE |
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ZOGBY: MAJORITY OF AMERICANS UNDERSTAND LITTLE ABOUT LATIN AMERICA
August 20, 2007
Utica, New York - As the U.S. struggles with a sagging public image in many Latin American countries, American adults show a stunning ignorance about the region, shows a new poll conducted by Zogby Interactive and the Dialogue. The poll further reveals that most Americans increasingly view China as a threat to the United States' influence in Central and South America. MORE |
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PREAL RECOGNIZED IN EL SALVADOR
January 29, 2007
San Salvador, El Salvador - Salvadoran Minister of Education Daryln Meza honored the Dialogue's education program, the Partnership for Education Revitalization in the Americas (PREAL), with an award for its tenn years of assistance in promoting education reform at the launch of the program's second report card on education in El Salvador. MORE |
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DIALOGUE WELCOMES NEW CO-CHAIRS
June 20, 2006
Washington, DC - The Dialogue welcomed former Chilean president Ricardo Lagos and former U.S. trade representative Carla A. Hills as its new co-chairs at a reception that marked the opening of the Sol M. Linowitz Forum. The Dialogue also recognized outgoing co-chairs, former Brazilian president Fernando Henrique Cardoso and Peter Bell, former CARE president, for their years of service. MORE |
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