What's on the Table for the Trump-Santos Meeting?
The stakes are high for President Trump’s meeting with his Colombian counterpart, Juan Manuel Santos, at the White House on May 18. Cynthia Arnson, the Director of Wilson’s Latin American Program, provided a preview in a Facebook Live chat on May 16.
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The stakes are high for President Trump’s meeting with his Colombian counterpart, Juan Manuel Santos, at the White House on May 18. A range of sensitive issues are on the table, from soaring coca production in Colombia, to the continuing disarmament of FARC rebels, to the implosion in neighboring Venezuela – all while aid from Washington hangs in the balance and the U.S. looks to define its policies for approaching the region.
Cynthia Arnson, the Director of Wilson’s Latin American Program, provided a preview in a Facebook Live chat on May 16.
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The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action. Read more
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