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Nick Perry was sworn in as U.S. ambassador to Jamaica by Vice President Harris in her ceremonial office. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) attended the brief ceremony.

Members of the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on a report on the progress of their work in the region and to make recommendations…

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo participated in a joint news conference with Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness​.

The Inter-American Dialogue (IAD) held the 23rd annual Development Bank of Latin America Conference to discuss the most immediate issues and concerns impacting the Americas. In this portion,…

Following an update from USAID Administrator Mark Green on additional aid to the Bahamas, Morgan Ortagus briefed reporters and responded to their questions on a variety of international…

The Organization of American States (OAS) Secretary General Luis Almagro spoke at New York University’s Washington, D.C., center about political systems and human rights in Latin American…

Officials from the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) testified before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on the Trump administration’s foreign policy toward Latin…

Delegate Stacey Plaskett (D-VI) spoke by phone about the impact of Hurricane Irma and recovery efforts in the Virgin Islands.

Professor Peter James Hudson talked about his book, Bankers and Empire: How Wall Street Colonized the Caribbean. This interview, part of Book TV’s College Series, was recorded on the campus…

Marco Rubio (R-FL) spoke about the need to combat transnational organized crime in Latin American countries. His remarks came as the American Enterprise Institute released a new report entitled,…

Professor Robert Paulett talked about Caribbean sugar and its role in the development of Britain’s Atlantic colonies, especially in regards to ideas of race and slavery in the 1600s. He…

Panelists talked about the relationship between the history of the Caribbean and the history of the United States. “Geographic Taboos: Why the Caribbean Matters to U.S. History” was a panel…

President Reagan addressed the nation on the suicide truck bombing of a Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon which killed 241 U.S. military personnel. He also discussed the U.S. invasion of…

U.S. narcotics officials testified on the increasing incidence of drug trafficking and violence in Jamaica, Haiti, the Bahamas and Dominican Republic. Among the topics they addressed were…

President Obama spoke to reporters about the 34-nation Summit of the Americas. He said the meeting was “very productive” and proved hemispheric progress was possible if countries set aside “stale debates and…

President Obama and Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Patrick Manning delivered remarks at the Fifth Summit of the Americas opening ceremony.

Former Ambassador Jeffrey Davidow talked about the Summit of the Americas that President Obama would be attending in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on April 17-19, 2009.

Tariq Ali talked about his book Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis of Hope, published by Verso. In his remarks he talked about the rise of Latin American leaders Hugo Chavez and Evo Morales and the…

Michael Durant talked about the book he co-wrote with Steven Hartov, The Night Stalkers, published by Putnam. The book details the history of the army’s elite Special Operations Aviation…

Civil rights activist and U.S. ambassador-designate to Jamaica Shirley Chisholm spoke to a meeting of black women on her agenda for U.S. foreign policy concerning countries in the…