T.H. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen – Former U.S. Congresswoman, U.S. House of Representatives, FL-27 (1989-2019), Senior Advisor, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
T.H. Gustavo Manrique – Former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Human Mobility, Republic of Ecuador (2021-2023)
T.H. Mark Green – President & CEO, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars; Leadership Council Member, Concordia
“We all know that elections do not equal democracy. In many ways, what happens between elections – and immediately after elections – will do much more than elections themselves to shape our lives and our future.”
“I truly believe that if Ecuador and other Latin American countries could truly work in a Free Trade Agreement with the U.S., it would be better than any potential aid program.”
“Either one elected, whether it’s Trump or Biden, has to see trade as beneficial to the U.S. worker and regional stability. They should look at Latin America not as a problem, but as a real possibility for progress. Unfortunately, we’re always so fixated on the Middle East, Europe, and South East Asia that we look elsewhere except right here in our own hemisphere.”