Although Colorado s presidential electors are scheduled to formalize the state s support of Joe Biden around noon today, December 14, the president-elect s margin of victory was narrower than predicted here and in many of the states that wound up in his column, owing in part to incumbent President Donald Trump s unexpected popularity among Latinos. While voters grouped in that demographic generally backed Biden, Trump earned far more support than anticipated, especially given his persistent and virulent anti-immigrant rhetoric and record. In Colorado, for instance, statistics cited by Americas Society/Council of the Americas calculate that Trump collected around 35 percent of the Latino vote.
Food Security Challenges and Latin America s Opportunity
Keynote remarks by U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Karl Schultz s, followed by an expert panel, focused on Latin America s role in ensuring resilient global food supply chains.
Keynote remarks:
Panelists:
Daniel Maldonado, General Director, Wheat Mills, Corporación Multi Inversiones
Ignacio Tirado, President, Oceano Seafood
Tania Rojas, Managing Director, LatAm Central, Cargill Animal Nutrition
Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, Americas Society/Council of the Americas
Ragnhild Melzi, Vice President, Public Policy Programs, Americas Society/Council of the Americas Regional security permits food security, said Admiral Karl Schultz, as he opened the AS/COA program on efforts to address food security in the Western Hemisphere. The admiral discussed the U.S. Coast Guard s focus on expanding the more than 30 regional bilateral partnerships it maintains to include combatting problems such as illegal fishing by Asian-P