A Ladysmith High School graduate recalls her opportunity five years ago, when she led a guided tour for a very important individual who would one day be sworn in to the second highest elected office and the nationâs first female Vice President.
Andrea White-Kjoss, is the daughter of Karla Lingen of Ladysmith and Robert White of Sarona. A Ladysmith native and Class of 1992 graduate, she had the honor of giving the ceiling-shattering future Vice President of the United States a tour of the Mobile Education Center at the Friends of the Los Angeles River facilities. FoLAR is a non-profit group founded in 1986 to protect and restore the natural and historic heritage of the Los Angeles River and its riparian habitat.
#2021WCA: Welcome and Introduction with Acting Assistant Secretary Julie Chung
Julie Chung, acting assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere Affairs, opened the annual conference, alongside AS/COA’s Susan Segal and Eric Farnsworth.
Speakers
Eric Farnsworth, Vice President, Americas Society/Council of the Americas
Susan Segal, President and CEO, Americas Society/Council of the Americas
“Democratic, prosperous, and secure,” said COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth, as he opened the 51st annual Washington Conference on the Americas. “Even when everything has been disrupted by the pandemic … these core values continue to offer guideposts for recovery and, ultimately, optimism for partnership and collective actions to build the hemisphere back better.” On what would define a “better” recovery, Susan Segal emphasized that, “Council of the Americas is determined to help drive a just recovery and a better outcome for the Americas.”
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Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden, Xi Jingping | Art by Joaquín Temes
The United States has trotted out onto the pitch late in the game, two goals down. During Uncle Sam’s absence, the competition plucked up its courage and shone on the field, storming into an early lead.
In Latin America, China and Russia have deployed an intense form of Covid-19 vaccine diplomacy dubbed “mercantilism” by the White House, while the US adopted an “America First” public health approach, preferring to immunise its own population as rapidly as possible.
But finally, the images of dozens of cargoes of vaccines sent by Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin started to sink in for Washington, which felt that its “backyard” was being disputed by powers beyond the region. In response to these diplomatic goals, the US will be launching a global campaign to export and share its stock of vaccines “as soon as possible.”
AmericasAnalysis: Raised fist, dangling handcuffs: a snapshot of Cuban dissent
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Dissident artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara speaks during an interview at the headquarters of San Isidro Movement in Havana, Cuba, April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
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A striking image is circulating this week on social media in Cuba: a dissident pumping his fist in the air, handcuffs dangling from one wrist, after friends and neighbors helped him evade arrest by police in Havana.
The image is a screenshot from a video showing rapper Maykel Castillo celebrating his escape, surrounded by other dissidents and residents of Havana s rundown San Isidro neighborhood on Sunday. Some join him singing an anti-government song and insulting President Miguel Diaz-Canel.