On the third episode of “Two gringos with questions,” your hosts talked to Ambassador Shannon on the importance of U.S. presence in the region and his secrets for surviving thousands of meetings and briefings.
An interview with Ambassador Tom Shannon, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
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The deteriorating U.S.-Argentina relationship
By Benjamin N. Gedan /
While President Trump affirms that the U.S. and Argentina are going to be “great friends,” ties with South America’s second largest economy are fraying.
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The other history making moment at the Summit: LGBT rights
By Kirsten Cowal /
While all attention at the Summit of the Americas—where the President was en route—was understandably, if somewhat predictably, drawn to Cuba’s historic presence at the Summit and the anticipated conduct of Venezuela’s President Maduro when he met President Obama, the attention given to LGBT rights was historic as well.
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