Devoted to changing U.S. policy toward the countries of the Americas by basing our relations on mutual respect, fostering dialogue with those governments and movements with which U.S. policy is at odds, and recognizing positive trends in democracy and governance.
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We travel
Visiting the region. Our fact-finding missions help policy makers understand the region and hear directly the aspirations of Latin Americans from every perspective. Trips expand our knowledge and build the network of people who feed and inform CDA’s work. More info here.
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We work with U.S. policy makers
We tackle tough issues: We work with policy makers whose minds are open to new approaches to Latin America, and develop strategies to better respond to the region. More info, here.
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We do the research
We produce the facts. From reporting on Cuba’s plans for offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, to studying the Funes presidency in El Salvador, CDA constantly brings fresh information and perspective to reforming U.S. relations in the Hemisphere. More info here.
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We educate the public
We share what we learn and believe. CDA offers commentary and perspective, research and rapid response to journalists and the public through colloquies and public events, press releases and speeches, videos and photo galleries, via traditional media and the web. More info here.
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Cuba
CDA has led dozens of research trips for policy makers who interview Cubans in Havana and across the island and see for themselves the impact of U.S. policy and how to better align our goals with those of Cuba’s people. For more info, click here.
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Venezuela
CDA has established great relationships with a broad cross-section of Venezuelan society. We encourage respectful dialogue between our two governments, report on how Venezuelans view their country’s domestic and foreign policies, and have monitored every election since 2006. More info, here.
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Around the region
CDA’s research missions have focused on progressive governance in El Salvador, the destructive coup in Honduras, the pursuit of constitutional reform in the region, and the impact of U.S. policy in Latin America. More info, here.
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Reporting on Cuba:
The Cuba Central News BlastThis “don’t miss it” summary and analysis of Cuba and U.S.-Cuba relations is read weekly in the White House and Congress, by journalists and activists in the U.S. and around the region. More info here.
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Affecting public policy
With our knowledge and passion for the issues facing Cuba and Latin America – and our unique access to policy makers in the Executive Branch and Congress – CDA brings a fresh and effective voice to the debate on U.S. relations with the Hemisphere.
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Shaping the debate
Our travel, our knowledge, our influence in Washington and access to the press – in English and Spanish, through traditional media and the web – empower CDA to help shape the debate on issues that matter to decision makers and people throughout the region.
January 27, 2012 | CDA
As we predicted last week and wrote about in the Huffington Post, the primary campaign in Florida has turned into a Cuba policy pander-fest. Three of the four candidates campaigning for the Republican nomination to be president promised to overthrow the Cuban government, returning U.S. policy toward Cuba and the region to… read more »
January 26, 2012 | CDA
NYT OP-ED: In Honduras, a Mess Made in the U.S.
Dana Frank, New York Times-It’s time to acknowledge the foreign policy disaster that American support for the Porfirio Lobo administration in Honduras has become. Ever since the June 28, 2009, coup that deposed Honduras’s democratically elected president, José Manuel Zelaya, the country has been descending deeper into a human rights… read more »
January 25, 2012 | CDA
Achy Obejas: The Florida Winner? Barack. Here’s why.
In the lead up to Florida’s January 31st primary, candidates Romney, Gingrich, and Santorum are engaged in a bidding war for the votes of Cuban Americans. Despite their red meat rhetoric, Achy Obejas, a Cuban-American author and journalist, argues in her insightful piece that President Obama is the real winner… read more »
January 24, 2012 | Linda Garrett
By Linda Garrett – The theme in El Salvador shifted quickly from mourning to the subject of militarization, from the victims of a massacre to bewildering personnel moves. Just one week after President Funes publicly held the Atlacatl Battalion of the Armed Forces responsible for the 1981 El Mozote massacre,… read more »
January 23, 2012 | CDA
VIDEO: Interview with Salvadoran Foreign Minister Hugo Martínez on 20th anniversary of Peace Accords
On our latest trip to El Salvador, CDA had an exclusive interview with Salvadoran Foreign Minister Hugo Martínez about the importance of President Funes’ speech at the site of the El Mozote massacre on the 20th anniversary of the signing of El Salvador’s Peace Accords.
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