Latin American Intersections
Ocelotl Group
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DEC 22, 2022
Puerto Rico, Food Security, & Investment in Controlled Environment Agriculture Entrepreneurship
Hector Pomales, Founder/CEO of Farm in the City PR and Michael Scadden of Ocelotl Group discuss CEA as a key component of food security in island resiliency for the Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, and the need for private capital to catalyze the adoption of the technology and the establishment of local entrepreneurship in the sector. Visit Farm in the City PR’s website at www.farminthecitynow.com & Ocelotl Group at www.OcelotlGroup.com
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63 MIN
MAY 21, 2020
Colombia & Cross Sector Partnerships for Greater Impact After COVID19 with Adam Isacson of the Washington Office on Latin America
Adam Isacson joins us today to help us understand the challenges, successes, and pitfalls of local, US, and international aid and security programs in Colombia. We discuss lessons learned and how leveraging multi sector partnerships (private, government, academic, military, NGO), and developing the right leaders, may improve the results of security and humanitarian aid efforts and accelerate development goals in Colombia and across the region.
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74 MIN
MAY 21, 2020
Chinese Influence in Latin America After COVID19 with Dr. Evan Ellis
Dr. Evan Ellis joins us again, this time to discuss Chinese influence and investment in Latin America and the Caribbean, and how the COVID19 crisis may accelerate China’s presence given the regions circumstances.
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72 MIN
APR 2, 2020
Venezuela & COVID19 Geopolitics with John Polga and Brian Fonseca
We return with John Polga and Brian Fonseca to discuss what's new with Venezuela in the midst of the COVID19 pandemic, as the U.S. simultaneously indicts Nicolas Maduro and offers a road to lifting sanctions in consideration of the health challenges Venezuelans may face.
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38 MIN
APR 2, 2020
COVID19 & Latin America Business: Challenges & Opportunities with James McKeigue of LatAm Investor Magazine
James McKeigue, Managing Editor of LatAm Investor magazine, joins us from Guayaquil, Ecuador where the UK-based James is currently sequestered as the region faces another in a long line of challenges: COVID19. James shares insights into the region's current status as the world manages the COVID19 outbreak, and leaders at all levels look at ways to manage the economic impacts of worldwide shutdowns. Between the challenges, and at the other end of the crisis, there may be opportunities in the Latin America and Caribbean region, for investors and for communities.
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