I was delighted to moderate a conversation Wednesday with Chilean Amb. Juan Gabriel Valdés at @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social.

Despite the military buildup in the Caribbean, regime change in Venezuela is “unlikely in the short term, absent the kind of intervention that would create an enormous amount of uncertainty and chaos,” I told @cnn.com.

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I was delighted to meet in Santo Domingo with Ito Bisonó, the Minister of Industry and Commerce. The Dominican Republic, a reliable diplomatic and security partner, is eager play a bigger role in strategic US supply chains.

I was delighted to co-host Senator Rodrigo Paz, the winner of the 1st round of Bolivia’s presidential election. (The 2nd round is Oct. 19.) The collapse of the MAS represents a “cambio de ciclo,” Paz explained.

The biggest surprise in the 1st round of Bolivia’s election was not the collapse of the once hegemonic Movimiento al Socialismo, but rather the 1st-place finish of Rodrigo Paz. Join us Wednesday to hear the Senator’s vision for Bolivia.

I am thrilled to serve as an inaugural Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) Latin America Studies Initiative, where I will organize research and activities on U.S. foreign policy, support students in the Americas Focus Area, and teach in the Fall.

Panama “has no interest in seeing disruptions to the Canal, whether from drought or sabotage,” I explained at our recent @wilsoncenter.org dialogue. “It is the lifeblood of the Panamanian economy,” a “source of pride, and a symbol of Panamanian nationhood.”

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