Capitol Hill Speakers Series (CHSS)

Andean FTA Town Hall Meetings in Washington               Invitacion Participar TLC Conferencias en Congreso USA                    
Colombian Chief TLC Negotiator to meet Victor Pinzon
 

Washington, DC March 15, 2005. Americas Global Foundation (AGF) invites anyone interested to its THREE TOWN HALL MEETINGS at Capitol Hill to raise, analyze issues of concern and offer solutions to contribute to strengthen and achieve not only FREE Trade but also FAIR TRADE Agreements, where the  underperformers are assisted and engaged so that Trade blossoms and grows and EVERYONE WINS!

AGF is organizing these Town Hall meetings to recognize, highlight and invite also Government Official Negotiators, those representatives in “Los Cuartos de al Lado” participating during the March 14 to 23 official Andean FTA VIII Round Table Negotiations in Washington.

Andean Free Trade Area Round Table Negotiations
in Washington, DC -Town Hall Meetings

Philip Crane former US Congressman Chair TRADE Subcommittee
foremost expert in Free Trade Area Agreements

Some Topics we will address: Intellectual Property, Patents, Agriculture, Textiles, Small Businesses, Role of Hispanics in the USA, disadvantaged communities in Andean countries and rest of Latin America, …

Speakers invited: US Senators Norm Coleman, George Allen, Mel Martinez, Jon Corzine, Christopher Dodd, Barbara Boxer; Members of the House Tom Davis, James Moran, Dan Burton, Ron Paul, Jerry Weller, Bob Menendez, Grace Napolitano, Barbara Lee; former Congressman Philip Crane; USTR -Bennett Harman; Andean countries negotiators and members of the “Cuarto de al lado”

Audience Invited: In addition to officials and regular participants at the Andean Free Trade Area Round Table Negotiation we are inviting US Congress Members and staffers, officials from the White House, Federal Agencies, Embassies, International Community, Corporations, Academia, Multinational, Native Americas, NGOs, others 

Admittance:  Free Admission; however for US Corporate executives a Donation $75.00 per person per event tax deductible

Sponsor: ALTEX, Telemex, Pcpaging, Mexicanos en el Exterior, Colombianos en el Exterior
AGF challenges Corporate America to show its Corporate Social Responsibility to Hispanics and Latin America –their profitable customers and markets- sponsoring this Free Trade Area program

The Americas Global Foundation’s (AGF) Capitol Hill Speaker Series seeks to address U.S. policies impacting Latin America and the Hispanic community in the U.S. At this spirited, insightful, honest, even controversial forum, at Capitol Hill, we wish to discuss the realities and roles of a region and people, starting with concerned Hispanics, whose substantial contributions are critical to the continued economic growth, stability and security of the United States and Latin America.

May also contact Victor Pinzon, Chairman/Founder at 202 371 9696 or email: vicpinzon@theamericas.org

AGF’s Goal of the Town Hall Meetings at the US Congress

The goal of Americas Global Foundation organizing the Three Town Hall meetings at the US Congress is manifold. It is to raise the awareness of numerous critical issues; invite dialogue, suggestions; and offer solutions to said issues. Some of those issues are:

Ø      Role of Hispanics in the Andean Free Trade Area Round Table Negotiations and all other FTA negotiated or signed between the US and Latin America

Ø      Intellectual Property and Patents

Ø      Agriculture

Ø      Telecommunications and High Tech

Ø      Health Pharmaceutical and other

Ø      Textiles

Ø      Investments

Ø      Latin American natural resources and value added

Ø      Education, Jobs creation and entrepreneurship development

Ø      Obsolete destructive Colombian and other Latin American bureaucratic regulations to start, register reporting manage specially small businesses

Ø      Free and FAIR Trade Agreements and implementation

Hispanic Americans one of the major players, because of many factors and substantial contributions, have been and continued to be excluded and ignored, perhaps even discriminated, by the governments and official negotiators of said trade agreements.

AGF -a Hispanic and Latin American oriented nonprofit, NGO, based in Washington, DC- has, as a result of over 15 years of studied, research, investigation, investments, and much more, developed a comprehensive strategic plan with specific proven programs ready to be implemented in the region.

Said strategic plan and programs have been designed to contribute to strengthen not only Free Trade Agreements between the USA and the Andean and Latin American countries but to effectively spur creation of new jobs, entrepreneurial and in strong, sustainable economic development to help Latin America enter not only the USA but the global market.
 

Hispanics’ Role

What id the role of Hispanic Americans in the Andean Free Trade Area Round Table Negotiations and all other FTA negotiations and even those already signed between the US and Latin America?

Hispanics’ investments contributions to Latin America
The following are some of the reasons Hispanics are critical important to Colombia, to the Andean countries and all Latin America:

Ø      Possibly the best and largest single Investor group not only Remesas/ Money Transfers

Ø      Tourism -Hispanics visiting their countries of origin and others

Ø      Other investments

Ø      Technology transfer

Ø      Retirees taking with them or receiving their pensions

Ø      Importers/ Exporters

Ø      Travel

Ø      One of the best markets in the USA for Latin American products and services

Ø      Other

Remesas/ Money Transfers

Hispanics are sending (investing?) about $40 billion a year and growing in Remesas/ Money Transfers

Ø      What is the rate of return of said investment, if it were a normal type investment?

Ø      What incentives, benefits, rewards do the benefiting governments, business, private sector and all other benefiting from said Hispanic remesas (investment) are they offering, providing, giving back to one their “best client”? They offer package of benefits to other foreign investors? Why not to Hispanics?

Ø      Which Companies, business sectors have been and continue benefiting profiting from this Hispanics’ $4 billion in money transfers?

Ø      How and what are those entities showing their corporate social responsibility giving back to their client Hispanics?
 

Other Value Hispanics in the USA offer

Ø      Hispanic vote and advocacy in US Congress and elsewhere

Ø      Impact on US Congress approving or not Andean and other FTA Negotiations/ Agreements

Ø      Over 40 million constituents –not all vote but are residents in critical Congressional Districts

Ø      Hispanic population nearly 44 million and growing

Ø      Hispanic purchasing power about $900 billion annually and growing

 The above opinions or views are by Victor Pinzon, AGF’s Chairman/Founder

Americas Global Foundation:
930 M Street, NW Suite 609 Washington, DC 20001
202-371-9696   Fax: 202-216-9550   vicpinzon@theamericas.org    vicpinzon@yahoo.com
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