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Council of the Americas

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Council of the Americas
Formation1963
Headquarters680 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021 United States
Location
  • New York City
Coordinates40°46′08″N 73°57′58″W / 40.768830°N 73.965975°W / 40.768830; -73.965975
CEO
Susan L. Segal
Websitewww.as-coa.org

Council of the Americas is an American organization whose stated goal is promoting free trade and open markets throughout the Americas.

History

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Headquarters at the Percy R. Pyne House.
Susan Louise Segal - CEO

The group was founded in 1963 as the Business Group for Latin America by David Rockefeller, at the request of President John F. Kennedy as a means for business to fight the influence of Fidel Castro in Latin America.[1] The Kennedy administration conceded investment guarantees,[to whom?] which by 1967 would cost the government $600 million in the case of Chile alone.[2] Almost 30 corporations participated by 1965, when the Business Group was reorganized as the Council for Latin America.[3]

Further reading

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  • Memoirs, David Rockefeller, New York: Random House, 2002.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Hersh, Seymour M. (December 1, 1982). "The Price of Power: Kissinger, Nixon, and Chile". The Atlantic.
  2. ^ Prados, John (2006). Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA. Ivan R. Dee. p. 398. ISBN 9781615780112.
  3. ^ Griffith-Jones, Stephany (1979). "The Alliance for Progress: An Attempt at Interpretation" (PDF). Development and Change. 10: 429.
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