This week, President Barack Obama held a North American Summit with Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper and Mexican president Felipe Calderón. Next week, he will host Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff for a state visit, before they both travel to the Summit of the Americans in Cartagena, Colombia.

Listen to CFR fellows Shannon K. O'Neil and Julia E. Sweig discuss these meetings, as well as Secretary Hillary Clinton's strategic partnership dialogue with Brazilian foreign minister Antonio Patriota that will be held immediately after the summit in Cartagena.

CFR Senior Fellow and Task Force Director Julia E. Sweig and Task Force member Donna J. Hrinak, former ambassador to Brazil, discuss the findings and recommendations of the CFR Task Force report, Global Brazil and U.S.-Brazil Relations.

President Obama's Upcoming Trip to South America and Opportunities to Strengthen The U.S.-South America Relationship

Following a recent trip to Cuba, Julia Sweig, Senior Fellow for Latin American Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Jeffrey Goldberg, National Correspondent for The Atlantic Magazine, address questions from listeners.

Cuba experts Carlos A. Saladrigas and Julia E. Sweig discuss U.S.-Cuba relations and the potential for change in the near future.

The panelists discuss what the resignation of Fidel Castro means for Cuba and the future for U.S.-Cuba relations.

As part of the Council's Latin American Studies Program, the panels discuss globalization and trade in Latin America and Asia.

Latin America Studies expert Julia Sweig discusses President Bush’s trip to Latin America in a conference call.

Dr. Eduardo Gamarra, Director of the Latin American and Caribbean Center at Florida International University, discusses current ethnic, social, and political divisions in Bolivia, as well as how the U.S. and other international actors can contribute to a resolution of the stalemate that currently plagues the country.

Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO) and Congressman James P. McGovern (D-MA) discuss U.S. Cuba policy in light of their recent trip to the country.

Richard Lapper, Latin American editor of the Financial Times, discusses what to expect from Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in his next term.

Pamela Starr, Richard Feinberg, David Rothkopf, and Julia Sweig discuss recent presidential elections in Latin America.

CFR Senior Fellow Julia E. Sweig debunks the conventional wisdom on what is going to happen in Cuba after Fidel Castro dies. She also discusses the future of U.S.-Cuba relations.

CFR Senior Fellow Julia Sweig discusses the future of U.S.-Cuba relations in the light of Fidel Castro’s recent illness and handover of power to Raul Castro.

The meeting explored the recent political shifts that have taken place in Latin America and assessed the impact they have had and will have on American political and economic interests in the region. The panel also looked at the upcoming presidential elections in Mexico.

Pamela K. Starr discusses a new CFR Special Report on the challenges U.S. and Mexican policy makers will face after Mexico's July 2 presidential election.

Professors Robert Keohane and Peter Katzenstein join CFR fellow Julia Sweig in exploring the various forms of Anti-Americanism across regions and governments as a complex yet powerful global phenomenon.