Council of the Americas

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Council of the Americas

Formation| 1963
Headquarters| 680 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10021 United States
Location|

* New York City

Coordinates| 40°46′08″N 73°57′58″W﻿ / ﻿40.768830°N 73.965975°W﻿ / 40.768830; -73.965975

CEO

| Susan L. Segal
Website| www.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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* North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
* Free Trade Area of the Americas

## 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.

## External links

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* Americas Society/Council of the Americas website
* Americas Quarterly