Peru votes this Sunday—but the real question is what comes next. With no clear frontrunner and deep political fragmentation, the post-election scenario could be just as consequential as the vote itself.

Luis A. Rodriguez has joined the Venezuela 2040 Working Group. “Reconciliation comes through action.” Learn more: buff.ly/VgpAlKQ

Mastercard has joined the Venezuela 2040 Working Group. "We hope to provide perspectives that will help solidify and engender trust in Venezuela’s financial wellbeing." Learn more: buff.ly/VgpAlKQ

Yesterday, Paraguay reminded the world why it should never be underestimated, advancing in the World Cup in a result that turned heads. Similarly, Paraguay has been on a quiet, deliberate, multi-year effort to show the world what it has to offer on other fronts: clean energy reserves, political stability, and an increasingly central role in global AI infrastructure. Revisit @gregory_ross's piece for Global Americans on how Paraguay is moving to the center of the conversation, and not only in regards to football: buff.ly/fdBeGfN

Venezuela is steering its oil toward India, but Washington is setting the terms. India now takes 26 percent of Venezuelan oil exports, second only to the U.S., and pauses the moment sanctions return. @haricito on the triangle reshaping Venezuela's foreign policy: buff.ly/LddMKvg

Venezuela has a reconstruction opportunity and 8.4 million people in diaspora ready to invest. At the Americas Forward Forum, panelists addressed how the institutions and infrastructure to facilitate investment can be built while the window is open. Watch: buff.ly/tdAsOJV

From Paraguay's clean energy pivot to Google and Oracle's call for open data frameworks, last week's Digital Convergence Agenda tackled the infrastructure questions that will define Latin America's role in the AI economy. Watch the full event: buff.ly/OAsMsJb

The full recording of our Americas Forward Forum public event “Venezuela 2040: Building the Architecture for Bilateral Reconstruction” is now available. Watch the conversation on Venezuela’s long-term recovery, reconstruction, and U.S.–Venezuela relations here: buff.ly/St38Oee

Today we begin the Americas Forward Forum! We are pleased to welcome many influential voices from across the Western Hemisphere for two days of private and public sessions in Washington, D.C. There's still time to register for the public sessions, happening today and tomorrow: The Digital Convergence Agenda: AI, Infrastructure, and Strategic Investment June 3, 2026, at 5:00 PM Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2044 Register: buff.ly/MNgK2fA Venezuela 2040: A Vision for Bilateral Reconstruction June 4, 2026, at 6:00 PM Jack Morton Auditorium Register: buff.ly/N7c4ZPZ #AmericasForward

Thank you to @AgendaCAF for supporting the Americas Forward Forum 2026. The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean brings exactly the kind of regional expertise this Forum was built around. June 3–4, Washington, D.C. Learn more about the Forum: buff.ly/kstKvYm

AI, infrastructure, and strategic investment are redefining Latin America's next chapter. The Digital Convergence Agenda brings that conversation to the Rayburn House Office Building on June 3, with voices from Paraguay's Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Google, and Oracle. @mriquelme1 @diogobrunacci Free registration: buff.ly/MNgK2fA

Global Americans is grateful to Opportunitas Advisors for supporting the Americas Forward Forum 2026, and for its continued work advising clients on the political and regulatory shifts shaping the Americas. @OpportunitasAdv June 3–4, Washington, D.C. Learn more: buff.ly/kstKvYm

Global Americans extends its sincere thanks to CAVEX, the Cámara de Empresarios, Emprendedores y Ejecutivos Venezolanos en el Exterior, for supporting the Americas Forward Forum 2026. June 3–4, Washington, D.C. In partnership with @ForeignPolicy and @GSPMgwu

AI, infrastructure, and sovereign data are already reshaping Latin America's economic future. How can countries take advantage? Join us June 3 on Capitol Hill for The Digital Convergence Agenda, a public panel on the forces driving the region's digital economy. 5:00 PM, Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2044. Topics and lineup in the thread. Free registration: buff.ly/B1qxfem In partnership with @ForeignPolicy and @GSPMgwu #AmericasForward

What could Venezuela 2040 look like? Join us in Washington, DC, for a public panel on the architecture of bilateral reconstruction: U.S.–Venezuela relations, private-sector investment, and the diaspora's role in what comes next. June 4, 6:00 PM, George Washington University Free to attend. Full speaker lineup in the thread. Free registration: bit.ly/4wqAxmZ In partnership with @ForeignPolicy and @GSPMgwu #AmericasForward

The Americas Forward Forum 2026 welcomes Peter A. Prazmowski, Executive Director of the National Competitiveness Council of the Dominican Republic. His presence brings critical depth to the private conversations taking place in Washington, D.C. @Peterprazmowski @cncgobdo #AmericasForward In partnership with @ForeignPolicy and @GSPMgwu

Join us in person on June 4 for “Venezuela 2040: A Vision for Bilateral Reconstruction,” a public conversation on what it will take for Venezuela’s once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to succeed. June 4, 6:00 PM at Jack Morton Auditorium, GWU. Register for free: buff.ly/vN1jOUX In partnership with @ForeignPolicy and @GSPMgwu

From digital convergence to bilateral reconstruction, the Americas Forward Forum 2026 brings the hemisphere's most consequential conversations to Washington this June 3–4. Registration is now open. Link Below: buff.ly/SI2Zm2b In partnership with @ForeignPolicy and @GSPMgwu

The institutions financing the hemisphere's future are part of the Americas Forward Forum 2026 conversation. Global Americans is pleased to welcome Anne Milne, Managing Director of Emerging Markets Corporate Research at Bank of America, to Washington this June 3–4. In partnership with @ForeignPolicy and @GSPMgwu

The Hon. Marco Riquelme, Minister of Industry and Commerce of Paraguay, joins the Americas Forward Forum 2026 for private ministerial sessions on June 3 in Washington D.C. @mriquelme1

Save the date. The Americas Forward Forum 2026 convenes June 3-4 in Washington, D.C. An invitation-only forum on the conversations defining U.S.–Latin America relations. Contact: [email protected] In partnership with @ForeignPolicy and @GSPMgwu