LATIN AMERICA

Articles and editorials

Celia Cruz, Petite Powerhouse of Latin Music, Dies at 77, E1527 [18JY]

Sugar and Salsa, E1527 [18JY]

What the World Hears When the President Speaks; Remembers Us?, E209 [13FE]

Bills and resolutions

Argentina: anniversary of terrorist attack on Jewish Cultural Center in Buenos Aires and highlight the attack as characteristic of the threat to the U.S. from terrorist groups operating from Latin America (see H. Res. 325), H7169 [18JY]

Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and establish a joint congressional task force to assess the education and training needs for Latin American military personnel (see H.R. 1258), H1900 [13MR]

History: acknowledge African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade, recognize injustices suffered, and work to improve the situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean (see H. Con. Res. 47), H705 [13FE]

World War II: allow certain individuals of Japanese ancestry who were brought forcibly to the U.S. from Latin America and were interned in the U.S. to be provided restitution (see H.R. 779), H700 [13FE]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: respond to surge of coffee imports, H1691 [11MR]

Argentina: anniversary of terrorist attack on Jewish Cultural Center in Buenos Aires and highlight the attack as characteristic of the threat to the U.S. from terrorist groups operating from Latin America (H. Res. 325), E1532 [18JY]

Colombia: U.S. policy, H6332-H6339 [8JY]

Cooperative Association of States for Scholarships: funding, H7377 [23JY]

Diario Las Americas (publication): anniversary, E1173 [9JN]

Dominican Republic: observance of Restoration Day, E1617 [25JY]

Institute of the Americas: anniversary, E950 [14MY]

Inter-American Foundation: funding, H7377, H7405 [23JY]

Lambda Theta Phi Fraternidad Latina, Inc.: tribute, E1306 [19JN]

Long Island, NY: tribute to Fiesta Day, E1627 [25JY]

Millennium Challenge Corp.: accelerate eligibility for assistance for certain developing countries, H6785-H6788 [15JY]

Nosotros Organization: tribute, E1627 [25JY]

Pan American Games: tribute, E1602, E1616 [25JY]

Santana, Felix: Latino American Committee of Monmouth County, Inc., award recipient, E2070 [17OC]

Vega, Carmen: Latino American Committee of Monmouth County, Inc., award recipient, E2069 [17OC]

Virella, Miguel: Latino American Committee of Monmouth County, Inc., award recipient, E2071 [17OC]

World War II: allow certain individuals of Japanese ancestry who were brought forcibly to the U.S. from Latin America and were interned in the U.S. to be provided restitution (H.R. 779), E257 [13FE]

Remarks in Senate

AID: Clean Water for the Americas Partnership funding, S1441 [23JA]