2002

October - December
--12/16/02  Resolution on Crisis in Venezuela; Ambassador Roger F. Noriega, U.S. Permanent Representative to the OAS; Remarks to Meeting of the Permanent Council; Washington, DC
--12/13/02  Extending Democracy in the Americas; Ambassador Roger F. Noriega, U.S. National Coordinator for the Summit of the Americas; Remarks to the Center for Strategic and International Studies; Washington, DC
--12/13/02  Venezuela's Crisis; Ambassador Roger F. Noriega, U.S. Permanent Representative to the OAS; Remarks to Special Meeting of the Permanent Council on Venezuela; Washington, DC
--12/12/02  America's Heroin Crisis; Paul E. Simons, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Testimony Before the House Committee on Government Reform; Washington, DC
--12/09/02  On First Report of Secretary General to Permanent Council ; Ambassador Roger F. Noriega, U.S. Permanent Representative to the OAS; Washington, DC
--12/09/02  Venezuela: Reject Violence, Return to Dialogue; Ambassador Roger F. Noriega, U.S. Permanent Representative to the OAS; Remarks to Meeting of the Permanent Council; Washington, DC
--12/03/02  Interview on RCN TV with Sandra Vergara (Colombian TV); Secretary Colin L. Powell; Washington, DC
--12/03/02  Travel to Colombia
--12/02/02  Interview by Sergio Gomez Maseri of El Tiempo (Colombian Newspaper); Secretary Colin L. Powell; Washington, DC
--11/25/02  Travel to Mexico
--11/14/02  Trade, Economic Development and Prosperity; Daniel Fisk, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs ; Remarks to the Workshop on Unemployment Insurance in the Americas ; Miami, Florida
--11/08/02  The OAS: Building a Community of Shared Values; Ambassador Peter DeShazo, Deputy U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States; Remarks to World Affairs Council of San Antonio; San Antonio, Texas
--11/06/02  Status of Democratic Growth in Haiti ; Ambassador Roger F. Noriega , Ambassador of the United States to the Organization of American States ; Remarks to OAS Permanent Council Meeting; Washington, DC
--10/31/02  The Administration's Four Goals in the Western Hemisphere; Ambassador Otto J. Reich, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Remarks to The Heritage Foundation; Washington, DC
--10/30/02  Remarks on Haiti; Ambassador Roger F. Noriega, U.S. Permanent Representative to the OAS; Presentation to the Inter-American Dialogue; Washington, DC
--10/28/02  Keynote Address, Americas Project Colloquium; Ambassador Roger F. Noriega, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States; Remarks to James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy, Rice University; Houston, Texas
--10/23/02  APEC News Conference; Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation; Los Cabos, Mexico
--10/15/02  Latin American Relations; Ambassador Otto J. Reich, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Remarks to Miami Herald Americas Conference; Washington, DC
--10/10/02  Threats to Democratic Stability in the Dominican Republic and Guatemala; Ambassador Otto J. Reich, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Testimony to House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere; Washington, DC

July - September
Releases
--09/30/02  Remarks at the Organization of American States; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Washington, DC
--09/23/02  Corporate Responsibility: Myth or Reality?; Otto J. Reich, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Remarks to the International Development Bank (IDB) Conference on Corporate Social Governance; Miami, Florida
--09/23/02  Supporting Anti-Corruption Efforts in Nicaragua; Ambassador Roger F. Noriega's Introductory Remarks of President Bolanos of Nicaragua; Roger F. Noriega, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS); Remarks to Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Conference on Corporate Social Governance; Miami, Florida
--09/20/02  Cooperative Hemispheric Security Architecture for the 21st Century; Ambassador Roger F. Noriega, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States; Remarks to the Conference at the Inter-American Development Bank; Washington, DC
--09/06/02  New Challenges and Opportunities in Latin America; Otto J. Reich, Assistant Secretary of State, Western Hemisphere Affairs; Remarks to Fifth Annual Andean Development Conference; Washington, DC
--09/04/02  Statement of U.S. Ambassador Roger F. Noriega, Chairman of the Permanent Council of the OAS on Haiti
--09/04/02  Statement on Haiti Resolution of U.S. Delegation; Ambassador Peter DeShazo, U.S. Deputy Permanent Representative to the OAS; Remarks to OAS Permanent Council; Haiti
--08/21/02  U.S. Efforts to Support Plan Colombia; Marc Grossman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Roundtable Discussion; Washington, DC
--07/18/02  Thoughts on Latin America; Ambassador Otto J. Reich, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Remarks to the Center for Strategic International Studies; Washington, DC

April - June
--06/26/02  Opportunities for the Americas; Ambassador Roger F. Noriega, U.S. Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States; Remarks to North American International Trade Corridor Partnership; Wichita, Kansas
--06/26/02  Status, Prospects, and Challenges for Trade in the Western Hemisphere; Roger F. Noriega, Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States; Remarks to the North American International Trade Corridor Partnership; Wichita, Kansas
--06/24/02  Joining Efforts for Colombia; Marc Grossman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Remarks at Georgetown University ; Washington, DC
--06/20/02  Peace and Security in Colombia; Lino Gutierrez, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; U.S. Institute of Peace, International Crisis Group; Woodrow Wilson International Center, Washington, DC
--06/11/02  Remarks to the Eighth Annual InterAmerican Conference of Mayors; Otto J. Reich, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Miami, Florida
--06/03/02  Opening Remarks and Q&A With the Press Following OAS General Assembly; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Bridgetown, Barbados
--06/03/02  Remarks at the Organization of American States General Assembly; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Sherbourne Conference Center; Bridgetown, Barbados
--06/03/02  Remarks to the Summit Implementation and Review Group; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Sherbourne Conference Center; Bridgetown, Barbados
--05/28/02  The Challenges for Democracy in Venezuela; Ambassador Roger F. Noriega, U.S . Permanent Representative to the Organization of American States; Remarks to the Organization of American States; Washington, DC
--05/22/02  Haiti and Development Assistance; Lino Gutierrez, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Remarks at the Inter-American Dialogue Conference, the Madison Hotel; Washington, DC
--05/21/02  Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation; Otto J. Reich , Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Testimony Before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation; Washington, DC
--05/20/02  President Bush Announces Initiative for a New Cuba ; President George W. Bush; Remarks by the President on Cuba Policy Review ; The East Room, Washington, DC
--05/06/02  Latin American Issues Today; Otto J. Reich, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Washington, DC
--05/06/02  Remarks at the Annual Conference of the Council of the Americas; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Washington, DC [audio]
--05/03/02  The OAS and the Democratic Charter; Roger F. Noriega, U.S. Ambassador to the OAS; Remarks to the Center for Strategic and International Studies; Washington, DC
--04/27/02  Hemispheric Congress: Latin Chambers of Commerce & Industry; Ambassador Otto J. Reich, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Remarks to Hemispheric Congress: Latin Chambers of Commerce & Industry; Miami, Florida
--04/26/02  Latin American and Caribbean Center's Journalists and Editors Workshop; Ambassador Otto J. Reich, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Miami, Florida
--04/18/02  President Bush, President Pastrana Discuss Trade, Terrorism; George W. Bush, President; Remarks with President of Colombia at the White House; Washington, DC
--04/18/02  Special Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Washington, DC
--04/17/02  Venezuela's Uncertain Future: Challenges for U.S. Policy; Lino Gutierrez, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Remarks to North-South Center Roundtable, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Washington, DC
--04/14/02  Statement by the White House Press Secretary; Ari Fleischer, White House Press Secretary; Washington, DC
--04/11/02  U.S. Assistance to Colombia and the Andean Region; Otto J. Reich, Assistant Secretary or Western Hemisphere Affairs; Testimony Before the House International Relations Committee, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere; Washington, DC
--04/10/02  U.S. Assistance to Colombia and the Andean Region; Marc Grossman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Foreign Operations; Washington, DC
--04/07/02  The United States and Cuba ; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Op-Ed; Diario Las Americas

January - March
--04/10/02  U.S. Assistance to Colombia and the Andean Region; Marc Grossman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; House Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Foreign Operations; Washington, DC
--03/24/02  President Bush Meets with President Flores in El Salvador; George W. Bush, President; Remarks in Joint Press Availability; Casa Presidencial, San Salvador, El Salvador
--03/24/02  Press Briefing En route to San Salvador, El Salvador
--03/23/02  President Bush Meets with President Toledo in Peru; George W. Bush, President; Remarks in Joint Press Availability; Presidential Palace, Lima, Peru
--03/23/02  Radio Address by the President to the Nation; George W. Bush, President; Remarks to the Nation; Washington, DC
--03/22/02  "The Monterrey Commitments"; President Bush; Joint Statement by the Presidents of the United States and Mexico; Monterrey, Mexico
--03/22/02  President Outlines U.S. Plan to Help World's Poor; President Bush; Remarks at United Nations Financing for Development Conference; Cintermex Convention Center, Monterrey, Mexico
--03/22/02  Remarks by the President in Dinner Toast; George W. Bush, President; Remarks at the Museo de Contemporaneo; Monterrey, Mexico
--03/21/02  President Promotes Secure and Open Borders in El Paso; George W. Bush, President; Remarks in El Paso Welcome; El Paso, Texas
--03/14/02  Global Development; President Bush; Remarks to the Inter-American Development Bank; Washington, DC
--03/13/02  Narco-Terror: The Worldwide Connection Between Drugs and Terror; Rand Beers, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Testimony Before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information; Washington, DC
--03/12/02  U.S. Foreign Policy in the Western Hemisphere; Otto J. Reich, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Remarks to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS); Washington, DC
--03/11/02  Remarks at Swearing-In Ceremony as Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Otto J. Reich, Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs; Washington, DC
--03/07/02  Visit to Brazil; Marc Grossman, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Itamaraty Palace, Brasmlia, Brazil
--03/06/02  Interview on Buenos Aires Radio 10 , Program: "Siempre Noticias" ; Marc Grossman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; With Journalists Oscar Gonzalez Oro and Eduardo Freiman; Buenos Aires, Argentina
--03/06/02  Political Support to Argentina; Marc Grossman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Interview with Journalists Marcelo Bonelli and Gustavo Sylvestre; The American Embassy, Buenos Aires, Argentina
--03/06/02  Press Round-Table on Argentina; Marc Grossman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Q & A with Journalists; Buenos Aires, Argentina
--02/07/02  Interview on Love 97 Radio (97.5 FM); Secretary Colin L. Powell; Interview by Mr. Wendall K. Jones; Nassau, The Bahamas
--02/07/02  Press Conference Following CARICOM Meetings; Secretary Colin L. Powell; Nassau, The Bahamas
--01/28/02  Western Hemisphere Efforts to Combat Terrorism; John Ashcroft, Attorney General ; Remarks to Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism, Organization of American States; Washington, DC
--01/16/02  The Future of the Americas; President George W. Bush; Remarks to the World Affairs Councils of America; Washington, DC