US, Latin American nations unveil strategy to boost the hemisphere

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hosts and delivers remarks at the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity Ministerial, at the State Department in Washington, July 17, 2024.

Foreign ministers from a dozen Western Hemisphere nations set their sights on ambitious goals to boost the region's economy at a semiannual meeting in Washington this week, with clean energy, cybersecurity and investments in semiconductors high on their list.