Eminent Persons Group Meeting, Veracruz, Mexico

January 16-17, 2014

Eminent Persons from the public and private sectors in Africa, Europe, North and South America met in Veracruz to chart new paths for pan-Atlantic cooperation. The Eminent Persons were welcomed by Javier Duarte de Ochoa, Governor of the state of Veracruz, and Vanessa Rubio Marquez, Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Mexico, at the invitation of the Center for Transatlantic Relations (CTR) at Johns Hopkins University SAIS, particularly CTR Distinguished Fellow and former President of the Government of Spain José Maria Aznar and CTR Executive Director Prof. Daniel Hamilton.

The Veracruz meeting followed Eminent Persons meetings in 2012/2013 in São Paulo, Brazil; La Romana in the Dominican Republic; and in Luanda, Angola. A smaller meeting of Latin American and African leaders was held together with the Brenthurst Foundation in South Africa in November 2013.

The primary goal of the Atlantic Basin Initiative is to support sustainable growth, human development and security in the Atlantic Hemisphere.

Eminent Persons Group Meeting, Atlantic Basin Initiative, Veracruz, Mexico: Dr. Daboub is pictured at the far left.