AGENDA
Hearing on "China’s Expanding Interests in Latin America: Development, Leverage, Coercion, and Crime"
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Russell Senate Office Building, Room 253, and Webex
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Hearing Co-Chairs: Commissioner Joshua Hodges and Commissioner Reva Price
9:30 AM – 9:40 AM: Co-Chairs' Opening Remarks
9:40 AM – 11:05 AM: Panel I: China’s Evolving Strategies to Build Influence in Latin America
- Margaret Myers, Senior Advisor, Asia and Latin America Program, Inter-American Dialogue [Testimony]
- Parsifal D’Sola, Founder and Executive Director, Andrés Bello Foundation—China Latin America Research Center [Testimony]
- Victoria Chonn Ching, Non-Resident Fellow, Atlantic Council [Testimony]
11:05 AM – 11:15 AM: Break
11:15 AM – 12:45 PM: Panel II: Vectors of Chinese Influence
- Francisco Bencosme, Former China Policy Lead, U.S. Agency for International Development [Testimony]
- Ramon Escobar, Managing Director, Actum [Testimony]
- Henry Ziemer, Associate Fellow, Center for Strategic and International Studies [Testimony]
- Vanda Felbab-Brown, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution [Testimony]
12:45 PM – 12:50 PM: Closing Remarks
12:50 PM: Adjourn
Transcript
March 17, 2026 Hearing Transcript235.17 KB