Council of the Americas


Council of the Americas is an American organization whose stated goal is promoting free trade and open markets throughout the Americas.
WWW counciloftheamericas.org

History

[file:Susan Louise Segal CEO of Council of the the Americas|Americas.jpg|thumb|left|Susan Louise Segal - CEO]
The group was founded in 1963 as the Business Group for Latin America by David Rockefeller, at the request of President John F. Kennedy as a means for business to fight the influence of Fidel Castro in Latin America. The Kennedy administration conceded investment guarantees, which by 1967 would cost the government $600 million in the case of Chile alone. Almost 30 corporations participated by 1965, when the Business Group was reorganized as the Council for Latin America.