<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!--If you see this error message then you do not support RSS v2.0.--><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Carter Center]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org]]></link><description><![CDATA[Jennifer McCoy's Blog]]></description><item><title><![CDATA[May 3-4, 2009: Carter Center delegation days 7-8, Sao Paolo and Brasilia, Brazil]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/p/americas/mccoy_blog.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[We flew over Sao Paolo, one of the largest cities in the world with nearly 20 million people, and were astounded at the breadth of the skyscrapers across the landscape.  It looked almost like a science fiction scene.  We only had a few hours stop on the way to Brasilia, but we made the most of it.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[May 4, 2009: An Update on River Blindness in the Americas, Brazil]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/resources/rss/jmccoy_blog.xml]]></link><description><![CDATA[In Brazil, the Center's delegation got an update on a health program that The Carter Center implements jointly with the Brazilian Ministry of Health.  We hope that the transmission of river blindness will be successfully interrupted in the Americas by 2012.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[May 4, 2009 - Highlights from the Right of Access to Information Conference in Lima, Peru]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/resources/rss/jmccoy_blog.xml]]></link><description><![CDATA[By guest blogger Laura Neuman, associate director of the Carter Center's Americas Program and the access to information project manager.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[May 2, 2009: Carter Center delegation day 6, La Paz and Santa Cruz, Bolivia]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/resources/rss/jmccoy_blog.xml]]></link><description><![CDATA[On our second day in Bolivia, we received a surprise in learning shortly before our scheduled meeting that the president of the National Electoral Court had resigned.  Bolivia is scheduled to have presidential and assembly elections on Dec. 6 of this year to comply with the new constitution (approved Jan. 25, 2009).  Getting to these elections has been...]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[May 1, 2009: Carter Center delegation days 2-5, La Paz, Bolivia]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/p/americas/mccoy_blog.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[We have been on a whirlwind tour in the last three days traveling from Quito to Lima to La Paz.  On our last day in Quito, President Carter gave a speech to a full house at FLACSO, followed by an excellent meeting and lunch with President Correa and several of his cabinet members.  We discussed with them foreign policy issues -- the recent Summit of the Americas, Ecuador-U.S. relations and prospects, and the current status of relations with Colombia.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[April 29, 2009: Transcript of President Carter's remarks at FLACSO Univsersity in Ecuador]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/p/americas/mccoy_blog.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[President Carter gave remarks at FLACSO (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales - Latin American Social Sciences University) in Quito, Ecuador, this morning.  His speech focused on challenges facing Ecuador in the 21st century and was followed by a Q&A session with the audience. You can read his speech at http://www.cartercenter.org/news/editorials_speeches/FLACSO_042909.html.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[April 28, 2009: Carter Center delegation Day 1, Quito, Ecuador ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.org/news/features/p/americas/mccoy_blog.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[We arrived last night, the day following Ecuador's national elections to choose new authorities under the new constitution approved last September.  President, National Assembly, Prefects (governors), and mayors were chosen, though we are still waiting for the results of the National Assembly races.  As pre-election polls had predicted, President Correa won with 51 percent of the vote.  The question now is whether his party will win a simple majority in the new unicameral legislature or whether he will need to make an alliance with a smaller party to achieve that alliance.]]></description></item><item><title><![CDATA[April 24, 2009: Blog from Latin America: Americas Program Director Jennifer McCoy Writes From Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://www.cartercenter.com/news/features/p/americas/mccoy_blog.html]]></link><description><![CDATA[Dr. Jennifer McCoy, director of the Carter Center's Americas Program, is traveling with former U.S. President Jimmy Carter as a member of the Carter Center delegation to Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil from April 27 to May 4, 2009.]]></description></item></channel></rss>
