USAID has launched a five-year multi-million dollar Regional Clean Energy Initiative for Central America.

By 2030, the World Bank estimates that Central America will need $25 billion in power sector investment to address increasing demand.

More than 8,000 students from Central America and the Dominican Republic studied at U.S. institutions during the 2011-2012 academic year.

Guatemala recently agreed to a landmark labor enforcement plan under a CAFTA-DR settlement agreement that includes a process for developing a contingency mechanism.

Costa Rica shows the benefits of trade that is free and fair.

Together, we can achieve more.

I had actually a chance during the bilateral meeting to see a photograph of President Kennedy at the same table that we were meeting at.

There's no reason to go abroad in search of a better life.

We want to continue to pursue a whole range of energy strategies for the future: solar, wind, hydropower.

A new Mexico is emerging.

You are the dream.

Our job is to make sure that we're doing everything we can to provide security and opportunity and ladders for success and prosperity for our people.

We will continue to work in every way we can with Mexico on these important issues.

You've been so kind and gracious to me.

Democracy is the destiny of humanity.

The agenda is a broad-based, socially inclusive agenda that ensures that our entire region and hemisphere are prospering.

Our children are ready to write the next great chapter in the American story.

Every day they work to give their families and children a better life.