Caribbean and Central American Action was a

501(c)(3) non-profit organization A 501(c)(3) organization is a United States corporation, trust, unincorporated association or other type of organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code. It is one of the 29 types of 5 ...

which has hosted the annual Miami Conference on the Caribbean & Central America for 33 years. The organization had a multinational Board of Trustees, currently headed by Cornelius B. Prior Jr., and was based in Washington, DC. Among the public figures speaking at the 33rd conference, held in 2009 in Miami, were the Prime Minister of

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, Jean-Max Bellerive,

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's Minister of State of Foreign Affairs,

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and

Puerto Rico Secretary of State The secretary of state of Puerto Rico () leads all efforts promoting the cultural, political, and economical relations between Puerto Rico and jurisdictions within the United States or foreign countries. It was created by Article IV of the Con ...

Kenneth McClintock Kenneth Davison McClintock-Hernández (born January 19, 1957) is a politician who served as the twenty-second Secretary of State of Puerto Rico, one of the four longest serving in that post. McClintock served as co-chair of Hillary Clinton’s N ...

. The organization's policy-oriented programs have focused on tourism, financial services, policy and regulatory environments for business in the Americas, energy security, maritime port security, disaster mitigation, customs, telecommunications, intellectual property rights, information technology, agriculture and telecommunications. Cabinet-level officials have represented the United States at prior conferences. The organization has closed.

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