Eric Farnsworth is a partner at Continental Strategy, leading the firm’s international policy and trade practice. Before joining Continental Strategy, Eric led the Washington, D.C., office of the Americas Society/Council of the Americas for more than twenty years, where he guided engagement between U.S. and regional leaders on issues of trade, investment, and democratic development. In that role, he advanced initiatives to strengthen economic integration and institutional cooperation across the Western Hemisphere.
Eric previously served in the White House, the U.S. Department of State, and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, as well as in both chambers of Congress. He is a senior associate (non-resident) with the Americas Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), an international advisory board member of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy, and an advisory board member of Latin Trade magazine and the Venezuela American Association of the United States. He is a frequent speaker and commentator featured in outlets such as Barron’s, Foreign Policy, and The Washington Post.
Some observers call for a relaxation of US sanctions on Venezuela during the COVID-19 pandemic. Eric Farnsworth offers a different recommendation.
Eric FarnsworthMay 1, 2020
Managing editor Drew Griffin sits down with Eric Farnsworth, VP of Council of the Americas, to discuss the growing influence/threat of Chinese involvement in Latin America.
Eric Farnsworth & Drew GriffinJuly 1, 2019
Eric Farnsworth, vice president of the Council of Americas, sits down with Managing Editor Drew Griffin to discuss Juan Guaidó, Nicolás Maduro, and the future of Venezuela.
Photo Credit: March in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 23, 2019. By Voice of America, via Wikimedia Commons.
Eric FarnsworthMarch 12, 2019
Is there a properly Judeo-Christian perspective on the current crisis in Venezuela? It depends on whom you ask. In a word, it’s complicated, even among those of the same faith community.
Eric FarnsworthFebruary 15, 2019
Brazilians head to the polls this Sunday to elect their next president, and the frontrunner is Jair Bolsonaro. He has been variously described as a far-right, uncouth, law-and-order populist, and he appears to hold views that can charitably be described as anti-democratic.
Eric FarnsworthOctober 26, 2018
Eric Farnsworth, vice president of the Council of the Americas and Americas Society, lectured at Providence Magazine’s Christianity and National…
Eric FarnsworthMay 14, 2018