The guest for this interview is Ambassador John Maisto. Ambassador Maisto was Ambassador to Nicaragua and Venezuela under President Clinton, and the National Security Council Senior Director for Latin America and Caribbean and Ambassador to the OAS under President George W. Bush.
Ambassador Maisto was in the Foreign Service for 35 years. He served in seven countries in Latin America and East Asia, and was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central America.
The host for this interview is Ambassador Jim Rosapepe, who represented the United States in Romania from 1998 to 2001, and is a member of the CAA Board of Directors. He currently is Chairman and CEO of Patuxent Capital Group LLC and serves in the Maryland State Senate.