Travel to Western Hemisphere Region in 2002 by Senior Administration Officials

See also: Fact Sheet: U.S. Engagement in the Western Hemisphere

• 1/02: Colombia – Under Secretary for Political Affairs Marc Grossman;
• 1/02: Honduras – Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton  and Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Otto Reich attend inauguration of President Ricardo Maduro;
• 2/02: Bahamas – Secretary of State Powell attends Caribbean Common Market (CARICOM) Bridgetown Summit follow-on;  regarding the Third Border Initiative,  Haiti, and  U.S.-Caribbean  after  9/11/01;
• 3/02: Mexico – President Bush and Secretary Powell  attend UN Financing Development Conference in Monterrey, CA.  Millennium Fund announced;
• 3/02: Peru – President Bush, Secretary Powell, and Assistant Secretary Reich promote trade initiatives in Peru and throughout region;
• 3/02: Brazil – Under Secretary for Political Affairs Grossman;  
• 3/02:  Brazil – U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick;  
• 3/02: El Salvador – President Bush, Secretary Powell, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Reich, and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice announced  CAFTA  (Central America Free Trade Agreement) negotiations;
• 6/02: Canada – President Bush and Secretary Powell attend the G-8 Summit;
• 6/02: Barbados – Secretary Powell attends the OAS General Assembly;
• 7/02: Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay – Assistant Secretary Reich;   
• 7/02: Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay – Secretary of the Treasury Paul O’Neill;
• 8/02: Brazil and Chile – Department of State Policy Planning Director Richard Haass;
• 8/02: Assistant Secretary Otto Reich in Honduras and Nicaragua  supporting governments' efforts to combat corruption;
• 8/02: U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick; Assistant Secretary  Reich  in Colombia for inauguration of President Alvaro Uribe;
• 8/02: Colombia – Under Secretary for Political Affairs Marc Grossman;
• 8/02:  Bolivia –  Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy John Walters  attends  inauguration of President Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada;   
• 9/02: Canada – President Bush and Homeland Security Advisor Governor Tom Ridge met with Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien. Deputy Prime Minister John Manley in Detroit on border issues;
• 9/02:  Venezuela – Under Secretary for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs Alan Larson;
• 10/02: Chile and Bolivia – Assistant Secretary Reich;
• 10/02: Mexico – President Bush, Secretary Powell, Assistant Secretary Reich, and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick (Asia-Pacific Economic Corporation, APEC); 
• 11/02: Bolivia and Ecuador – U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick, with The Cairns Group (15 agricultural-exporting countries formed in 1986) and  FTAA Ministerial (Free Trade Area of the Americas);
• 11/02: Canada – Secretary Powell
• 11/02: Mexico – Secretary Powell led U.S. delegation including Attorney General Richard Ashcroft; Secretary of Education Dr. Roderick Paige; Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Mel Martinez; Secretary of the Interior Gale Norton and Environmental Protection Administration Administrator Christine Todd Whitman (Annual U.S.-Mexico Bi-National Commission meeting);
• 11/02: Mexico – President Bush participated in Bi-National Center opening with President Vicente Fox via a video tape appearance;
• 11/02: Brazil – Under Secretary for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs Alan Larson; Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Peter Allegier; Deputy Secretary of theTreasury Kenneth Dam; and Assistant Secretary Reich;
• 11/02: Chile – Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld regarding Defense Ministerial of the Americas;
• 12/02: Colombia – Secretary Powell;
• 12/02: Chile, Ecuador, Colombia and Peru – Secretary of Commerce Don Evans.