The following is attributable to Spokesperson Clayton M. McCleskey:

United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green participated in the Summit of the Americas in Lima, Perú from April 12-14. In Lima, the Administrator joined Vice President Mike Pence in announcing nearly $16 million in humanitarian assistance for Venezuelans who have fled their country. Also in Lima, the Administrator delivered a keynote address at the Young Americans Forum, met with leaders from Venezuelan and Cuban civil society, and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Peruvian Commission for Development and Life Without Drugs (DEVIDA) and the Peruvian Ministry of Economy and Finance. The Administrator also met with regional organizations to discuss the crisis in Venezuela, joined a Congressional delegation trip focused on coca eradication and promoting the cultivation of cacao as an alternative livelihood, and joined Acting Secretary of State John Sullivan for a meeting with leaders from the Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

In his engagements, the Administrator reinforced the United States' deep commitment to promoting human rights and democracy in all of the Americas, and emphasized that the free nations of the Hemisphere must strongly condemn the upcoming illegitimate snap elections called by the Maduro regime in Venezuela.

On the margins of the Summit, the Administrator conducted multiple bilateral meetings, including with the Honorable Jovenel Moïse, President of the Republic of Haiti; The Honorable Juan Orlando Hernández Alvarado, President of the Republic of Honduras; The Honorable María Ángela Holguín Cuéllar, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Colombia; The Honorable Eladio Loizago Caballero, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Paraguay; and David Morrison, Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada.