The
Americas Society
is an organization dedicated to education, debate, and dialogue on the
Americas
. It is located at
680 Park Avenue
on the
Upper East Side
of
Manhattan
, and was established by
David Rockefeller
in 1965.
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The Americas Society promotes the understanding of the
economic
,
political
, and
social
issues confronting Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada; its mission is "to increase public awareness and appreciation of the diverse cultural heritage of the Americas and the importance of the inter-American relationship."
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Building
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The Americas Society Building is listed in the
National Register of Historic Places
. The building was previously the
Percy Rivington Pyne House
before serving as the Soviet Mission to the
United Nations
until its current usage.
Along with the neighboring buildings of the
Queen Sofia Spanish Institute
and the Italian Consulate General, the house constitutes one of the few remaining unified architectural ensembles on
Park Avenue
.
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The Center for Inter-American Relations was later to be absorbed into Americas Society in 1985.
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Activities
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The Americas Society organizes interviews, speeches,
podcasts
, exhibitions, readings, and musical performances at its headquarters and reports on Congressional updates, and local events. The Americas Society produces the
MetLife
Music of the Americas (concert series)
to showcase the diversity of styles and genres of music in the Americas. The concert series is held at the Society’s headquarters.
The Americas Society, together with
Council of the Americas
, produces the publication
Americas Quarterly
, a policy journal for the Western Hemisphere. The Americas Society also published
Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas
founded in 1968.
Review
is an English-language journal for literature from Latin America, the Caribbean, and Canada.
Review
also helped support the first English translation of
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
as well as other translations.
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