LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

De Las Americas LLC helps U.S. law enforcement agencies at the local, state, and federal level develop strategies and programs that reflect the needs of the Latino, Hispanic, and Hispano-American communities:

  • Empowering agencies to effectively and confidently communicate with the Spanish-speaking community.
  • Helping agencies identify risks and dangers (crime, gangs, poverty, discrimination, lack of education, human trafficking, etc.) within the Spanish-speaking community.
  • Developing community programs to identify, report, and prevent criminal activity among the immigrant and victimized population.
  • Establishing a Spanish component for restorative justice programs.
  • Supplying interpretation services.
 

CROSS-CULTURAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

The economic and social transformations occurring in Latin America and the Caribbean are enabling U.S. companies to excel in new markets abroad. The prospects for long-term success are enhanced greatly by building cross-cultural understanding. De Las Americas LLC business-development services include:

  • Providing cultural orientation of specific markets to U.S. business leaders and their international workforce.
  • Coordinating the development of partnerships in South America.
  • Supplying onsite support and coordination of trade shows and conferences in Latin America and the Caribbean.
  • Identifying risks of doing business with Spanish-speaking countries.
  • Facilitating conference calls between English and Spanish speakers.
 

SPECIALITY SERVICES

De Las Americas LLC is committed to developing a sustainable cross-cultural understanding and a respect for ethnic differences between the United States and Spanish-speaking countries. Projects are geared toward both native English speakers who will visit, study, or work in Latin America and Spanish-speaking individuals who will visit, study, or work in the United States. Services include:

  • Training individuals and groups from beginners to master level in Spanish-language communication and cultural orientation.
  • Editing, translating, and interpreting.
  • Creating and facilitating Spanish workshops and intellectual gatherings (tertulias).