1977

In its fifth annual reciprocal citizens’ exchange, Georgia-Pernambuco (Brazil) Partners exchanges 200 professionals. First Lady Rosalyn Carter, who led the partnership’s first exchange in 1973, receives the Brazilian Partners at the White House during their 1977 visit.

With assistance from USAID, Wisconsin-Nicaragua Partners expand their rural health delivery system on the east coast of Nicaragua. Over a 10-year period, the health system provides treatment to 32,000 people.

“Through your grassroots work and people-to-people contacts, you have helped bring to Latin America the knowledge, technology, and skills that will lighten the burden for many citizens of our developing sister republics. And to our own people you have helped bring a better understanding of their neighbors and of the complex world in which we live. Our international community is richer by far for the work of the Partners of the Americas.” –Jimmy Carter, 1977