1985

Durango (Mexico) Partners, working with experts from the Durango Fisheries Department, successfully hatch 60,000 rainbow trout eggs shipped to Mexico by their Arizona Partners. Young trout are then given to farmers who are taught how to raise this fish, an excellent protein source, in mountain ponds.

The Atlantic Foundation for Education, Arts and Science, a Brazilian foundation established by the Companhia Atlantic de Petroleo, begins sponsoring a scholarship program which sends Brazilian graduate students to universities in their Partner states.

“We are convinced that the business of international relations is too important to be left up to governments alone. Strong people-to-people programs like yours are vital to peace and mutual understanding in the Americas.” –Ronald Reagan, 1985