On March 27, 2008 the Greater Miami Chambbber Consular Corps and Foreign Trade Officers hosted the Honorable Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Congresswoman, 18th District of Florida, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Held at the Four Seasions Hotel Miami the reception was sponsored by Baptist Health International Center of Miami and the Jay Malina International Trade Consortium of Miami-Dade County Florida.

The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce launched the first briefing in a series titled Elections in the Americas on January 13th. The briefing discussed the outlook for upcoming elections in Latin America. Moderated by Al Cardenas, Partner with Tew Cardenas LLP. Speakers included: Dr. Susan Kaufman Purcell, Director of the Center for Hemispheric Policy at the University of Miami; Dr. Jerry Haar, Associate Director of the Knight Ridder Center for Excellence in Management at Florida International University; Dr. Carl Cira, Director, Summit of the Americas Center at Florida International University; Jorge Arrizurieta, President of Florida FTAA Inc. This event was sponsored by Tew Cardenas LLP.

The Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce on November 12, 2005 participated in Team Florida - Germany organized by Enterprise Florida and led by Governor Jeb Bush with over 100 participants from throughout the state. The mission commenced in Munich and had other events in Düsseldorf and Basel, Switzerland. The GMCC took a delegation of business people involved in service industries to Frankfurt, Germany on November 16th for a seminar and informal networking lunch where they were able to meet individuals from the Frankfurt business community. The GMCC Frankfurt side mission was generously sponsored by the Codina Group and Global Expansion Group.

Between April 18 and May 20, the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce launched Americas Linkage - Latin America and Caribbean Program 2005, marking the sixth year of this unique international business development program. Florida business executives from key service industries traveled to several cities throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

At a breakfast co-hosted by the Miami Free Trade Zone on March 11, GMCC briefed members of the Consular Corps on the advocacy opportunity now offered to Consuls and Trade Representatives that participate in this special GMCC membership program. After the breakfast, guests were taken on a tour of the Miami Free Trade Zone's facilities.