"Colombian goods already have low-tariff access to the U.S. market. So why not help U.S. exporters by opening up theirs?" write Senators Max Baucus and John Kerry in this op-ed for The Wall Street Journal.
In light of the ongoing economic reform process in Cuba, the report outlines specific steps that can be taken by the Cuban government, the U.S. government, NGOs and foundations to assist independent small and micro-entrepreneurs in Cuba.
A “no confidence” vote set the wheels in motion for Canada’s fourth general election in seven years. The May 2 vote will determine whether Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative Party continues to run a minority government.
Three months into her administration, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is steering an independent course at the United Nations, while maintaining her predecessor’s guiding principles.
As Peru’s election day draws near, a series of new polls show that it’s still anyone’s race.
In his first trip to Central and South America, U.S. President Barack Obama hoped to set a new tone in U.S.-Latin American ties.
The president’s tour of Latin America was too important to postpone, writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini in The Huffington Post.
El Salvador's President Mauricio Funes played host to his U.S. counterpart Barack Obama during the last leg of the American leader's Latin American tour. The two presidents spoke about how to create domestic potential to help young Salvadorans avoid migration and organized crime.
El renombrado chef catalán Ferran Adrià habla con AS/COA Online sobre sus planes para transformar su famoso restaurante El Bulli en un centro de estudios dedicado a la creatividad y el arte culinario. Hablando en particular de Latinoamérica, Adrià dice: “Hoy en día Latinoamérica está viviendo una euforia cultural muy importante a través de la cocina.”
Catalan chef Ferran Adrià talks with AS/COA Online about plans to turn his world-famous restaurant El Bulli into a creative, culinary think tank. Currently on a tour that includes Latin America, he says: “Right now, Latin America is living through a very important cultural euphoria through its cuisine.”
Fifty years after after John F. Kennedy unveiled the “Alliance for Progress,” U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a speech in Santiago stressing regional cooperation and announcing new innovation and education initiatives.
U.S. President Barack Obama told an audience in Rio that Brazil is a “thriving democracy” and a model for movements rising against authoritarian governments in the Middle East and North Africa.
The Japanese nuclear crisis cast its shadow over a U.S.-Chilean energy agreement signed days before President Barack Obama’s arrival in Santiago. How will Latin American countries move forward with nuclear energy ambitions?
President Barack Obama made the case for his first trip to South America before arriving by saying economic partnerships with the region will help secure U.S. jobs. In Brasilia, Obama met with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, who called for a more multilateral world.
Central American security concerns were on the agenda during the U.S. president’s March 22 stop in San Salvador. His visit coincides with plans to bump up funding for the region’s struggle against rising gang-related violence.
"The United States faces a new moment in the Americas: no longer can we take economic partnership or political influence for granted," writes COA's Eric Farnsworth for The Huffington Post.
Senate Republicans ratcheted up pressure for passage of Colombia and Panama trade pacts this week, warning they would potentially block a commerce secretary appointment if the Obama administration does not usher through the deals.
"A successful trip could be measured as one in which Obama and the leaders of the visited countries better understand the shared vision before us," writes AS/COA President and CEO Susan Segal in an article about President Barack Obama's March 19-23 trip.
With President Obama set to commence a five-day, Latin American tour on March 19, AS/COA offers coverage and analysis to shine a light on priorities for his first presidential visit to Central and South America.
"Mutually beneficial engagement requires the United States to welcome Brazil’s emergence as a global power," writes Ambassador Luigi R. Einaudi for the Institute for National Strategic Studies.
