Given Colombia’s growing economy and role as host of the 2012 Summit of the Americas, President Juan Manual Santos is seeking to parlay a new role as a diplomatic interlocutor in the region.

At this AS/COA event, speakers discussed the growing economic and political ties between Africa and Brazil, as well as the implications of Brazil's presence in African countries.

Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Venezuela’s refusal to back the UN resolution condemning Syria’s anti-protester crackdown raises serious concerns.

Iran’s president returns to the region at a time of increasing brinkmanship with Washington. His four prior visits held similar aims to expand diplomatic and economic ties with Iran’s handful of Latin American allies.