"The biggest challenge for keeping ties productive will be sustaining the attention necessary to tackle deep-rooted problems," writes AS/COA's Carin Zissis in World Politics Review.

"A incapacidade de deter a escorregada ditatorial da Nicarágua…mostra que a OEA deve tomar uma atitude mais proativa", disse Eric Farnsworth do AS/COA ao Estadão.

"We know not everything is going to get solved in a one-day summit, but that doesn't mean it's not important," said AS/COA's Carin Zissis to The Washington Post.

"I don't see [migration] as necessarily being a sticking point between the two countries," said AS/COA Online editor-in-chief Carin Zissis about the upcoming meeting. 

The three heads of state meet on November 18. AS/COA’s Carin Zissis covers what’s on the docket at the first North American Leaders Summit in five years.

The trip shows a desire to develop relations in a way "that helps sustain democracy in a region where it is increasingly troubled," said the AS/COA vice president.

"The region is looking for real, concrete results from the United States in terms of cooperation," said the AS/COA vice president.