The Inter-American Development Bank plays a vital role in the region. The process for picking its president should be more transparent.

Evo Morales’ exile shows how Mexico could – still – play a leadership role in the region.

Human rights abusers' efforts to gain seats on the UN body prove its relevance.

Xi Jinping's visit to Brasília caps a highly successful effort of damage control.

Amid turbulent protests in Chile, the government opted to cancel the two upcoming international summits. AS/COA’s vice president looks at the impact. 

The Larreta Doctrine – not the Rio Treaty – should serve as the region’s framework for collective action.

Which presidents will be making their first or last addresses to the body? And who’s not showing up at all?