Beyond immigration, health care is a serious concern for Hispanic voters. The outcome of the Supreme Court’s case on the Affordable Care Act could ultimately influence the Latino vote in November.
"U.S. thinking is stuck in a completely different geopolitical reality than the one that we live in today," writes Jennifer Jeffs at the Canadian International Council speaking about AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini's Foreign Affairs piece on American foreign policy in Latin America: "Latin America Policy Is Stuck in the 1980s."
The pope's visit to Mexico and Cuba will draw worldwide attention to the dramatic progress Latin America has made in recent years, as well as the progress that yet remains to be made, writes COA's Eric Farnsworth for The Huffington Post.
U.S. policymakers need to shift their attention away from the domestic concerns of particular Latin American countries and toward a more international understanding of the region, writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini for CNN's Global Public Square.
U.S. regionalists need a reminder that development doesn't end politics and that contemporary Latin America has its own power dynamics, writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini in the March/April 2012 issue of Foreign Affairs.
At a February 28 Council of the Americas event, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Wendy R. Sherman spoke about her recent trip to Colombia, Mexico, and Brazil, as well as the upcoming Summit of the Americas.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Mexico and Honduras next month ahead of April’s Summit of the Americas.
