Watch video clips from mining site visits in Chile and Peru and AQ's exclusive documentary about an initiative by the Cerrejón coal mine in La Guajira, Colombia to relocate a part of the Río Ranchería.

The hemisphere's high pretrial detention rates have lasting effects on those in jail, their families and their communities—and many of them are innocent.

Announced January 28, the bipartisan Senate framework on comprehensive immigration reform will benefit the economy and rule of law in the United States, says AS/COA leadership.

A new study by AS/COA on violence reduction in Central America suggests a public-private partnership can ensure a permanent drop in homicide rates particularly in El Salvador.

The Jewish Week describes artist Yishai Jusidman’s attempt to “tackle the ongoing issue of describing the indescribable through art” in Prussian Blue:  Memory after Representation showing at the Americas Society until March 23.

AS/COA’s Jason Marczak comments on El Salvador’s newly passed legislation allowing its large population living abroad to cast absentee votes during presidential elections.

AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth points out that a Latin American agenda is likely to be “overshadowed by Europe's greater problems” during the two-day CELAC-EU Summit in Santiago, Chile.

Hemispheric summits should return to an economic focus with substantive benefits for participating countries, writes AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth for Current History.

Improving relations with the community is fundamental to the long-term prosperity of both mining companies and local residents.