Ecuador

There is no shortage of environmental issues in South America, but they are not front and center because of the economic problems, points out AS/COA's Brian Winter.

IMF’s Adrienne Cheasty explains why a decrease in oil prices is a boon for some Latin American countries and a bane for others. 

COA’s Eric Farnsworth comments on Ecuador’s expulsion of U.S. Defense Department employees attached to the U.S. Embassy in Quito.