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Venezuela
Articles & Op-Eds
A Call to Action on Venezuela
January 27, 2020
/ Brian J. Porter

"Governments throughout the Americas and Europe must begin a coordinated effort to identify and seize assets of corrupt regime officials," writes COA Board Member and Scotiabank President and CEO Brian J. Porter in the National Post.

Venezuela
Democracy & Elections
Venezuela
Articles & Op-Eds
Venezuela's Refugee Crisis Demands Coordinated Action
December 6, 2019
/ William R. Rhodes and Cristina Valencia

“Multilateral development organizations should step forward and take the lead,” AS/COA’s Chairman Emeritus William R. Rhodes co-writes about the Venezuelan humanitarian crisis in the Financial Times’ beyondbrics.

Venezuela
Democracy & Elections
Articles & Op-Eds
In a Season of Discontent, Are Latin American Democracies at Risk?
December 6, 2019
/ Eric Farnsworth

As Western investors grow tepid due to Latin American unrest, the region’s leaders might turn to China in “a somewhat Faustian bargain,” writes AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth in World Politics Review.

Democracy & Elections
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Image: Foreign Ministry of Ecuador)
Articles & Op-Eds
Lula (otra vez) en el centro de atencion
November 27, 2019
/ Brian Winter

“Si Bolsonaro continúa disfrutando de un grado de éxito, incluso parcial...no dejará mucho oxígeno para Lula”, escribe Brian Winter, vicepresidente de AS/COA, en El Comercio. 

Brazil
Democracy & Elections
A Mexican protest in memory of drug war victims. (AP)
Articles & Op-Eds
Americans Have a Massive Blind Spot on Drug Use in Latin America
November 7, 2019
/ Brian Winter

"We’ve got to find a way to talk about the morality of recreational drug use," writes AS/COA's Brian Winter in The Washington Post.

Mexico
Security & Defense
Articles & Op-Eds
Why Latin America Was Primed to Explode
October 29, 2019
/ Brian Winter / Moisés Naím and

"Indignities such as inequality and corruption have become more difficult for many people to swallow," write AS/COA's Brian Winter and NTN24's Moisés Naím in Foreign Affairs.

Ecuador
Chile
Democracy & Elections
USMCA
Articles & Op-Eds
A Gathering Crisis: Washington Must Make a Decision
October 2, 2019
/ Eric Farnsworth

It's time to pass USMCA, writes AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth in Latin Trade. 

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