“We shouldn't turn to economic policy levers to treat migration problems, and we do so at our own economic risk,” writes Americas Society Board Member and ex-U.S. Ambassador Antonio Garza.

The Mexican president understands that a competitive export economy is key for funding his social and development programs, writes AS/COA’s Anna Coby in Latin Trade.

"El riesgo es que la región regrese a un status quo", escriben Brendan O’Boyle y Brian Winter de AS/COA en The Washington Post.

"The vast physical distance of the Pacific Ocean separating Australia and Latin America is no longer a barrier for business engagement," writes AS/COA's Zoe Dauth for the Australian Institute of International Affairs.

"The risk is that the region will return to a status quo," write AS/COA's Brendan O'Boyle and Brian Winter in The Washington Post. 

Few options exist to restore a disrupted democracy and, writes AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth in The National Interest, in a worst-case scenario, the country could “cease to function as a political entity fully governed from Caracas.”

AS/COA Online offers regular updates on the course charted by the new administration in Latin America’s largest country.