"This opportunity for bipartisan collaboration is particularly true of the Colombia deal," writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini on The Huffington Post, "but only if the president is able to overcome the opposition of one of the most vocal and intense coalitions of anti-free trade groups ever."

"With an economy the size of the rest of the region put together and rapid growth, Brazil is leading Latin America’s conscious and confident outreach to partners beyond the United States," writes COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth in The Miami Herald.

"[T]he facts in this case are pretty straightforward: In markets opened up by previous free trade agreements, the overwhelming majority of states have seen exports grow—in some cases exponentially," writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini in The Houston Chronicle.

On February 3, 2011, Americas Society will premier its latest exhibit featuring artist Arturo Herrera. The exhibition, titled Arturo Herrera: Les Noces (The Wedding) and curated by Gabriela Rangel (Americas Director of Society Visual Arts) is guaranteed to touch upon all the senses of the spectator.

"China promises only a commercial relationship without political or policy interference," writes COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth in an article for Current History that explores China's emerging role in Latin America's development and economic growth.

Nowhere is the "south-south" model of market integration more evident than in emerging links between Asia and Latin America, argues Inter-American Development Bank President  Luis Alberto Moreno in the Financial Times.

An April 2009 raid by Bolivian counterterrorist forces is again being called into question.