"[T]here's been a troubling sense of anachronism in this administration's rhetoric toward Latin America," writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini in The Hufffington Post. He recommends a set of initiatives to renew U.S. policy in the region, from changing the nature of Brazil relations to engaging the business community.

"Immigration determines the capacity of countries themselves to survive in the global economy," writes AS/COA Senior Director of Policy Christopher Sabatini in El Diario/La Prensa. "The problem is that the pull for jobs and the policy to facilitate immigration and integration do not always match." (en español)

"Energy should be one area that brings hemispheric leaders together," writes COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth in Poder. "Nonetheless, two significant obstacles exist in making the Western Hemisphere a model region for energy cooperation: politics and investment climate issues."

"Immigration determines the capacity of countries themselves to survive in the global economy," writes AS/COA Senior Director of Policy Christopher Sabatini. "The problem is that the pull for jobs and the policy to facilitate immigration and integration do not always match."

"Governments, including the United States, should value the OAS as it was intended: a venue for working toward a shared hemispheric agenda. Achieving that worthy objective requires reform of the institution itself," write Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ) in The Miami Herald.

"Latin America's 'democratic generation' remains satisfied with democracy," says AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini, discussing the attitudes of under-35 year-olds, a demographic that makes up 60 percent of the region.

"There is a significant opportunity in the wake of the earthquake to build Haiti into a modern, economically stable, environmentally-sound nation," says COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth.