One year after the coup in Honduras, the situation remains largely unresolved both domestically and internationally, writes AS/COA Senior Director of Policy Christopher Sabatini in Folha de São Paulo. (em português)

China's emergence as a strong trade partner in the Western Hemisphere is having far-reaching implications that may be little appreciated or understood, writes COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth in The Los Angeles Times.

Both on the field and off, Brazil has proven it is a nation on the move and the team to beat, writes COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth for a forthcoming issue PODER Hispanic.

"The real story of this year's competition is the dominance of the Western Hemisphere," writes Council of the Americas Vice President Eric Farnsworth for The Huffington Post.

"As with the outcome at the last OAS General Assembly, some artful diplomacy could produce a positive step that will finally—for the good of regional diplomacy and Honduras—help to move this process along," writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini, discussing the forthcoming meeting of regional heads in Peru. Honduras' readmission prospects into the bloc are expected to take center stage during talks.

In order to strengthen the rule of law and foster social peace in crime-ridden and insecure communities, steps must be taken "to develop the institutional and physical infrastructure to integrate deprived communities into the nation state and the legal market economy," writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini in an article for The Huffington Post.

"Rather than working with the United States, Europe, and the other BRIC nations to build a more secure global environment, Lula's gambit risks enabling an outcome that could dramatically heighten regional and indeed global tensions," writes COA's Eric Farnsworth, discussing the Brazilian President's trip to Iran.