U.S. President Barack Obama heads to Latin America from March 19 to 23, visiting Brazil, Chile, and El Salvador. COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth talks with AS/COA Online about why Obama chose those three countries, the trip’s timing, and the White House's top priorities for the tour.

Gabino Cué won election through unlikely political alliances to become the first opposition leader of Oaxaca in eight decades. He spoke with AS/COA Online ahead of his December 1 inauguration about expectations for his government.

Cué será el primer gobernador de la oposición en mas de 80 años, debido a una alianza de partidos diferentes. Habló con AS/COA Online, pocos días antes de su toma de posesión, sobre las expectativas para su gobierno y el estado.

An AS/COA Online interview with New Mexico’s governor covers topics ranging from the need for a hemispheric security pact to the shifting U.S.-Cuban relationship. Richardson also urged for comprehensive immigration reform, warning of “continued division” without it.

Andrew Selee, director of the Woodrow Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, talks with AS/COA Online about the July 14 Mexican cabinet shuffle and what it signifies for President Felipe Calderón’s last two years in office.

General Douglas M. Fraser, Commander of U.S. Southern Command, spoke with AS/COA Online about supporting relief efforts in Chile and Haiti, the fight against illicit trafficking, Iran’s growing ties with Latin America, and weapons modernization in the Andes.

Chairman of Roubini Global Economics and New York University Professor of Economics Nouriel Roubini joined AS/COA Online for an interview on Latin America's economic outlook. Dr. Roubini forecasts a regional growth rate of 3.8 percent for 2010.