“One of the most striking aspects of the Honduran political crisis is the lack of voice of the U.S.,” said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth. 

“I have a hard time seeing [the government] making sovereign payments next year,” said Francisco Rodriguez, chief economist at hedge fund Torino Capital, during a Venezuela forum at AS/COA. 

"[China] cada vez consigue penetrar más las esferas académicas, culturales, sociales así como la prensa en Latinoamérica”, dijo el investigador y periodista Juan Pablo Cardenal en evento sobre China y Rusia en COA.

Given current debates about truth and “alternative facts,” such a “total” autobiographical approach surely merits a closer interrogation, which is exactly what curators Cecilia Brunson, Gabriela Rangel, and Susanna V. Temkin do in their exhibition at the Americas Society.

"The Trump administration has a policy goal for Venezuela, but is split on how to pursue it," said Mark Feierstein, former senior director for the Western Hemisphere at the National Security Council, at AS/COA's Venezuela panel. 

“Puede haber un escenario donde el próximo presidente de México, sin importar quién sea, podría no tener el mismo espacio político para maniobrar a fin de cooperar con Estados Unidos”, concluyó Eric Farnsworth de AS/COA ante un panel del Comité de Relaciones Exteriores.

Durante un foro de debate político y económico en AS/COA, expertos discutieron la creciente influencia de China en Latinoamérica.