“In its zeal to consolidate authoritarian rule, the Venezuela government is hardening its course and is now clearly unwilling to tolerate those who advocate a different direction,” said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth. 

"Both Canada and Mexico were pretty accommodating, and the U.S. sent a shot across the bow about how significant and difficult these [NAFTA] negotiations will be," points out AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth.  

AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth said Trump's comments on Venezuela have become an unwanted distraction on WNYC's "The Takeaway".

Changes in Venezuela's oil industry could influence jobs at oil refineries in Louisiana and Texas, a "sensitive issue for those legislators" says AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth. 

Es necesario que México y Canadá estén muy coordinados para renegociar, primordialmente con Estados Unidos, el TLCAN, comenta Eric Farnsworth de AS/COA.

As Maduro calls for a new dialogue after the Lima Declaration, AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth says there's little reason to think a new dialogue would be any different. 

Eric Farnsworth de AS/COA afirmó que Washington podría reducir sus importaciones de crudo venezolano, pero que buscará "medidas provisionales a falta de un embargo que, si se utiliza, profundizaría la crisis humanitaria existente".