"The government of Venezuela has been very good at saying what it is going to do and then doing it," said Eric Farnsworth on the July 30 vote to rewrite the country’s 1999 constitution.

AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth commented on the crisis in Venezuela, saying "I would call Venezuela a failing state."

Huffington Post quotes article by AS/COA’s Brian Winter on Lula's lasting legacy in Brazil. 

"El foco de nuestra ayuda [en Centroamérica] no está en entregar dinero, sino en que la inversión privada cree un ambiente con instituciones fuertes", aseguró el Subsecretario Adjunto del Departamento de Estado John Creamer en un foro de AS/COA.

AS/COA’s Brian Winter spoke with NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro about the significance of Brazil’s ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s conviction and the breadth of the country's corruption probe. 

The July 16 referendum is very important to show the rejection to Maduro’s constituent assembly. The international community must be attentive, said AS/COA’s Guillermo Zubillaga.  

En foro de AS/COA sobre Venezuela, el abogado constitucionalista Juan Manuel Raffalli planteó que si la asamblea constituyente logra instalarse "traerá un problema aún más grave" para Venezuela ya que se creará "un gobierno que será apoyado por un poder legislador".