"I'm not convinced [the U.S. government is] going to move forward to sanction [Venezuela's] energy sector," commented AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth. 

Erick Meyenberg: The wheel bears no resemblance to a leg at Americas Society is documented in an ominous 16-minute video, slickly edited to reflect on modern Mexican society as a machine powered by the mechanisms of the state.

"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.