El Consejo de las Américas publicó un reporte recomendando al Presidente Barack Obama actualizar la política estadounidense hacia Cuba para promover cambios económicos en la isla.

“With private business expanding, Obama has a freer hand” to promote economic change in Cuba, suggests Christopher Sabatini on a new report released by AS/COA's Cuba Working Group.

AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth points out to a potential change of political approach by President Hugo Chávez’s opposition upon his surprise arrival in Venezuela.

AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth comments on President Hugo Chávez's suprising return to Venezuela raising new questions about his health and future leadership.

AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth speaks to Al Jazeera Inside Story Americas about the impact of President Evo Morales' nationalization policies on the economy of Bolivia.

AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth points out to President Hugo Chávez's unexpected homecoming as a political strategy to diminish the growing uncertainty, especially among his opponents.

AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth notes President Hugo Chávez's return "in the dead of night is revealing as his absence has been a clear interruption of constitutional democracy in Venezuela."