"My hope is today’s events will be the beginning of a renewed effort from the United States to engage in trade," says COA's Eric Farnsworth.

While speaking about the likelihood of Mexican cartel involvement in the claimed plot against the Saudi ambassador to the U.S., AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini said the sum allegedly offered to the cartel was "chump change compared to the money they're making from moving coke."

The Huffington Post's blog Impact features data gathered by Americas Quarterly's Summer 2011 issue on entrepreneurship in Latin America.

Argentine Minister of Economy Amado Boudou criticized an IMF report on Argentina's economic standing at an AS/COA meeting held in Washington September 23.

"Antonio Manuel is a very important artist for this period [during the 1960s and 1970s], in between the intersection of conceptual art, neo-concretism, and pop art," says AS/COA's Gabriela Rangel speaking of Americas Society's exhibition Antonio Manuel: I Want to Act, Not Represent! (em portugues)

Peruvian Minister of Foreign Relations Rafael Roncagliolo refers to AS/COA's upcoming public meeting with Peruvian President Ollanta Humala September 22 as "an important one to build confidence in Peru." (en español)

Mexican bloggers are under attack for using social media to report drug related crimes. The Washington Post refers to Americas Quarterly's recount of civilians in dangerous areas of the country using Twitter to denounce crimes.