Bolsonaro’s visit to the White House will help fire up his core supporters. But investors will look for concrete action the meeting may not produce.

AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth said to Bloomberg that U.S. diplomats could become "a trip wire for potential action" by armed Maduro loyalists.

“We are witnessing in real time a slow motion national suicide,” said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth about Venezuela in The National Interest.  

A look at where Maduro might go if a transition happens in Venezuela.

AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth speaks to McClatchy about the current situation in Venezuela and the role China plays. 

In Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office December 1. Through regular updates, AS/COA covered the start of what the new leader calls the country's Fourth Transformation. 

“We have to remember these [Venezuelan] guys are being advised by the Cubans, who are masters of staying in power,” said AS/COA's Brian Winter.