Two days after a closely watched June 5 runoff election in Peru, a COA panel centered on the candidates’ polarizing campaigns, uncertainty about President-elect Ollanta Humala’s political leanings, and his domestic and foreign policy agendas.

After narrowly edging out Keiko Fujimori to win the Peruvian runoff, President-elect Ollanta Humala faces the challenge of uniting a country divided by the race.

The former Mexican foreign secretary and book's author explored obstacles to Mexico's advancement and how to change the country's institutions and attitudes to achieve success.

AS/COA Online provides a guide to help understand the tight race between Keiko Fujimori and Ollanta Humala.

"These reforms—if implemented as President Correa has promised—will vest the executive with a troubling degree of discretionary power over two areas key for democratic stability," says AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini of the Ecuadorean referendum that would give the president increased control over the media and judiciary.

Nearly two years after Honduran head of state Manuel Zelaya was forced into exile, a deal signed with current President Porfirio Lobo allows for the ousted leader's homecoming and the country's return to the OAS.

"Guatemala is on the brink." writes COA's Eric Farnsworth for Poder360. "A multinational donor strategy designed to lock in policy, no matter who the next president is, would be the most promising place to begin."