Mexicans voted in midterm elections July 5 and, as polls predicted, the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party gained the largest number of seats in the lower house of Congress.

U.S. President Barack Obama expressed support for a bilateral trade deal and suggested two terms in office are sufficient when he hosted his Colombian counterpart Álvaro Uribe on June 29.

The coup in Honduras earned international condemnation even as the country's government named an interim president. In an effort to deliver the latest on the crisis in Honduras, AS/COA Online offers a collection of links to primary sources, news coverage, and multimedia content.

A crisis unfolded in Honduras after the military overthrew President Manuel Zelaya and forced him to leave the country. Honduras' congress swore in an interim president even as Zelaya says he intends to serve out his term. Governments around the world urge that order be restored in the Central American country.

Speaking at a luncheon hosted by AS/COA on June 24, Mayor of Caracas Antonio Ledezma Díaz said that the opposition in Venezuela must reorganize its ranks and mobilize for the 2012 presidential elections. (en español)

AS/COA brought together a panel of experts to examine polls ahead of Mexico's midterm elections. Topics also included possibilities for fiscal reform given the probably political make-up of the country's congress after the July 5 vote.