Sunday's vote in Puerto Rico served as the biggest of the last three Democratic primaries taking place, even though the territory can't participate in November elections. Hillary Clinton won by a substantial margin, but additional delegates secured by rival Barack Obama brought him closer to securing the Democratic nomination.

Yon Goicoechea, Venezuelan law student, activist, and founder of the Futuro Presente Foundation describes his plans to start a school for young political leaders. “I believe that to have modern countries, we also have to renew our political structures,” says Goicoechea.

Yon Goicoechea, estudiante venezolano de derecho, activista y fundador de la fundación Futuro Presente describe sus planes de fundar una escuela para líderes políticos jovenes. "Yo creo que para tener países modernos también hace falta renovar nuestras estructuras políticas," dijo Goicoechea.

U.S. presidential candidates square off this week over the future of Washington's Cuba policy. Meanwhile, Raúl Castro's government has passed limited reforms since taking office. 

In an AS/COA Online interview, OAS Secretary General José Miguel Insulza describes the role of the agency in negotiating recent border tensions between Ecuador and Colombia, autonomy and recall votes in Bolivia, and U.S.-Cuba relations. "[T]he OAS has to prove itself as the main forum for political dialogue in the Americas," said Insulza.

President Leonel Fernández Reyna, credited with turning his country's economy around, is expected to win a May 16 reelection bid. Fernández's administration would face a set of challenges in a new term, ranging from food price inflation to a remittance slowdown to persistent social inequality.

AS/COA hosted Steve Reifenberg, author of a new memoir Santiago's Children covering his time working at a Chilean orphanage in the 1980s, at a panel discussion about the political and economic scenario in Chile from the early 1980s through a period of political reconciliation.