"We want to create a society of opportunities," said Chile's President Sebastián Piñera during September 22 remarks. The president noted that Chile is on track to rank second in Latin America and first among OECD countries in terms of economic growth.

With attention turned to the rescue of 33 trapped miners, Chilean President Sebastián Piñera unveiled a new bill to raise taxes on the country’s lucrative mining industry. The rescue efforts could also spell reform of the agency overseeing mining safety.

Climate change, oil and geopolitics in the Arctic Circle.

Brazil’s discovery of a massive undersea deposit of natural gas could potentially alter its long-term energy strategy and also adversely affect neighboring Bolivia’s lucrative supply of hydrocarbons to its biggest customer.

"Energy should be one area that brings hemispheric leaders together," writes COA Vice President Eric Farnsworth in Poder. "Nonetheless, two significant obstacles exist in making the Western Hemisphere a model region for energy cooperation: politics and investment climate issues."

The prospect of tapping into oil reserves has reignited a decades-old disagreement between Argentina and the United Kingdom over the Falklands' sovereignty. As a British firm began drilling, Buenos Aires made its case at the UN.

With its vast tropical forests, Latin America can greatly benefit from efforts to limit deforestation, writes COA's Nicole Spencer in Poder.