"They've had one trip and just a couple of meetings, so you couldn't anticipate that the tectonic plates would have shifted," said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to BBC News.

"Es fantasioso anticipar que Maduro le dará la espalda a Putin", dijo Eric Farnsworth de AS/COA a Agence France-Presse.

Russia's increasing influence in the hemisphere and a spike in oil prices after the invasion of Ukraine have led to calls for negotiations.

Russia's increasing influence in the hemisphere and a spike in oil prices after the invasion of Ukraine have led to calls for negotiations.

"La probabilidad de un acuerdo bilateral es prácticamente inexistente", dijo Eric Farnsworth de AS/COA a Clarín.

"La Cumbre de las Américas en junio será una oportunidad para que Estados Unidos 'reinicie' las relaciones con América Latina", dijo Eric Farnsworth de AS/COA en una entrevista con El País Uruguay.

Twelve Latin American presidents had not criticized the Russian invasion by February 28, four days after the invasion, according to AS/COA, writes Andrés Oppenheimer for the Miami Herald.