The trip shows a desire to develop relations in a way "that helps sustain democracy in a region where it is increasingly troubled," said the AS/COA vice president.

"The region is looking for real, concrete results from the United States in terms of cooperation," said the AS/COA vice president.

The AS/COA Online editor-in-chief covers why the neighbors will reexamine the Merida Initiative during cabinet-level talks on October 8 in Mexico City.

The UN General Assembly returns to an in-person opening debate in New York. AS/COA Online covers the main developments for the region at this year’s session.

"Montevideo would prefer to develop ties with Washington over Beijing. But so far, that option has been unavailable," co-writes AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth for Barron's.

Díaz-Canel's invitation is less a "message" to Washington than an expression of AMLO's personal proclivities, said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to the Miami Herald.

"It is certainly possible to imagine a future in which Brazil and the United States have settled into a mature equilibrium," writes AS/COA's vice president in Revista piauí.