The changes underway are the result of largely positive trends, although governments can do more to handle the transition.

A perfect storm of plunging birth rates and rapidly aging populations will break over Latin America in coming decades. Is there a silver lining?

In a region on the move, the role of migration in driving demographic shifts deserves more attention.

Stark racial inequalities are affecting birth rates throughout Latin America, but the topic is critically understudied.

Care for the elderly is falling disproportionately to women, affecting careers and family planning.

The changes underway are the result of positive trends, though governments can do more, writes AS/COA CEO and President Susan Segal in Americas Quarterly.

Gender rights laws have "resulted in a change of thinking around violence against women in Mexico," said AS/COA Online's editor-in-chief.