Gobernador de Guerrero, Mexico Carlos Zeferino Torreblanca conversó con AS/COA en una entrevista excusiva. Guerrero es uno de los estados más pobres del país, pero el Gobernador Torreblanca guarda su optimismo en el turismo, el desarrollo de la infraestructura y la lucha contra la pobreza rural.

The presidents of Paraguay and Brazil signed an accord that puts the former on more equal footing with its neighbor in the sale of electricity produced at the jointly owned Itaipu hydroeletric dam.

South America’s transcontinental highway, once built, will cause massive destruction to the precious Amazon

In an AS/COA panel, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt and New York Times science reporter Andrew Revkin outlined how the economic gains of a trans-South American highway come at environmental costs.

An AS/COA program launched a new report by Fundacion IDEA on intellectual property rights protection in Mexico. Panelists discussed the larger linkages between IPR and innovation.

Longstanding Latin American goals for integration come to fruition as governments across the region sign deals for infrastructure projects. The pacts provide new opportunities to link coasts, deepen energy cooperation, and support transportation initiatives.

A September 5 AS/COA Miami infrastructure panel offered an opportunity to evaluate the gap in strategic infrastructure in Latin America relative to other regions, as well as to analyze the financial structures for infrastructure investment. Read the summary.