This weekend’s Summit in Cartagena likely won’t break ground on any longstanding issues, but the hemisphere’s “family affair” is still important.

Brazil is expanding its global influence through its growing development bank, as well as exploring ways to create new organizations and have a greater say at existing lending institutions.

In an op-ed for Poder, COA's Eric Farnsworth writes that the upcoming Summit of the Americas in Cartagena is the right time and place to address the state of regional democracy.

AS/COA Online explains the jumble of acronyms and abbreviations of the region’s multilateral organizations.

Given Colombia’s growing economy and role as host of the 2012 Summit of the Americas, President Juan Manual Santos is seeking to parlay a new role as a diplomatic interlocutor in the region.