A crisis unfolded in Honduras after the military overthrew President Manuel Zelaya and forced him to leave the country. Honduras' congress swore in an interim president even as Zelaya says he intends to serve out his term. Governments around the world urge that order be restored in the Central American country.

With an eye to the recent conflict in Peru's Amazon region, the Council of the Americas hosted a June 18 briefing in Washington by Peru’s Ambassador to the U.S. Luis Valdivieso.

After a 15-month "mega-trial," a Peruvian court found former President Alberto Fujimori guilty of human rights abuses. The verdict makes him the first democratically elected leader in Latin America convicted in a human rights case in his home country.

AS/COA hosted a panel on intellectual property protection in Mexico and across the America in this launch of a report by Mexico City-based Fundación IDEA.

AS/COA looks at Bolivia’s new presidential cabinet and economic outlook in the wake of a referendum approving a new constitution.

As violence related to organized crime takes its toll in Mexico, the debate deepens over hemispheric drug policy. Proposals on the table range from stepped-up security cooperation to drug decriminalization. Meanwhile, Washington announced widespread arrests of suspects linked to Mexican cartels.