"Perhaps the best signal yet of a new U.S. approach to the hemisphere is on trade issues," writes COA's Eric Farnsworth in this op-ed arguing that the current administration must rekindle languishing U.S.-Latin American trade agreements.

Recent crises have revealed a fundamental weakness in the Obama administration’s nascent Latin America policy, write AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini and Jason Marczak in Foreign Affairs.

Las month Cuba detained a USAID contractor for passing out laptops. It's time for the United States to send over a whole lot more, writes AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini for Foreign Policy.

President Obama needs to summon the political courage to push through free trade.

With the U.S. Congress soon set to adjourn for the year, it leaves behind much unfinished business when it come to Western Hemisphere affairs.

Before the United States agrees to lift more sanctions toward Cuba, Havana must allow for greater political and economic freedoms.

A compromise by Senate Democrats in the new health care reform bill would limit access to some new medical plans for undocumented and legal immigrants. Critics say resulting emergency care costs will be passed along to taxpayers and insurance policyholders.