Poll Tracker: Bolivia's 2025 Presidential Runoff

Either candidate—Rodrigo Paz or Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga—would mark an end to two decades of governance by the MAS.

Bolivia's 2025 Presidential Runoff: Comparing the Candidates

Surprise finalist Rodrigo Paz faces off against ex-President Jorge “Tuto” Quiroga in an election ending two decades of MAS power.

Bolivia

Democracy & Elections

Explainers

Tracking Trump and Latin America: Trade—Trump Touts Truck Tariffs

What does the U.S. president's “America First” trade policy mean for the region? AS/COA is monitoring the new administration's approach.

Trade

U.S. Policy

Press Releases

PAHO Engages COA Members and Officials to Promote Health Cooperation across the Americas

At a meeting in Washington, PAHO Director Dr. Jarbas Barbosa called for joint efforts to tackle noncommunicable diseases and boost regional collaboration.

Health

In the News

Brian Winter en La Nación sobre la reciente asistencia financiera de EE.UU. a Argentina

"Es crucial para el programa de seguridad [de la Casa Blanca] y su estrategia global tener aliados que piensen parecido", dice el vicepresidente de AS/COA.

Argentina

Economics & Finance

Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi and AS/COA President and CEO Susan Segal. (Alexis Silver/Roey Yohai Photography)

Announcements

AS/COA Hosts Presidents and Leaders during the 80th UN General Assembly

Presidents, as well as ministers, visited AS/COA to meet with members about investment and economic opportunities, as well as country-specific issues.

Press Inquiries

mediarelations@as-coa.org 1-212-277-8333

LatAm in Focus: Energy and Security Go Hand in Hand in the Caribbean

Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch outlines Guyana’s geopolitical importance while the Baker Institute’s Francisco Monaldi analyzes the region’s energy trajectory.

Central America & Caribbean

Energy & Commodities

LatAm in Focus: Navigating Trump’s Tariff Tests—The Brazil Edition

Former Brazilian Foreign Trade Secretary Welber Barral explains how political tensions have created a gridlock in current trade negotiations.

Brazil

Trade

U.S. Policy

LatAm in Focus: Navigating Trump’s Tariff Tests—The Mexico Edition

Mexico’s former chief USMCA negotiator, Kenneth Smith Ramos, unpacks the Sheinbaum government's delicate balancing act to protect bilateral trade ties.

Membership

COA

YPA

São Paulo 2025: Mauro Vieira, Ministro das Relações Exteriores

"Na relação com os Estados Unidos, seguiremos insistindo na necessidade de separar as questões comerciais das questões políticas," diz o ministro.

Brazil

Economics & Finance

Entrepreneurship

Buenos Aires 2025: Javier Milei, Presidente de Argentina

Después de destacar los éxitos de su gobierno, el presidente dijo que "estamos en un momento bisagra" con las prómixas elecciones legislativos en octubre.

Argentina

Economics & Finance

São Paulo 2025: Geraldo Alckmin, Susan Segal, Tatiana Prazeres e Josué Gomes

O vice-presidente e o secretária de comércio exterior, e líderes do COA e da FIESP, abriram a conferência sobre as relações comerciais Brasil-EUA.

Brazil

Economics & Finance

Entrepreneurship

Americas Quarterly

Mia Mottley Prepares for Center Stage at COP30

Barbados’ prime minister is pushing for urgent climate action to protect small island states and the rest of the developing world.

Honduras: Meet the Candidates 2025

Jobs, security and corruption are top of mind ahead of the November 30 election.

The Pending Task of Solving Disappearances in Mexico

More than 125,000 people have gone missing in the country. President Sheinbaum has called the problem "a national priority."