A decree has given Brazil’s military temporary authority over the fight against deforestation – while government actions continue to fuel it.

The Mexican president’s aversion to debt, macroeconomics and bail-outs risks aggravating the impact of COVID-19.

“Obviously the Maduro regime knew about it in advance,” said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to Foreign Policy.

Enjoying popular support, Peru’s president is flirting with progressive politics.

Healthcare workers from Brazil, Chile and Ecuador weigh the impact of inequality and preparation.

"It’s a very convenient thing to have happened," said the AS/COA vice president about recent events in Venezuela.

In this episode, we dig into the data on this U.S. voting bloc with Mark Hugo Lopez of the Pew Research Center.

"It's going to be difficult. You need to have some sort of coordination between the private and the public sectors," said AS/COA Chairman Emeritus William R. Rhodes to Bloomberg on the debt crisis in the emerging markets.