FGV’s Carlos Pereira explains the rules of negotiation and the president’s ability to pass legislation such as pension reform. 

“[Military action] would be a step too far that would break up the international coalition against Maduro,” said AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth in The Wall Street Journal.

Nicolás Maduro’s violent repression of aid efforts has put the opposition and its international partners in a delicate position.

A new regional body proposed by Colombia and Chile faces difficult prospects.

"The key is to keep the Maduro regime on the defensive," writes AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth in The National Interest. 

“In Venezuela, you can decapitate the regime, but there will still be [leftists] and armed goon squads who may be spoiling to fight,” said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to The Washington Post.

“I don’t know that anyone can give a timeline of when the dam might break, and it’s quite possible that it won’t,” said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to Associated Press about Venezuela.

"This is not a new political and economic order," said AS/COA's Alana Tummino to Bloomberg about the referendum in Cuba. 

The new administration plans to recast Mexico’s marquee social program. Experts worry about how they’ll replace it.

“I think stalemate is a good word. Certainly, Saturday is going to be another inflection point,” said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth in McClatchy.