"The Trump administration has a policy goal for Venezuela, but is split on how to pursue it," said Mark Feierstein, former senior director for the Western Hemisphere at the National Security Council, at AS/COA's Venezuela panel. 

Alejandro Guillier has tried to reassure the private sector ahead of a run-off election on Dec. 17 – with mixed results.

A questionable court ruling could bolster suspicions about politicized courts in Argentina.

Durante un foro de debate político y económico en AS/COA, expertos discutieron la creciente influencia de China en Latinoamérica. 

Ending NAFTA will not "bring back an earlier time," says AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth in prepared testimony to members of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. 

"[Venezuela's President Maduro] seems to be clearing the decks for a presidential run in 2018, trying to reduce the stature and perhaps the freedom of anyone who might be a countervailing center of power," said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth.

How more women are succeeding in Latin America's quickly evolving newsrooms.

"The constant flow of scandals seems to be souring Brazilians on their political system altogether. But Moro prefers taking the long view," writes AS/COA's Brian Winter in Foreign Policy's globalREthinkers edition.