“We do not seek a trade war, least of all with our fellow citizens of the Americas,” said the U.S. secretary of commerce.
          
        #2017WCA Video: U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross on NAFTA and U.S. Trade Strategy
    
            
      
  
          
        #2017WCA Video: U.S. State Department's Francisco Palmieri on Economic and Security Policy across the Americas
    
            
      
  
The acting U.S. assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere Affairs discussed the importance Latin America continues to hold for the United States.
    
            
      
    Weekly Chart: Military Spending in Latin America and the Caribbean
    
            
      
  
Most countries cut spending in 2016, with Venezuela leading the pack.
          
        Video: Erick Meyenberg – The wheel bears no resemblance to a leg
    
            
      
  
The Mexican artist explains how the American Society exhibition connects Mexico City, power, and surrealism through multimedia installations.
    
            
      
    Amid Growing Violence, Brazil Is Weakening Indigenous Rights
    
            
      
  
Research shows this comes at great social, economic and environmental cost.
    
            
      
    Venezuela Crisis - Encounter
    
            
      
  
The lesson from Venezuela about despotic governments in general is that “the people are ultimately the ones who are going to pay the price, and the people that are going to gain are those who are in power,” says AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth.