COA’s Eric Farnsworth analyzes Johnny Araya’s unexpected decision to bow out of Costa Rica’s April 6 presidential runoff.

COA’s Eric Farnsworth comments on Salvador Sánchez Ceren’s candidacy as El Salvador’s run-off elections approach.

The New York Times’ Lens blog features photographs of Venezuela now on display at Americas Society’s Carlos Cruz-Diez exhibition.

Both U.S. and Canada can benefit from investment opportunities in the Mexican energy sector, writes COA’s Christian Gómez in a Q&A for Latin America Advisor.

The U.S. needs to strike a tricky balance of showing disapproval without overly inserting itself, points out COA’s Eric Farnsworth as Venezuelan expats protest across the U.S.

AS/COA’s Christopher Sabatini comments on Cuba’s role to helping find a peaceful solution to the crisis in Venezuela.

Brazil agrees to build a multi-million-dollar internet cable with the EU, Chile officially enters the U.S. visa waiver program, and Jamaica seeks to decriminalize marijuana. Read these stories and more.

“El Gobierno venezolano sigue haciendo de Estados Unidos un chivo expiatorio para sus propios propósitos domésticos, lo que limita las posibilidades de un deshielo”, apunta Eric Farnsworth de COA.