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.

The petroleum the U.S. gets from Venezuela is “bought at market rates that probably won’t stop”, observes COA’s Eric Farnsworth as violence erupts in the South American country.

In a column for Roll Call, the Chairman of the Latino Coalition Hector Barreto refers to AS/COA and Partnership for a New American Economy Immigration and the Revival of American Cities report.

O ex-presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva escreve para o Valor Econômico sobre as perspectivas da economia brasileira e sua reunião no Conselho das Américas.