Despite all the rhetoric, Argentina’s 2009 media reform law was actually based on democratic principles and ideas. The problem has been in the implementation.

Honduras launches its new military police force, Chile wins a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council, and the Ibero-American Summit begins in Panama.

Paraguay’s traditional geographic orientation may be shifting as the country awaits reentry to Mercosur, writes COA’s Eric Farnsworth for World Politics Review.

As the anniversary of the free-trade agreement approaches, the time is ripe for the United States and Mexico to reinvigorate their economic partnership, writes AS/COA's Chairman John Negroponte for Expansión.

Meeting with the Dalai Lama would freeze President Enrique Peña Nieto’s efforts to renew relations between Mexico and China, points out AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth.

The shutdown has undermined U.S. authority to defend democratic norms and social inclusion in Latin America, says AS/COA’s Christopher Sabatini in a Q&A with the Latin American Advisor.