The late president leaves behind a questionable legacy in actually improving lives.

Crowds have waited to glimpse Chávez’ body for nine consecutive days (slideshow).

The new Pope will bring to the Catholic Church a new perspective and an attention to critical social issues.

AS/COA’s Christopher Sabatini comments on President Hugo Chávez’s strategic relations with Iran despite sanctions aimed to contain Iran´s nuclear ambitions.

AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth says “it’s a revolution of the mind” as President Hugo Chávez’s death raises questions about the future of a populist economic model in Latin America.

“President Hugo Chávez left Venezuela burdened with a huge amount of debt which is going to be difficult to service” by his next successor, points out AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth.

As Mexico proposes to reform its telecommunications industry, AS/COA’s Eric Farnsworth suggests that in order to liberalize the market, provisions and impartial regulations must be enforced.

Por medio de sus discursos peculiares, "el Presidente Hugo Chávez evitó inteligentemente la supervisión y las críticas internacionales al reafirmar agresivamente la soberanía,” comenta Christopher Sabatini de AS/COA.