The new bank represents an important step for the bloc, but questions remain about how it will work, writes COA’s Eric Farnsworth for U.S. News & World Report.

Latin America's students are angry—and getting angrier.

In AQ, Timothy DeVoogd describes how U.S.-Latin American study abroad programs deliver results in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia.

Meeting the needs of a global labor market.

"There may be potential cracks in the facade of unity once China asserts its interests," comments COA’s Eric Farnsworth on the establishment of a BRICS development bank.

The July 15 summit reinforces the need for Washington to pursue an active economic agenda with Latin America, writes COA’s Eric Farnsworth for China-US Focus.