AS/COA’s Christopher Sabatini analyzes the significance of President Barack Obama’s handshake with Cuba’s President Raul Castro.
While President Barack Obama’s reforms have supported changes on the island, more can be done to advance U.S.-Cuba ties, writes AS/COA’s Christopher Sabatini for Financial Times’ beyondbrics.
Panelists discussed the impact of crime and violence, media concentration, and repressive laws and regulations on journalists in the Americas.
AS/COA hosted presidents and leaders of the Americas during the week of the opening of the 68th UN General Assembly in New York.
While some Latin American leaders offer sharp criticisms in the wake of U.S.-proposed missile strikes on Syria, AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth says the reaction "has very little to do with Syria."
Fidel Castro transitioned from policy making to "a symbolic role as the protector of the revolution's integrity" in order to mitigate public unease, comments AS/COA's Christopher Sabatini.
The bloc’s first summit since Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s death took place in Guayaquil, Ecuador on July 30.