Mexico's finance secretary addressed the Washington Conference on the Americas, offering his perspective on the effects of the global financial crisis and the H1N1 impact. Carstens predicts that Mexico will start to see economic recovery.

Health organizations and governments are on the move to control and find answers about a swine flu epidemic originating in Mexico.

"The calculus is simple: if we can’t get it right with Mexico, our closest Latin neighbor both literally and figuratively, we’ll have trouble with the rest of our hemispheric agenda," writes COA's Eric Farnsworth in an article for Poder.

AS/COA hosted a joint program preceding U.S. President Barack Obama’s meeting with Mexican President Calderón in Mexico and the upcoming Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago. The panelists expressed hope the gathering will serve to redefine relations within the hemisphere.

On his way to the Summit of the Americas, President Barack Obama makes his first Latin American visit when he travels to Mexico this week. Security will likely be the main focus as he meets with counterpart Felipe Calderón, even as Mexico experiences a drop in violence connected to organized crime.

Mexico’s former undersecretary for international trade negotiations looks at how free trade can help Latin America to reignite economic growth.