Both U.S. and Canada can benefit from investment opportunities in the Mexican energy sector, writes COA’s Christian Gómez in a Q&A for Latin America Advisor.

The U.S. needs to strike a tricky balance of showing disapproval without overly inserting itself, points out COA’s Eric Farnsworth as Venezuelan expats protest across the U.S.

“El Gobierno venezolano sigue haciendo de Estados Unidos un chivo expiatorio para sus propios propósitos domésticos, lo que limita las posibilidades de un deshielo”, apunta Eric Farnsworth de COA.

In a column for Roll Call, the Chairman of the Latino Coalition Hector Barreto refers to AS/COA and Partnership for a New American Economy Immigration and the Revival of American Cities report.

The petroleum the U.S. gets from Venezuela is “bought at market rates that probably won’t stop”, observes COA’s Eric Farnsworth as violence erupts in the South American country.

“Unless the leaders strive to make progress such meetings often become opportunities that are missed,” notes COA’s Eric Farnsworth on the North American Leaders Summit.