La ausencia de López Obrador no significa de ningún modo que se termine el valor de la cumbre, dijo Steve Liston de AS/COA a Página 12.

"Substantive engagement, and a lot of listening" followed by robust follow up is key, said AS/COA's Steve Liston to Voice of America.

China is trying to promote the idea that their system and their model is at least equal to Western democracy, said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to Politico.

"We have to make sure that we, the United States, are really helping to offer what the other countries are looking for," said the AS/COA vice president.

"Have we seen dramatic change in Central America? The answer is no," said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to the Los Angeles Times.

"There is a role for summitry...but we need to think strategically rather than geographically," said AS/COA's Eric Farnsworth to the Los Angeles Times.

AQ’s editor-in-chief imagines what an honest, no-taboos speech in Los Angeles could sound like.