Council on Foreign Relations

Michael Shifter at Foreign Policy explains how South America has shifted out of America's sphere and has "stopped caring what the United States thinks."

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton faces a difficult task persuading Brazil to join tougher UN sanctions on Iran, amid a series of important regional meetings, says CFR's Julia Sweig.

Agreement

Jorge G. Castañeda writes on when the Yanquis go home.

Marifeli Perez-Stable criticizes the Nicaraguan government under Daniel Ortega for damaging Nicaraguan democracy, and says that Ortega's attempt to hold on to power past 2011 may create a political crisis.

Session Three of a Council on Foreign Relations Symposium on Organized Crime in the Western Hemisphere: An Overlooked Threat? Subject: Regional and Multilateral Policy Responses. Held at the Council on Foreign Relations, New York.

Session One of a Council on Foreign Relations Symposium on Organized Crime in the Western Hemisphere: An Overlooked Threat? Subject: Organized Crime and Transnational Threats. Held at the Council on Foreign Relations, New York.

CFR Fellow Shannon K. O'Neil says Brazil is "taking ownership" of diplomacy surrounding the Honduras political stalemate in part because the Organization of American States has been unable to effectively manage the crisis.

After the June ousting of President José Manuel Zelaya, Honduras has become a test of the Obama administration's posture toward the whole of Latin America.