"On the campaign trail, Biden criticized Trump for prioritizing tough rhetoric over a realistic strategy. Now's the time for the administration to implement a smart strategy that combines targeted pressure with smart engagement in a way that can actually make progress,” - Geoff Ramsey, Director for Venezuela, in France 24.

“The only way Colombia is gonna listen is if it fears having its aid cut off or frozen... The only way you’re gonna get police reform is if the United States steps in, because Colombia hasn’t listened to the UN or the OAS. If you want to push Colombia to stop the violence, you need U.S. involvement.”-  Gimena Sánchez-Garzoli, Director for the Andes, in Al Jazeera.

"Jo-Marie Burt, an analyst at the Washington Office on Latin America, which studies human rights, described the events as a “slow-motion coup.” - in Bloomberg

“We’re seeing a very troubling tendency from the Biden administration to repeat the same flawed logic of the Trump administration [on migration],” - Stephanie Brewer, Director for Mexico, in The Intercept.

“El Paso has an incredibly rich civil society, with many organizations and experts who've done decades of work on asylum, holding Border Patrol accountable, rescuing migrants in danger and caring for asylum seekers. They have a lot of constructive things to say about what a better border security and migration policy would look like." - Adam Isacson, Director for Defense Oversight, in the San Diego Tribune.