After sustaining losses in Mexico's 2009 midterm elections and with 12 governorships up for grabs this year, the National Action Party and the Party of the Democratic Revolution could build an unlikely alliance against the Institutional Revolutionary Party ahead of the 2012 presidential vote.

Cocaine gives way to cocoa in Peru, Mexico weighs a bill to curb social media use, and the Argentine government rejects the Central Bank head’s resignation. Read these stories and more in the Weekly Roundup.

The question of how to handle Haitian migration looms in the wake of the destructive earthquake. Washington already granted protected status to Haitians who arrived in the United States before January 12, but debate grows over whether to ease immigration rules for refugees as part of recovery efforts.

Haiti Rewired, Wired.com's new online community, is geared toward generating practical policy recommendations for rebuilding the country. Join now and start sharing ideas on the recovery process at haitirewired.wired.com.

Seven months after the ouster of President Manuel Zelaya, Honduras could turn the page on a protracted political crisis with the January 27 inauguration of Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo.

Council of the Americas recognizes the efforts of its members to help Haitian relief efforts in the wake of the devastating earthquake of January 12, 2010. Read more about private sector initiatives to support Haiti’s recovery.