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Resource Guide: Judge Blocks Parts of SB1070
A federal judge placed holds on some of the more controversial portions of Arizona’s new immigration law just a day before the legislation’s implementation. Access AS/COA’s resource guide to SB1070 and the temporary injunction.

Music
Learn about the rich and varied history of the guitar in a new Music Note about the concert featuring members of the New York Guitar Seminar at Mannes at Americas Society on July 6.
News of the Americas
China may be a step ahead in terms of Latin American trade and investment, but the region has started looking to fast-growing India as another opportunity to ramp up Asian commercial ties.
Chile’s president rejects Pinochet-era amnesties, satellite technology helps stem Amazon deforestation, and Honduran press freedom under threat. Read these stories and more in the Weekly Roundup.
Research & Analysis
President Inácio Lula da Silva protogé Dilma Rousseff and rival José Serra poll neck and neck as the race heats up for Brazil’s October election.
A new Americas Quarterly feature takes a look at how the private sector is expanding access to the poor—and making a profit. The Summer 2010 issue of Americas Quarterly looks at how technology and business are reinventing health care across the Western Hemisphere.
"While Washington hesitates, U.S. businesses are losing their competitive edge in Latin America as Europe, Canada, and Asia sign free trade agreements with our neighbors," writes AS/COA President and CEO Susan Segal.