Aid and U.s. Interests in Latin America and the Caribbean
Author : United States. Department of State. Bureau of Public Affairs
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Page : pages
File Size : 14,43 MB
Release : 1985
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Author : United States. Department of State. Bureau of Public Affairs
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Page : pages
File Size : 14,43 MB
Release : 1985
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Author : Elliott Abrams
Publisher :
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 14,50 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Caribbean Area
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Author : Langhorne A. Motley
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Page : 12 pages
File Size : 20,55 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Caribbean Area
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Author : Peter J. Meyer
Publisher : BiblioGov
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 45,2 MB
Release : 2013-11
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ISBN : 9781293271384
Geographic proximity has forged strong linkages between the United States and the nations of Latin America and the Caribbean, with critical U.S. interests in the region encompassing economic, political, and security concerns. U.S. policymakers have emphasized different strategic interests in the region at different times, from combating Soviet influence during the Cold War to advancing democracy and open markets since the 1990s. Current U.S. policy toward the region is designed to promote economic and social opportunity; ensure citizen security; strengthen effective democratic institutions; and secure a clean energy future. As part of broader efforts to advance these priorities, the United States provides Latin American and Caribbean nations with substantial amounts of foreign assistance. Congress - which authorizes and appropriates aid for the region, and engages in oversight of assistance programs - is currently considering the President's foreign aid request for FY2013. In recent years, the State Department, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs appropriations measure has been the primary legislative vehicle through which Congress reviews U.S. assistance and influences executive branch policy toward the region.
Author : Francis Adams
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 18,43 MB
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1351782975
This title was first published in 2000: United States economic assistance programs in Latin America have been frequently restructured during the course of the past four decades. This book examines the evolution of US aid to the region, describes and explains US aid to the region since 1960. Focus is placed on four successive initiatives, the Alliance of Progress for the 1960s, the New Directions Mandate of the 1970s, the Private Enterprise Initiative of the 1980s and the Democracy Initiative of the 1990s. Empirical examples of actual programs, drawn from primary source documents, are used to illustrate more general propositions. The primary objectives of this study are to describe and explain US assistance policy toward Latin America during the past four decades and account for changes in the aid regime over time. Such assistance is typically linked to either the developmental needs of recipient countries, or the economic interests of transnational corporations.
Author : Margaret Daly Hayes
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 40,14 MB
Release : 2019-03-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0429725175
Arguing for a new and sober look at the nature of U.S.-Latin American relations, Dr. Hayes addresses the question: Does the United States have compelling national interests in maintaining close relations with Latin American countries? Her conclusion is yes, but for reasons different from those offered in the traditional literature or espoused by many policy analysts. She maintains that U.S. interests in relations with Latin America are primarily political, secondarily economic--though economic ties are the basis of the relationship--and only marginally military. Proper emphasis on these long-term interests may be critical to U.S. national security in a global, as well as regional, context. Dr. Hayes points out that the Latin American countries--occupying a unique position among developing nations today because of their comparatively successful experiences in achieving economic growth and development--represent an increasingly important political influence in both the developed and developing worlds. Moreover, she argues, it is in the U.S. interest to give economic aid to the less-developed countries in the hemisphere, particularly in the Caribbean Basin: U.S. security is better preserved and enhanced by encouraging political and economic stability in the region than by promoting military alliances that Latin Americans may not really want. Supporting the need for a revised rationale for U.S.-Latin American relations, Dr. Hayes focuses in detail on the regions and nations of special interest to the United States today: the Caribbean Basin, Mexico (in a chapter by Professor Bruce M. Bagley), Brazil, and the Southern Cone.
Author : Robert Pastor
Publisher : Westview Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 10,64 MB
Release : 2001-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0813338115
"In this second edition of Exiting the Whirlpool, Pastor explores the continuities and the changes in U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America under Presidents Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton. Wherea"
Author : Michael G. Kozak
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Page : 8 pages
File Size : 13,1 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Caribbean Area
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Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs
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Page : 88 pages
File Size : 33,12 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Caribbean Area
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Author : Michael L. Krenn
Publisher : M.E. Sharpe
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 17,24 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9781563249433
This work examines the development of the ideas behind the theory of interdependent economic, political and military relations with the nations of Central America. It considers how policy-makers defined interdependence and how they went about accomplishing their goals.