No doubt today is a day of reflection and remembrance due to the five-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. The changes in U.S. policy since 9/11 have inevitably changed the relations between U.S. and Latin America. Domestically, measures like the Patriot Act have led to a climate of fear amongst immigrants though at the same time numbers of illegal immigrants entering the U.S. has not diminished significantly. In terms of foreign policy, Latin America and the Caribbean have been shunned for the most part except for anti-Chavez and anti-Castro rhetoric as well as the mixing of the “war on drugs” with the “war on terror.”With that said, here is your chance to speak out on the issue. Have the events of 9/11 improved or hurt relations with Latin America and Hispanics residing in the U.S.? Please feel free to leave your opinion as a comment to this post. (Image via this site).
By the way, we have not forgotten about the other 9/11- the 1973 coup against Salvador Allende's government in Chile. We'll discuss that tomorrow.
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