Monday, August 14, 2006

Opinion piece advocates rethinking of U.S. policy towards L. America

In an opinion piece published yesterday, the director of Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations says that U.S. policy towards Latin America needs to go beyond antiquated Cold War thinking and recognize recent changes in the region. According to Julie Sweig (image, via CFR), “the new generation reaching power today…reflects not Washington's wishes or nightmares, but the unique historic, ethnic and class conditions of their countries…For the United States to fashion new thinking that reflects these dynamics, it will have to exorcise the ghosts of the Cold War”.

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3 comments:

  1. boz9:34 PM

    Small correction. The article was actually written last Sunday (8 days ago) for the Washington Post. Still worth linking to. Thanks :)

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  2. Erwin C.10:39 PM

    Thanks for the correction, though I wonder if you could please post a link to her Washington Post article as I cannot seem to find it.

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  3. Erwin C.11:12 PM

    never mind, Boz. I found the link via your blog. Thanks for the heads-up!

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