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Sunday, November 8, 2009
 
 
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Latin America
 

AEI's research on Latin America examines the challenges U.S. policymakers face in improving U.S.-Latin American relations, including how to deal with Cuba and Venezuela, how to partner with Mexico, and how to promote democratic solidarity in the region. This section of the website gathers together AEI research, books, and events focused on Latin America.

 
Feature: The Threat in Venezuela

Hugo Chávez's criminal activities, long the bane of his neighbors in the Americas, have now extended to Iran, where he is aiding that regime's pursuit of nuclear weapons. In the latest AEI Latin American Outlook, Roger F. Noriega writes that the U.S. policy of averting our eyes so as not to give Chávez the attention he craves must change. Noriega urges the Obama administration to strengthen ties with the friends in the region, bring Chávez's partnerships with Iran to the attention of the United Nations, and engage the Venezuelan people to confront the threat Chávez poses. [Read more]

 

Scholars on Latin America


 
 
 
  
 
 
 
How Has Honduras's Crisis Affected the U.S. Role in the Region?
 
Roger Noriega comments on how the crisis in Honduras has affected the United States' role in Latin America.
 
Hondurans, Not Zelaya, Will Decide Their Future
 
A new proposal by the interim government represents a triumph for the Honduran people and their constitution.
 
Promoting Prosperity in Latin America
 
The Legatum Institute's Prosperity Index helps answer the question of how to promote prosperity in Latin America.
 
Hugo Chávez's Criminal Nuclear Network: A Grave and Growing Threat
 
The United States must confront the grave threat Hugo Chávez poses.
 
 
Cuba the Morning After Confronting Castro's Legacy
 
A major study of U.S.-Cuba relations warns that America is ill-prepared for the serious dilemmas and even threats posed by a post-Castro Cuba.  
 
The Cuban Revolution and the United States A History in Documents 1958-1960
 
Fidel Castro's decision to spin Cuba into the Soviet orbit and ultimately embroil the Caribbean island in the Cold War was part of his grand design, not a reaction to specific American policies.  
 
Panama's Canal What Happens When the United States Gives a Small Country What it Wants
 
This bookfocuses on Panama mismanagement of the U.S. properties it received and its cavalier disregard of environmental considerations crucial to the efficient operation of the canal.  
 
 
PAST EVENTS
 
 
Moisés Naím and other experts will discuss the Venezuelan economy and its impact on neighboring states.
 
 
The panelists will discuss the drug threat posed by cartels and propose recommendations for Mexico in doing its share in the war on drugs.
 
 
Panelists will discuss the future of the Venezuelan political economy and what it means for the new U.S. administration's policy toward the region.