Impact of U.S. Policies in Latin America
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U.S. Policies in Latin America (1960-1990)
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U.S. Policies in Latin America (1990-2000)
Latin American Drug War
Impact of Drug Eradication Methods on Latin American People
Other Negative Consequences of Drug War in Latin America
Drug War Fund Allocation in 2001
Lindsey's Annontated Bibliography
Leonard, T. M. (1991). Search for Security: The United States and Central America in the Twentieth Century. The Americas, 47(4), 447-490.
This article discusses relation between Latin America and the United States.
Leonard discusses the changes that have been made and America’s contributions to Latin
America, positive and negative.
Medland, W. J. (1990). The Cuban Missile Crisis: Evolving Historical Perspectives. The History Teacher, 23(4), 433-447.
This article looks at other scholarly work done on the Cuban Missile Crisis and
analyzes the different, sometimes conflicting views of the causes of the Cuban Missile
Crisis. Medland also looks at why the Soviet Union placed the missiles in Cuba.
Brenner, P. (1990). Cuba and the Missile Crisis. Journal of Latin American Studies, 22(1), 115-142.
Brenner discusses the causes of the Cuban Missile Crisis. Brenner analyzes the
reasons behind the decisions of both the United States and Latin America, along with the
consequences. Brenner also discusses the role that Cuba actually played in the crisis.
Farnsworth, E. (1974). More Than Admitted (in Chile: What Was the U.S. Role?). Foreign Policy, (16), 127-141.
Farnsworth discusses the role of the United States in Chile during the Nixon
administration. The author discusses the role of Nixon and his policies towards Chile,
and the eventual coup which led to the overthorw of socialist Chilean president Allende.
Petras, J. F. & LaPorte, R. (1972). Chile: No (in Can We Do Business with Radical Nationalists?). Foreign Policy, (7), 132-158.
Petras and LaPorte discuss foreign policy in Chile during the Nixon
Administration. They discuss the politics and reasons behind the desire to overthrow
Allende. Petras and LaPorte also discuss the ever growing desire for economic
independence from the United States by Latin America.
Leogrande, W. M. (1996). Making the economy scream: US economic sanctions against Sandinista Nicaragua. Third World Quarterly, 17(2), 329-348.
Leogrande discusses the economic restrictions the United States and the Reagan
Administration put upon Nicaragua that eventually destroyed the economy. Leogrande
discusses the role of the Iran-Contra scandal on policies to overthrow the Nicaraguan
government.
Leogrande, W. M. & Brenner, P. (1996). The House Divided: Ideological Polarization over Aid to the Nicaraguan "Contras". Legislative Studies Quarterly, 17(2), 105- 136.
This article by Leogrande and Brenner analyze voting patterns of congress during
the debate of aid to Nicaragua during the Reagan Administration. They looked at factors
that may or may not have contributed to voting decisions.
Alesia's Annontated Bibliography
John Cavanagh; Sarah Anderson; Jaime Serra; J. Enrique Espinosa Foreign Policy, No. 132. (Sep. - Oct., 2002), pp. 58-65. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0015-7228%28200209%2F10%290%3A132%3C58%3ADHEN%3E2.0.CO%3B2-3 The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has sparked fierce academic and political disputes-not to mention an armed rebellion or two. Looking back on its nearly nine years of existence, has NAFTA delivered or disappointed? The answer will go a long way toward determining the future of regional trade pacts. U.S. critics clash with Mexico's original NAFTA architects on whether free trade in North America is a blessing or a curse.
Eytan Gilboa, The Panama Invasion Revisited: Lessons for the Use of Force in the Post Cold War Era Political Science Quarterly, Vol. 110, No. 4. (Winter, 1995-1996), pp. 539-562. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0032-3195%28199524%2F199624%29110%3A4%3C539%3ATPIRLF%3E2.0.CO%3B2-4 This article deals with the logistics of the invasion of Panama in 1989 to overthrow Manuel Noreiga
Jorge I. Domínguez A View from Latin America, Foreign Policy, No. 109. (Winter, 1997-1998), pp. 48-51. Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0015-7228%28199724%2F199824%290%3A109%3C48%3AAVFLA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-N