Inter-American Relations : The Latin American Perspective / ed. by Robert E. Biles.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Beal, Tarcisio, Contributor.

Biles, Robert E., Contributor.

Biles, Robert E., Editor.

Booth, John A., Contributor.

Chernick, Marc W., Contributor.

Drury, Bruce R., Contributor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Presenting Latin American perspectives on major issues in contemporary inter-American relations, the authors focus on the Central American conflicts, the debt crisis, U.S.-Mexico relations, and geopolitics and development in Brazil.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Tables and Figures

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

1 Perspectives That Make a Difference

SECTION 1 OUTSIDE INFLUENCE: WAR, DEVELOPMENT, AND SELF-DETERMINATION IN CENTRAL AMERICA

Introduction

2 U.S. Influence in Central America

3 The Impact of the U.S. Military Presence on Honduran Politics

4 Colombia in Contadora: Foreign Policy in Search of Domestic Peace

SECTION 2 CONSEQUENCES OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEBT: CRISES IN DEVELOPMENT AND INDEPENDENCE

5 Impact of the Debt Crisis on a Regional Power: The Case of Colombia

6 Brazilian Agriculture and the Debt Crisis

7 Foreign Investment and Latin American Development: An Argentine Perspective

SECTION 3 Coping with the Neighbor to the North: Mexican-U.S. Relations

8 Mexican-U.S. Trade Relations

9 "Una Cooperación Para las Sodas": Border Problems as Seen from Chihuahua

SECTION 4 South America's Great Power: Geopolitics, National Security, and Development in Brazil

10 Geopolitical Tension Areas in South America: The Question of Brazilian Territorial Expansion

11 The Militarization and Internationalization of an Economy: Brazil, 1964-1985

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Aug 2023)

ISBN:

1-68585-859-7

OCLC:

1394872125