Latin America
February 2004
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Title: NAFTA at 10: A Plus or a Minus?
Author: Jorge G. Castaneda
"NAFTA has not been the win-win situation some of its supporters said it would be. Nor has it been the catastrophe its critics predicted."
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Title: Scoring Free Trade: A Critique of the Critics
Author: Sidney Weintraub
"NAFTA’s critics cite low growth and high poverty to blame Mexico’s mediocre economic performance on free trade. Yet the trade agreement, in its designated area of impact, has been a clear success. The causes of Mexico’s problems lie elsewhere."
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Title: The US and Latin America Through the Lens of Empire
Author: Michael Shifter
"An unvarnished sense of superiority, displayed proudly on the regional and global stage, has revived the resentment and distrust of Latin Americans toward the United States that had recently shown signs of receding."
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Title: Colombia’s Resilient Democracy
Author: Eduardo Posada-Carbo
"Colombia’s problems are far from over. But the current signs of strength stand in sharp contrast with the gloomy and even fatalistic climate of opinion, predominant among Colombians just a couple of years ago, that was loudly echoed in international circles."
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Title: Liberalism Takes Root in Central America
Author: Forrest D. Colburn
"Central America’s unlikely route to liberal democracy may not have been perceived as leading to durable regimes. However, democracy has been resilient and even stable in Central America. Indeed, Central Americans, accustomed to being perceived as poor and unstable by their Mexican and South American brethren, have been smug about the locus of Latin America’s ills being shifted to South America."
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Title: Broadening Democracy: Latin America’s Indigenous Peoples’ Movements
Author: Donna Lee Van Cott
"Indigenous peoples’ movements have transcended their status as objects of government policy, or as a passing fad that grabbed attention as a colorful cultural phenomenon. They have converted themselves into a resilient, cohesive political force with the power to determine political outcomes."
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Title: Argentina after the Crash: Pride and Disillusion
Author: Enrique Peruzzotti
"Argentine democracy appears to be weathering its most serious challenge since 1983 with relative success. . . . The political and economic crisis . . . has not led to the collapse of democratic institutions or prompted calls for authoritarianism."
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Title: The Month in Review
An international chronology of events in December, country by country, day by day.
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Title: Latin America
A map of the Latin America.
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