obama and latin america

contents

ntroduction

the obama initiative………………5

articles

dangerous complacencies: obama, latin amerce, and the misconceptions of power….14

view from the north

forward into history:understanding obama’s latin American policy

-julia buxton……………………………………….29

obama and the bolivarian agenda for the Americas

-daniel hellinger……………………………….46

commentary: obama’s latin america policy: continuity without change

-mark weisbrot…………….63

views from the south

obama’s “smart strategies” against latin america and the caribbean: continuities and changes-luis suarez salazar………….73

political-economic factors in u.s. foreign policy: the Colombia plan, the merida initiative, and the obama administration-gian carlo delgado-ramos and silvina maria romano….93

president obama, the crisis, and latin america

-marco a. gandasegui jr…………………109

obama’s anicrisis policy: a remedy, or the death of the dollar?

-faustino cobarrubia gomez……………..122

commentary: alliances and dis-alliance between the united states and latin america and the caribbean-rafael hernandez………….131

erratum……………………137