Relationship Between Us And Latin American Relations
Running Head: U.S AND LATIN AMERICAN RELATIONS
U.S and Latin American Relations
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U.S and Latin American Relations The United States has a long history of involvement in and with Latin America. The relationship has varied from intense adulation to benign neglect--as dictated by US interests. Although at present the US has its attention focused elsewhere in the world, events and issues in Latin America remain a matter of ongoing concern. Relations of the United States with its neighbors to the south, from the Rio Grande to Cape Horn, have been marked by friendship and cooperation, neglect and indifference, and, sad to relate, hostility and fear. North and South Americans have noted many similarities in their history. Yet differences sometimes have prevailed, and even distractions have diverted attention from the hemispheric neighborhood. Commercial contacts between English colonies in North America and Latin America began in the seventeenth century and expanded despite Spanish restrictions. European dynastic and …show more content…
Rapidly increasing numbers of Latin American immigrants have brought prediction of dire consequences. Alan Riding has referred to a silent invasion, informal reconquest of territories lost in the nineteenth century. The problem may not be entirely one-sided. Although emigration may relieve unemployment and provide dollar remittances for abandoned home countries, loss of skilled and educated citizens may retard those countries’ development. Throughout almost two centuries of United States-Latin American relations, one must conclude that the U.S. has exercised political and economic dominance in the Western Hemisphere. Latin American states usually have been in a subordinate and dependent role. Cold war years have seen strong reaction to real and alleged communist
U.S and Latin American Relations
[Author’s Name]
[Institution’s Name]
U.S and Latin American Relations The United States has a long history of involvement in and with Latin America. The relationship has varied from intense adulation to benign neglect--as dictated by US interests. Although at present the US has its attention focused elsewhere in the world, events and issues in Latin America remain a matter of ongoing concern. Relations of the United States with its neighbors to the south, from the Rio Grande to Cape Horn, have been marked by friendship and cooperation, neglect and indifference, and, sad to relate, hostility and fear. North and South Americans have noted many similarities in their history. Yet differences sometimes have prevailed, and even distractions have diverted attention from the hemispheric neighborhood. Commercial contacts between English colonies in North America and Latin America began in the seventeenth century and expanded despite Spanish restrictions. European dynastic and …show more content…
Rapidly increasing numbers of Latin American immigrants have brought prediction of dire consequences. Alan Riding has referred to a silent invasion, informal reconquest of territories lost in the nineteenth century. The problem may not be entirely one-sided. Although emigration may relieve unemployment and provide dollar remittances for abandoned home countries, loss of skilled and educated citizens may retard those countries’ development. Throughout almost two centuries of United States-Latin American relations, one must conclude that the U.S. has exercised political and economic dominance in the Western Hemisphere. Latin American states usually have been in a subordinate and dependent role. Cold war years have seen strong reaction to real and alleged communist