Links on Latin America
Wondering how I know what I know about Latin America in my latest TNR Online piece? For my gloomy mood on the Bush administration’s foreign economic policy, see my previous TNR Online column on “hypocritical liberalization.” On the current state of the WTO, Philippe Legrain sounds a pessimistic note (subscription required). A good source on ...
Wondering how I know what I know about Latin America in my latest TNR Online piece? For my gloomy mood on the Bush administration's foreign economic policy, see my previous TNR Online column on "hypocritical liberalization." On the current state of the WTO, Philippe Legrain sounds a pessimistic note (subscription required). A good source on Brazil's behavior during the WTO and FTAA talks is Peter Hakim's Financial Times op-ed on Brazil's trade policy from a few weeks ago. Hakim is the president of the Inter-American Dialogue, which is a fine source on the politics and economics of Latin America. For example, their report on "The Troubled Americas" is typical of the concern mounting about Latin America's direction. On the rise of more market-suspicious leaders, see this St. Petersburg Times news analysis. On Bolivia being an example for the anti-globalization movement, see this New York Times article, from earlier this month, entitled "Bolivia's Poor Proclaim Abiding Distrust of Globalization." Here's an even more effusive account from earlier this year. Here's a link to the Washington Post editorial cited in the column. The information on Mexico came straight from Virginia Postrel's first-person account of a speech by former Mexican Finance Minister Francisco Gil Diaz. Never heard of the 1879-1884 War in the Pacific involving Chile, Bolivia, and Peru? Shame on you, and click here. On the notion that there has been a new solidarity among indigenous third world peoples, see Moises Naim's latest in Foreign Policy. The RAND Corporation has some economic analyses demonstrating the futility of pursuing a supply-side strategy in the war on drugs. Here's one from 1993; here's another from 2001. Finally, Winds of Change has a link-rich briefing on the latest in Latin America. Go check it out.
Wondering how I know what I know about Latin America in my latest TNR Online piece? For my gloomy mood on the Bush administration’s foreign economic policy, see my previous TNR Online column on “hypocritical liberalization.” On the current state of the WTO, Philippe Legrain sounds a pessimistic note (subscription required). A good source on Brazil’s behavior during the WTO and FTAA talks is Peter Hakim’s Financial Times op-ed on Brazil’s trade policy from a few weeks ago. Hakim is the president of the Inter-American Dialogue, which is a fine source on the politics and economics of Latin America. For example, their report on “The Troubled Americas” is typical of the concern mounting about Latin America’s direction. On the rise of more market-suspicious leaders, see this St. Petersburg Times news analysis. On Bolivia being an example for the anti-globalization movement, see this New York Times article, from earlier this month, entitled “Bolivia’s Poor Proclaim Abiding Distrust of Globalization.” Here’s an even more effusive account from earlier this year. Here’s a link to the Washington Post editorial cited in the column. The information on Mexico came straight from Virginia Postrel’s first-person account of a speech by former Mexican Finance Minister Francisco Gil Diaz. Never heard of the 1879-1884 War in the Pacific involving Chile, Bolivia, and Peru? Shame on you, and click here. On the notion that there has been a new solidarity among indigenous third world peoples, see Moises Naim’s latest in Foreign Policy. The RAND Corporation has some economic analyses demonstrating the futility of pursuing a supply-side strategy in the war on drugs. Here’s one from 1993; here’s another from 2001. Finally, Winds of Change has a link-rich briefing on the latest in Latin America. Go check it out.
Daniel W. Drezner is a professor of international politics at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and co-host of the Space the Nation podcast. Twitter: @dandrezner
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