Mexico
at an ImpasseM. Delal Baer Foreign
Affairs (Jan/Feb 2004)
Three
years into Mexico's democratic revolution, few of
its hopes have been realized: the political system
is gridlocked, the economy is stagnant, and relations
with the United States are deteriorating. A crisis
is not imminent, but progress must come soon if
Mexico's grand experiment with political and economic
liberty is to continue.
The
Reluctant PartnerPeter Hakim Foreign
Affairs (Jan/Feb 2004) Growing differences over trade and foreign
policy threaten to upset the delicate balance in
U.S.-Brazil relations. To head off trouble, Washington
should lower its expectations, remembering that
it has a greater stake in Lula's domestic success
than in Brazil's active cooperation on any particular
issue.
North
America's Second DecadeRobert
A. Pastor Foreign Affairs (Jan/Feb 2004) In just ten years, NAFTA has created the world's
most formidable free trade area. But in the absence
of true partnerships and multilateral institutions,
movement toward further regional integration has
slowed. The United States, Mexico, and Canada have
many common interests; they need to pursue them
in common ways.
Fleeing
the Chilean Coup: The Debate Over U.S. Complicity Kenneth R. Maxwell, William Rogers Foreignm
Affairs (Jan/Feby 2004) Former Assistant Secretary of State William
D. Rogers disputes charges of U.S. complicity in
the rise and rule of Pinochet; Kenneth Maxwell replies.
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Hot
Documents
NAFTA,
by John Audley, Sandra Polaski, Demetrios G.
Papademetriou, and Scott Vaughan, Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace (November 19, 2003)
In the midst of trade liberalization's global "legitimacy
crisis," the authors examine the North American
Free Trade Agreement and find that it has been neither
the disaster its opponents predicted or the success
its advocates professed.
Colombia:
President Uribe's Democratic Security Policy,
International Crisis Group (November 13, 2003)
The report says that President Alvaro Uribe's democratic
security policy, while bold and successful in restoring
public confidence, holds the potential for worsening
the 40-year conflict in the country since the strategy
is being conducted without a concomitant rural economic
development plan for the country's most vulnerable
populations.
Terrorist
and Organized Crime Groups in the Tri-Border Area
(TBA) of South America, A Report
Prepared under an Interagency Agreement by the Federal
Research Division, Library of Congress (July 2003)
The report says there is substantial evidence that
the Tri-Border Area (where Argentina, Brazil and
Paraguay meet) is operating as a terrorist haven
and that the region's large Arab population is conducive
to the establishment of terrorist sleeper cells
in South America.
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