Inter-American Relations : : The Latin American Perspective / / ed. by Robert E. Biles.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• MitwirkendeR: Beal, Tarcisio,; Biles, Robert E.,; Booth, John A.,; Chernick, Marc W,; Drury, Bruce R.,
• HerausgeberIn: Biles, Robert E.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2023]; ©1988
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (208 p.)

Presenting Latin American perspectives on major issues in contemporary inter-American relations, the authors focus on the Central American conflicts, the debt crisis, U.S.-Mexico relations, and geopolitics and development in Brazil.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- 1 Perspectives That Make a Difference -- SECTION 1 OUTSIDE INFLUENCE: WAR, DEVELOPMENT, AND SELF-DETERMINATION IN CENTRAL AMERICA -- Introduction -- 2 U.S. Influence in Central America -- 3 The Impact of the U.S. Military Presence on Honduran Politics -- 4 Colombia in Contadora: Foreign Policy in Search of Domestic Peace -- SECTION 2 CONSEQUENCES OF THE INTERNATIONAL DEBT: CRISES IN DEVELOPMENT AND INDEPENDENCE -- Introduction -- 5 Impact of the Debt Crisis on a Regional Power: The Case of Colombia -- 6 Brazilian Agriculture and the Debt Crisis -- 7 Foreign Investment and Latin American Development: An Argentine Perspective -- SECTION 3 Coping with the Neighbor to the North: Mexican-U.S. Relations -- Introduction -- 8 Mexican-U.S. Trade Relations -- 9 "Una Cooperación Para las Sodas": Border Problems as Seen from Chihuahua -- SECTION 4 South America's Great Power: Geopolitics, National Security, and Development in Brazil -- Introduction -- 10 Geopolitical Tension Areas in South America: The Question of Brazilian Territorial Expansion -- 11 The Militarization and Internationalization of an Economy: Brazil, 1964-1985 -- Index