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The Obama administration and the Americas : agenda for change / Abraham F. Lowenthal, Theodore J. Piccone, and Laurence Whitehead, editors.

Title
The Obama administration and the Americas : agenda for change / Abraham F. Lowenthal, Theodore J. Piccone, and Laurence Whitehead, editors.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Lowenthal, Abraham F.
  • Piccone, Theodore J.
  • Whitehead, Laurence
  • Brookings Institution.
Description
xiv, 235 p. ; ill.; 23 cm.
Summary
"Argues that the Obama administration should focus early and strategically on Latin America because of its impact on issues from energy, narcotics, and immigration to trade and jobs. Contributors emphasize case-by-case, sophisticated, and multilateral approaches to dealing with such hard cases as Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, and Venezuela"--Provided by publisher.
Uniform Title
Project Muse UPCC books
Subject
  • Obama, Barack
  • United States > Foreign relations > Latin America
  • Latin America > Foreign relations > United States
  • United States > Foreign relations > 2009-2017
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword / Strobe Talbott -- Part I. Overview -- Renewing cooperation in the Americas / Abraham F. Lowenthal -- Building a constructive inter-American partnership / Daniel Zovatto -- Supporting democracy in the Americas : the case for multilateral action / Theodore J. Piccone ---- Part II. Getting down to hard cases -- Seven steps to improve U.S.-Colombia relations / Michael Shifter -- Human rights and free trade in Colombia / Rodrigo Pardo -- Haiti's political outlook : what the United States should do / Daniel P. Erikson -- Responding to the challenges in Haiti / Juan Gabriel Valdés -- Cuba in transition : the role of external actors / Marifeli Pérez-Stable -- Turning the symbol around : returning Guantánamo Bay to Cuba / Bert Hoffman -- Engaging Venezuela : 2009 and beyond / Jennifer McCoy -- The United States and Bolivia : test case for change / George Gray Molina -- The rule of law in Mexico : challenges for the Obama administration / Carlos Elizondo and Ana Laura Magaloni -- Part III. Looking ahead -- A project for the Americas / Laurence Whitehead.
ISBN
9780815703099 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2009000893
OCLC
  • 294886473
  • SCSB-12129519
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library