In his review of Joseph Tulchin’s new book, Latin American Foreign Policy: How Much Choice? Chris Sabatini says the author has written a much-needed nuanced, detailed history of foreign policymaking in the region, but ignores recent scholarship and younger scholars when discussing current affairs.
Through manipulation and fraud, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has practically guaranteed his re-election this November 6th. What can the United States and Nicaragua’s neighbors do? Not much.
Beyond a few nice sounding phrases and curious omissions, the Democratic Party platform mentions Trump more than it mentions Latin America.
The newly released Republican platform twists itself in pretzels attempting to accommodate Trump’s positions, its own historical positions and its need to oppose the current administration’s position wherever possible.
Jorge Dominguez and Rafael Fernandez de Castro, eds. Contemporary US-Latin American Relations: Cooperation or Conflict in the 21 Century?, 2nd edition. New York: Routledge, 2016. This work
Malamud, Andrés, (2011) “La política externa de Dilma Rousseff: ¿menos de lo mismo?” One month before Dilma Rousseff’s presidential inauguration, the author predicted her foreign
Schenoni, Luis, and Carlos Escudé (2016) “Peripheral Realism Revisited” The authors empirically test one of the few native Latin American theories of international relations.
Two weeks ago, the Nicaraguan government kicked out three U.S. citizens under trumped up charges (soon, I fear, Trumped Up will become formal adjective to be capitalized). So, why has the State Department been so quiet about it?
The Nicaraguan government’s expulsion of U.S. citizens—linked loosely to the military—found fertile ground in the country’s popular opinion. Surveys by LAPOP demonstrate high levels of distrust in Nicaragua toward the U.S. military—especially among those who support Ortega.
After his prompt, unexpected and unceremonial removal from Nicaragua, while there to conduct research on the transoceanic canal, Evan Ellis reflects on the events and what they mean for Nicaraguan democracy and U.S.-Nicaraguan relations.
