Latin America's Debt Crisis: A United States Foreign Policy Challenge

Abstract

A review of traditional U.S. national interests in Latin America and how they have changed since the 1960s introduces a characterization of Latin America today and the extent of the debt crisis that threatens the region's democratic governments. The author then analyzes and assesses two past Latin American policy initiatives--the Alliance for Progress (1961) and the Baker Plan (1985). Using lessons learned from these two programs and the current national and international environment, the author recommends a regional policy strategy to help resolve Latin America's debt crisis and further United States regional interests. Keywords: Foreign policy.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA217350

Entities

People

  • Gilbert A. Engel Jr.

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Commerce
  • Economic Systems
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • Hispanics
  • International Relations
  • Investments
  • Latin America
  • Law
  • Lessons Learned
  • Money
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • South America
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP).
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Strategic Security Studies