US ignores Latin America at its own peril

Posted by Matt in February 13th, 2007

Anti-American populism is in vogue again in Latin America. And we may have ourselves to blame.

In Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Venezuela, politicians rail against the United States as an arrogant, greedy, uncaring bully.

What has the United States done to provoke this? The answer: Itâ€™s not so much what weâ€™ve done, but what we havenâ€™t done. We havenâ€™t paid serious attention to Latin America, creating a political vacuum that anti-U.S. politicians such as Venezuelaâ€™s Hugo ChÃ¡vez are happy to fill.

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