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August 12, 2005
Is U.S.' Caribbean, Latin Policy Short-Sighted?
Océane Jasor, a Council on Hemispheric Affairs (CHA) Research Associate notes, in an article August 5, 2005, article on CHA's website that, As the U.S. became increasingly security-driven after 9/11, it turned to the Caribbean for support at the UN concerning the war in Iraq and other Middle East issues."
"To Washington's surprise," he added, CARICOM did not automatically align itself with the U.S. cause, despite President Bush's threat -- passed on to the Caribbean by its then hardline White House Latin America aide, Otto Reich, via Barbados television -- where the latter stressed that the U.S. would always remember those countries that did not give their entire allegiance to the U.S. in its overseas engagements."
"But CARICOMs decision should have come as no shock to a Bush administration that repeatedly has ignored the Caribbean's vital economic problems, centering on trade issues."
For more see "Washington's Short-Sighted Policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean." I found the article very informative.
Posted by Munir Umrani at August 12, 2005 10:30 PM
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