US Foreign Policy in Latin America and the Caribbean
Pastor, R.A. & Long, T. (2010). The Cold War and its Aftermath in the Americas: The Search
for a Synthetic Interpretation of U.S. Policy. Latin American Research Review, 45(3), 261-273.
Pastor and Long conducted a search of synthetic interpretation of the United States foreign policy in Latin America and the Caribbean in the aftermath of the Cold War through examining existing literature of U.S. foreign policy in the Americas. This search was carried out on the premise that some scholars have focused on understanding U.S. foreign policy and inter-American relations in the aftermath of the Cold War. This analysis is carried out on the premise that numerous books and review essays have been developed to examine the Americas in the post-Cold War era and current or future issues in the inter-American agenda. The focus of this article is to examine how U.S. foreign policy in Latin America and the Caribbean has been characterized by neglect and whether the policy focuses on future issues in inter-American relations. Therefore, the thesis of the article is that literature on U.S. foreign policy in the Americas should be synthesized in light of future issues in the relations between these nations.
The author supports this thesis by reviewing literature addressing U.S. foreign policy in the Americas during the Cold War, the post-Cold War era, and current and future issues in the relations between these countries. With regards to the Cold War era, the authors argue that scholars focused on examining the lamppost of U.S. foreign policy to identify existing issues in inter-American relations. This was primarily because of the lack of proper channels for freedom-of-information, especially information in government documents. Since the conduct of the United States was a major aspect in determining its policy in the Americas during this era, policy was based on U.S. superiority and Latin America's inferiority. As a result, the U.S. foreign policy toward the Americas was motivated by...
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