MISSED OPPORTUNITY: CANADA'S RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN.
In 2007, Canada announced it was making Latin America and the Caribbean a foreign policy priority. This article provides an initial assessment of Ottawa's re-engagement with the region, focusing on the tensions associated with its stated position on democracy, human rights, and poverty reduction and...
| Publicado en: | Canadian Journal of Latin American & Caribbean Studies (Canadian Association of Latin American & Caribbean Studies (CALACS)) Vol. 35; no. 69; pp. 171 - 200 |
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Canadian Association of Latin American & Caribbean Studies (CALACS)
2010
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=55308624&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 55308624 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 08263663 2R0Z jtl: Canadian Journal of Latin American & Caribbean Studies (Canadian Association of Latin American & Caribbean Studies (CALACS)) issn: 08263663 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2010 vid: 35 iid: 69 pid: 31205 pub: Canadian Association of Latin American & Caribbean Studies (CALACS) artinfo: ui: 55308624 10.1080/08263663.2010.10816992 ppf: 171 ppct: 29 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 770KB tig: atl: MISSED OPPORTUNITY: CANADA'S RE-ENGAGEMENT WITH LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN. aug: au: SHAMSIE, YASMINE GRINSPUN, RICARDO affil: Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Wilfrid Laurier University. Fellow, Centre for Research on Latin America and Caribbean (CERLAC), York University in Toronto. su: Canadian foreign relations, 1945- Human rights Democracy Poverty Free trade Neoliberalism Latin American social conditions, 1982- International relations Canada Latin America sug: subj: Canada Latin America Canadian foreign relations, 1945- Human rights Democracy Poverty Free trade Neoliberalism Latin American social conditions, 1982- International relations ab: In 2007, Canada announced it was making Latin America and the Caribbean a foreign policy priority. This article provides an initial assessment of Ottawa's re-engagement with the region, focusing on the tensions associated with its stated position on democracy, human rights, and poverty reduction and its continued adherence to a neoliberal policy set. It argues that support for this economic template, coupled with the fact that Ottawa's relations with the region are governed by, and regularly subverted to, powerful economic and security interests—strategic alignment with U.S. hemispheric priorities would fall in this category—undermine its efforts to address social and democratic development goals in the region. The "pink tide" that is sweeping the region and the efforts by governments of various stripes to find their distinct responses to the social, economic, and ecological crises that envelop the region make Ottawa's free-trade-driven approach seem tired and out of step with sentiments and circumstances in the region. En 2007, Canadá anunció que haría de América Latina y el Caribe una prioridad en política exterior. Este artículo propone una evaluación inicial de ese compromiso renovado de Ottawa con la región, con un foco en las tensiones asociadas a su posición sobre la democracia, los derechos humanos y la reducción de la pobreza, y su continuada adhesión a las políticas neoliberales. Se argumenta que el apoyo a este modelo económico, junto al hecho de que las relaciones de Ottawa con la región se guían - y son socavadas - por poderosos intereses económicos y de seguridad (por ejemplo, su alineamiento estratégico con las prioridades hemisféricas EE.UU.) limita sus esfuerzos por concretizar los objetivos de desarrollo social y económico del continente. La "ola rosa" que atraviesa la región y los esfuerzos de gobiernos de diferente orientación por encontrar respuestas específicas a las crisis sociales, económicas y ecológicas hacen que el enfoque librecambista de Ottawa parezca agotado y fuera de sintonía con el ambiente y las circunstancias de la región. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Canadian Journal of Latin American & Caribbean Studies (Canadian Association of Latin American & Caribbean Studies (CALACS)) is the property of Canadian Association of Latin American & Caribbean Studies (CALACS) and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Canadian Journal of Latin American & Caribbean Studies (Canadian Association of Latin American & Caribbean Studies (CALACS)) holder: Canadian Association of Latin American & Caribbean Studies (CALACS) dt: @attributes: year: 2010 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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