This article argues that the United States and Latin America will eventually have to resort, like it or not, to a "negotiated settlement" of their historical ties. The nature of that arrangement - friendly or hostile - will require that the United States be much more willing to abandon its favorite but outdated interpretations of the international conduct of the Latin states, prevailing at the beginning of the postwar period. Latin America, for its part, will have to seriously and realistically assess the new future of the United States without the tricky rhetoric that has characterized much of the literature on relations between the two in the last decade.
Keywords:
United States, Latin America, Inter-American Relations, Autonomy, Cooperation
Author Biography
Riordan Roett, Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos, Johns Hopkins School of Advenced International Studies
Director del Centro de Estudios Latinoamericanos en The Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). Autor de "Brazil: politics in a patrimonial society, y otros trabajos.
Roett, R. (1981). ¿Tienen los Estados Unidos algún futuro en América Latina?. Estudios Internacionales, 14(56), p. 517–529. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-3769.1981.16068
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