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Assignment:

What have been the impacts on U.S.-Latin American relations of 9/11 and the "global war on terror"? Has democratization in Latin America led to improved cooperation with the United States? Or, instead, has it strengthened popular demands for autonomy from the "Colossus of the North"? Many of President Obama's supporters have expressed dismay over his apparent disinterest in the Western Hemisphere. Were their hopes unrealistic? Is presidential inattention and/or inaction due to (a) pressing issues in other parts of the world, (b) political opposition in the U.S. Congress, or (c) lack of personal knowledge about the region? How would you assess the prospects for major policy reform with regard to drug trafficking in the Americas? What are the most desirable options and what are the most plausible? Is U.S. power declining in the Western Hemisphere? Why and in what ways? Various countries of Latin America-especially in South America-have been seeking economic and political relationships with powerful nations and regions outside the Western Hemisphere. Will this prove to be a long-term tendency? Or is it a short-term reaction to present-day conditions?