What will it take to improve the realationship between Latin American nations and the USA.?

Answer 1

There is no easy answer to your question. The truth is there is little in the way of progress that can be made unilaterally by the US. Every country south of the US has its own idiosyncrasies and its own prejudices. Both against the US and against each other. Just ask any Brazilian what they think of Argentineans, or any Colombian what they think of Venezuelans.

What the US needs to do is recognize that no Latin American country has the economic and military might of the US. As such, the US cannot hand down draconian rules of economic engagement. Each country needs to be allowed to make its own deals to its own benefit, whether with the US or any other country in the world. The US should not automatically assume that because it is closer to, say, Uruguay than Italy that Uruguay must offer the US preferential treatment when it comes to selling its goods in the American market. I remember hearing many years ago that Colombia stood to lose a lot of international aid from the US if it cut a deal to ship bananas to Germany without using the US as an intermediary. Sorry, but the US can't have its cake and eat it too. There were no promises of exclusivity made, so far as I remember, so to expect that went against any existing trade agreement of that time.

But back to the question: What to do? Provide incentives for education, social justice, land reform, environmental responsibility. One of the reasons there is so much corruption in Latin American governments and law enforcement is that low wages and low education makes elected and law enforcement officials greedy, therefore easy to bribe. With better education come better paying jobs, and a general improvement of the country as a whole, and thus people are happier working for the greater good of the country instead of the greater good of Jose or Juan or Jaime.

This of course will go a long way into encouraging people to stay in their countries and stem the flow of illegal immigration. With better conditions at home it becomes less of a draw to leave the safety of the home country to make your way in a land where it gets cold four months of the year, where you have to learn to speak anotehr language, where your education credentials are suspect because you have no way of validating them, etc.

Of course, that is assuming that the US wants to treat with Latin American countries as equals, not as the banana republics everyone assumes them to be. It may be that it is more profitable for the US to maintain the status quo. Easier to get a good trade deal through a government if all you need to do is bribe the right people, huh? But that just feeds back into the general resentment that Latin American countries feel against the "imperialist yankees" that Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is so fond of railing against.

Hope you find this useful.

Answer 2

There has always been a problem with the Latin American country's. There governments as a whole are historically corrupt and some are borderline dictatorships. They have one thing in common with one another and that the fact they don't give a damn about the quality of life that their poorest people have. The poor are expendable. Only the wealthy can be assured good living conditions,good jobs,good schools and good health care.
It has not changed for hundreds of years. It is not the fault of the USA. It is the fault of their governments refusing to help its own people. I for one say cut off all aid.Secure our borders and make them show that they really want a better relationship with the USA. We don't need to be kissing any country's posterior to get along with them. The USA is being used as a dumping ground by other country's to house,feed and provide for their poor because their own country's wont.How can you respect a country,any country that pushes its poor to another nation illegally?

I also agree that who could respect a liar like GWB ?

And H GOSS you are nothing more than a blatant racists.

Answer 3

I thought it was absolutely ridiculous when I heard that Bush was going to several countries in South America to try to...shall I say...mend fences.

If he (Bush) had any concept of International Relations he wouldn't have to be asking for forgiveness. He has done nothing for the US but make us the biggest enemy of the world, he does not deserve the job. I hope our country makes it the next year and 8 months.

In answer to your question: a complete overhaul of the US government.

Answer 4

The Americanization of Mexico is a sort of Cultural invasion in Mexico. An Anglo invasion. Pop music, Pop video clips, Junk food, speedy food, consumerism, materialism, hedonism, and all those values that distinguish the yankee way of existence from different cultures.

Answer 5

Geeze....a total change of thinking.

Sorry......I am and will always be a MAJOR Star Trek fan. There is a thing called the PRIME DIRECTIVE........one of the greatest things written outside of the Constitution. You can't force or expect any more than what the people are capable of handeling and yet we have a 3rd world country below us.

We have people crossing our borders ready to take over and they can't count change or read. They have an infantile attitude of fairness and are acting like a pre-school child ready to bully a kid on the playground.
The men still think women are to be abused and mistreated and are worth nothing more than birthing kids and making them comfortable.
Are you ready to repeat the last 100 years?

I'm not! Been there....done that and I don't want to do it again.

Sorry....paid the price and I don't want to go there again. I don't mind helping them through their growing pains on their land. I just don't want to LIVE it AGAIN. Kind of like a Grandma......I don't mind....for awhile...but I paid my dues.....please not AGAIN!

Answer 6

Latin American leaders don't like Pres. Bush. There may be many renewed international relations when he and his administration are out of office.

Answer 7

Americans have poured billions into places like that and it doesn't mean anything. After they eat the meal that day the money is gone. It just goes around in circles. It's best to pressure them to change. After years and years money is not the answer. The people have to reform their own countries we can't do it for them

Answer 8

the one thing that the government's south of the border can do to improve the relations with the united states is stop the illegal aliens coming across the border by improving the living conditions for the people who vote them in to power instead of trying to getting rich by robbing the country

Answer 9

Oh my God! Zoe and Gary are threatening to stop the aid! 1,4 billion a year! Latin America will loose 0,04% of its GDP! 0,04%! How will we manage it! We, Latin Americans, are lost! Those 1,4 billion will make such a difference!

Answer 10

What if we the U. S. A., took away all the aid we give them, both food and money, then just wait. See how long it takes to want us back.