A Transformed Latin America in a Rapidly Changing World

Abstract

The diverse countries of Latin America and the Caribbean relate with the rest of the world in ways that are quite different from how they did in the 1960s and 1970s, the 1980s and 1990s, and even at the turn of the twenty-first century. In most cases, their main international relationships by far-economic, political and diplomatic-were governmental, and they were primarily with the United States (US) and with international financial institutions greatly influenced by the United States. Latin American and Caribbean governments are building multiple relationships within the region and beyond. Most Latin American countries can no longer be counted on to support the international policies of the United States at the United Nations and elsewhere. The political, diplomatic and economic relationships of many Latin American nations have been diversifying away from close ties with Washington. The US government was then also deeply involved in the internal affairs of many Latin American nations.