Nov

30

Beyond A Cease Fire: Exploring the Limits of the Guatemalan Peace Accords

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  Latin America has often been the focus of international attention, particularly in the eyes of the United States. As neighbors to the South, there has always been evolving foreign policy between the U.S. and Latin America. As we evaluate the 1996 Guatemalan Peace Accords, the history of policy preceding and the outcome of the […]

Oct

28

Assessing the Effectiveness of International Drug Policy: Findings and Implications for Plan Colombia of 1999

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  (What is From the Field?  Read the introduction to the current segment to find out more!) Drug production and trafficking polluted Colombia’s national security for nearly fifty years. The issue had to be addressed in order to restore tranquility and peace within the nation. Upon President Pastrana’s election in 1998, his main goal was to eliminate the […]

Oct

2

Nicaragua: An Ideological Proxy War (From the Field: US-Latin American Relations

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(What is From the Field?  Read the introduction to the current segment to find out more!)     “President Bears ‘Ultimate Responsibility’ For Wrongdoing” was just one of the many headlines circulating the United States in the 1980s. After news of the Iran-Contra Affair broke, there was an endless stream of similar refrains, all echoing the […]

Oct

2

New Segment on Foreign Policy in US-Latin American Relations (From the Field)

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(What is From the Field?  Read our welcome and prior posts.) This post kicks off our second segment of From the Field, a student blog series that shares the work and experiences of students in Messiah University’s Department of Politics and International Relations.  Last spring, students participating in the US-Latin American Relations delved into the history of relations […]