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...tool of U.S. foreign policy. That's why I concentrate so much on Friedman and the University of Chicago because in the 1950s and '60s there was a strategy at the U.S. State Department to try to challenge the rise of economic nationalism in the developing world, particularly in Latin America. A move to the left in Latin America that was threatening the interests of U.S. foreign multinationals in countries like Argentina, and a sort of counteroffensive was launched that involved bringing hundreds of Latin American students to study at the University of Chicago under Friedman and his colleagues. When...
Nevertheless, Levitsky, who specializes in Latin American politics, said Fernández was an appropriate exception...
...elected government official, no matter how inflamed is the rhetoric, is seriously considering the possibility of challenging the capitalist system,” Fernández said of Latin American leaders in his speech...
Jorge I. Domínguez, the Antonio Madero professor of Latin American politics and economics, and vice provost for international affairs, called Fernández a “bridge-builder” after his speech...
...left for the policies of the right is something of a signature move for the President. His compassionate conservative agenda famously undercut Democratic claims to superior humanitarianism. Bush has boosted foreign aid throughout his presidency, but has conditioned it on adherence to conservative principles, like those on abortion. In Latin America last spring he spent much of the trip talking about social justice and promoted the idea of Bolivarian revolution, even as he held the line in trade negotiations and on foreign...