The election of Barack Obama in the United States and the upcoming bicentennial independence celebrations of many Latin American countries provide ample opportunity for an overdue reassessment of North-South relationships. This is not just an academic exercise. So much of what happens in one nation in this hemisphere affects others. Migration, drugs, crime, energy and trade are at the top of this list. A new report by the Brookings Institution's Partnership for the Americas Commission makes s ...

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