Latin America: Official U.S. Policy


Official U.S. Policy
Websites	research in progress
Andean Regional Initiative (ARI) (English) (Español) U.S. Department of State fact sheet regarding approval of President Bush's 2002 budget for assistance in the Andean region, and 2001 & 2002 reports. Página del Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos que contiene artículos, transcripciones, y links de interés relacionados con la política exterior de Estados Unidos hacia la region andina.
Andean Counterdrug Initiative (ACI) (English) (Español) U.S. Department of State fact sheet regarding approval of President Bush's 2005 budget for assistance in the Andean region. Página del Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos que contiene artículos, transcripciones, y links de interés recientes, relacionados con la política exterior de Estados Unidos hacia la region andina.
U.S. Department of State: Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba U.S. Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba to explore ways we can help hasten and ease Cuba's democratic transition.
US Department of State: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices Official reports submitted annually by the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Congress that detail internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set forth in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
US Department of State: Human Rights General Policy Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor section of the U.S. State Department website with country reports, policy statements, and practical information
US Department of State: International Information Programs: The Americas (English) (Español) Official website with information and news regarding the Americas. Página oficial con información y noticias sobre América Latina.
US Southern Command SOUTHCOM, site of US Army operations in Latin America, site includes mission statement for the region.
Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation Chartered by the U. S. Congress, WHINSEC is a one-of-a-kind institute that provides professional education and training for civilian, military and law enforcement students from nations throughout the Western Hemisphere.

Articles, Book Chapters, and Conference Papers	research in progress
Ahart, John and Gerald Stiles. "The Military's Entry into Air Interdiction of Drug Trafficking from South America," Santa Monica, CA (1991).
Browning Judith A. (Col, USA). "The Andean Strategy: America's Drug Bust?," Carlisle Barracks, PA, Army War College, April 1992.
Einaudi, Luigi R. "The Politics of Security in the Western Hemisphere," Parameters, (Winter, 1996-97): 13-25. Available at (9-7-2004): http://carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/Parameters/96winter/enaudi.htm
Isacson, Adam, Joy Olson and Lisa Haugaard. "Blurring the Lines: Trends in U.S. Military Programs with Latin America," LAWGEF, CIP, WOLA, Washington, D.C., 2004. Available at (10-19-2004): http://www.wola.org/military/blurringthelinesfinal.pdf
Isacson, Adam. "U.S. Counter-Drug Assistance to Latin America: A Program-by-Program Overview," Washington Office on Latin America (July, 2002). Available at: http://www.wola.org/publications/ddhr_military_overview.pdf
Grosso, Julio Eneas (Capt, Argentine Navy). "Counternarcotic Efforts in the Southern Cone," Naval War College, Strategy and Campaign Development Report, Nweport, RI (June, 1990).
Haugaard, Lisa. "Declassified Army and CIA Manuals Used in Latin America," Latin American Working Group, Washington, DC, (1997). Available at (2-20-2006): http://www.lawg.org/misc/Publications-manuals.htm
Howard, Clyde I. "U.S. Military Intervention in Latin America: Past and Future," Naval War College, Newport, RI (May 17, 1999).
Latin America Working Group Education Fund. Page on the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (Former School of the Americas), Fort Benning, Georgia. Available at (11-25-2003): http://www.ciponline.org/facts/soa.htm
McCoy, Katherine E. "Trained to Torture? The Human Rights Effects of Military Training at the School of the Americas," Latin American Perspectives, 32, 6 (2005): 47-64. Available at (11-7-2005): http://lap.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/32/6/47
McNeil, Frank. "In Search of Security: Latin America, the Caribbean and the United States," Working Papers Series, 16, North-South Center, University of Miami (2003). Available at (8-31-2004): http://www.miami.edu/nsc/publications/pubs-WP-pdf/WP16.pdf
Pastor, Robert A. "George Bush and Latin America: The Pragmatic Style and the Regionalist Option," in Kenneth Oye, R. Lieber y D. Rothchild, eds., Eagle in a New World. American Strategy in the Post-Cold War Era, Harper Collin Publishers, New York (1992): 361-387.
Quintero, Linda M. (LtCol, USAF). "The U. S. Drug War in Latin America: Time for a New Approach," Air War College, Maxwell AFB, AL (1995).
Semrau, William J. (Lt. Comdr., USCG). "Shift in the National Drug Strategy: Implications for the SOUTHCOM AOR," Naval War College, Newport, RI (June, 1994).
Sikkink, Kathryn. "Chapter Three," in Cynthia J. Arnson, (ed.), Argentina-United States Bilateral Relations: An Historical Perspective and Future Challenges, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C. (2003): 37-42. Available at (3-3-2005): http://wwics.si.edu/topics/pubs/LAP_argentina.pdf
Sutherland, Bruce R. "A Southern Command Military Campaign Against Drug Operations," Maxwell AFB, AL (May, 1989). (Air University (U.S.), Air College, Defense analytical study).
U.S. Department of State. "Supporting Human Rights in Latin America: The U.S. Record 2003-2004 (Western Hemisphere)." Available at (9-9-2004): http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/31170.pdf
U.S. Department of State. "International Narcotics Control Strategy Report," (March, 2002). Available at: http://www.state.gov/g/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2001/rpt/8477.htm
U.S. General Accounting Office. "Foreign Assistance. US Rule of Law Assistance to Five Latin American Countries," Report to Congressional Requesters, Washington, DC (1999). Available at (6-18-2004): www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO/NSIAD-99-195
Vickers, George R. "Human Rights and Military Conduct: A Progress Report," Joint Force Quarterly (Autumn, 2000): 51-57. Available (8-4-2005): http://www.dtic.mil/doctrine/jel/jfq_pubs/1126.pdf
Youngers, Coletta A. "Collateral Damage: U.S. Drug Control in the Andes," Washington Office on Latin America (December, 2002). Available at: http://www.wola.org/publications/ddhr_andes_brief_text.htm

Books and Monographs	research in progress
Armony, Ariel. Argentina, the United States, and the Anti-communist Crusade in Central America, 1977-1984, Ohio University Press, Athens, USA, 1997.
Chamorro, Edgar. Packaging the Contras: A Case of CIA Disinformation, Institute of Media Analysis, New York, USA, 1987.
Fernández, Wilson. El Gran Culpable: La Responsabilidad de los Estados Unidos en el Proceso Militar Uruguayo, Ediciones Atenea, Montevideo, Uruguay, 1986.
Hamman, Henry, ed. Setting the North-South Agenda: United States-Latin American Relations in the 1990s, University of Miami, North-South Center Press, 1991.
Jorge, Antonio, ed. Economic Development and Social Change: United States-Latin American Relations in the 1990s, University of Miami, North-South Center Press, 1992.
Mabry, Donald J., ed. The Latin American Narcotics Trade and U.S. National Security, Greenwood Press, New York, 1989.
Manwaring, Max G., (ed.). Security and Civil-Military Relations in the New World Disorder: The Use of Armed Forces in the Americas, September, 1999. Available at (8-4-2005): http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ssi/pdffiles/PUB32.pdf
Martz, John D., ed. United States Policy in Latin America: a Decade of Challenge and Crisis, University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, NE, 1995.
McSherry J. Patrice. Predatory States: Operation Condor and Covert War in Latin America, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2005.
Pérez, Louis A. Cuba and the United States: Ties of Singular Intimacy, University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, 2003.
Roncken, Theo. La Lucha contra las Drogas y la Proyección Militar de Estados Unidos. Centros Operativos de Avanzada en América Latina y el Caribe, Ediciones ABYA-YALA, TNI, Acción Andina Bolivia, 2004.
Sikkink, Kathryn. Mixed Signals: U.S. Human Rights Policy and Latin America, Cornell University Press, 2004.
USAID. Office of Democracy and Governance. Guidance for Promoting Judicial Independence and Impartiality, Technical Publication Series, Washington, DC, November, 2001. Available at (10-15-2003): http://www.usaid.gov/democracy/pdfs/pnacm003.pdf
U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. The Andean Drug Strategy and the Role of the U.S. Military; Proceedings of a Seminar Held by the Congressional Research Service, GPO, Washington, 1990.
U.S. Congress. House Committee on Government Operations. United States Anti-Narcotics Activities in the Andean Region, GPO, Washington, 1990.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on International Relations. A Review of President Clinton's Certification Program for Narcotics Producing and Transit Countries in Latin America, Washington, GPO, 1995.

Documents
Congressional Research Service. "Latin America and the Caribbean: Issues for the 108th Congress," by Mark Sullivan, J. F. Hornbeck, Nina Serafino, Larry Storrs and Maureen Taft-Morales (February 28, 2003). Available at (5-23-2005): http://guatemala.usembassy.gov/wwwflatam108congress.pdf
Congressional Research Service. "US Army School of the Americas: Background and Congressional Concerns," by Richard M. Grimmett and Mark P. Sullivan (April 16, 2001). Available at (5-23-2005): http://www.usfca.edu/library/govdocs/PDFs/crssoa.pdf