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The Latin American Studies Association vs. the United States: The Verdict of History
Academic questions, Vol.7(3), pp.40-55
07/01/1994
Abstract
An analysis of the resolutions, reports, & other official declarations of the 3,000-member strong Latin American Studies Assoc (LASA) suggests that Latin Americanists generally have shown a poor understanding of the nature of the two regimes closely allied to those that once made up the Soviet bloc: Castro's Cuba & Sandinista Nicaragua. LASA missed, misread, or ignored the internal structures of repression & the supporting roles of these regimes during the Cold war. By overlooking, if not denying outright, that the USSR was using Cuba & Nicaragua for its own purposes in a global struggle with the US, LASA was led into assuming an ill-conceived & irresponsible stance of intransigent opposition to US policies in Latin America. Modified AA
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- Title
- The Latin American Studies Association vs. the United States: The Verdict of History
- Publication Details
- Academic questions, Vol.7(3), pp.40-55
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publisher
- Springer Verlag for the National Association of Scholars (NAS)
- Copyright
- © Springer Verlag
- Identifiers
- 99380171564506600
- Academic Unit
- College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Humanities; Reubin O'D. Askew Department of Government
- Language
- English