The Bilateral Road: Canada and Latin America in the 1980s

Murray, Dian

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“…The move was a prelude to an expansion of Canadian aid, and set a precedent for Canada' s preference for aid disbursement through multi-lateral agencies. 29 The most significant government initiative stemming from the report' s recommendations was undertaken in 1972 as weil. Canada applied for, and was granted, observer status in the OAS.…”

Section: -1979: the Third Option And Central Americamentioning

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Quiet Diplomacy or Quiet Acquiescence?

Huard

1988

Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies

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Cet article a été écrit au moment où l'administration Reagan semblait déterminée à tenter un ultime effort pour déloger les Sandinistes. Cet article entre en contradiction avec ceux qui critiquent 1 'échec du gouvernement canadien à censurer le déploiement militaire américain au Honduras. Il soutient que le Canada était une fois de plus dans un état de servilité vis-à-vis les Etats-Unis en ce qui concerne l'Amérique Centrale. Dans une tentative pour inscrire l'engagement canadien en Amérique Centrale dans un contexte historique, cet article identifie trois périodes de la présence canadienne dans la région : 1945-1968, 1968-1979 et 1979 au début de 1988. Il soutient que le Canada considère 1 'origine des problèmes dans cette région différemment des Etats-Unis et qu'il a élaboré un ensemble de mesures pour traiter avec cette région. Mal$,ré cela, la négligence dont le Canada a fait preuve dans cette région a entraîné 1 échec de gouvernements successifs à vzvre en accord avec leur propre déclaration de principes.L'article soutient que si le Canada espère jouer un rôle significatif dans tout processus de paix en Amérique Centrale, sa crédibilité sera accrue, non par une critique ouverte de la politique américaine, ce qui serait inefficace, mais plutôt par l'application logique et rationnelle d'une politique canadienne indépendante.Abstract. This article was written at a time when the Reagan administration appeared determined ta make a last ditch effort ta dislodge the Sandinistas. The paper takes issue with those who criticized the Canadian government's failure ta censure the American military display in Honduras and argued that Canada was once again "kow-towing" ta the United States in Central America.In an attempt ta place Canadian involvement in Central America in an historical context, this article identifies three periods of Canadian relations in the region: 1945-68; 1968-79; and 1979 ta early 1988. I contend that Canada views the roots of the region's problems different/y than the United States, and has developed a different set of policies for dealing with the area. Despite this, Canadian neglect in the region has meant that successive governments have failed ta live up ta the potential of their own declaration of princip/es. The paper argues that if Canada hopes ta play a meaningful raie in any Central American peace process, its credibility will be increased not by overt criticism of American policy, which can be counter-productive, but through rational and consistent implementation of independent Canadian policies.

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Quiet Diplomacy or Quiet Acquiescence?

Huard

1988

Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies

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The United States and Canada: State Policy and Strategic Perspectives on Capital in Central America

Petras¹,

Morley²

1985

IDS Bulletin

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Central America has been directly affected by the crisis of US hegemony on a world scale and the global economic crisis. The latter has exacerbated many existing regional problems; for example, rocketing interest rates have had serious impacts on debt payments, and the decline of markets for the area's raw materials has coincided with a rise in protectionist policies in the industrialised West. The result has been to limit the export of industrial goods from Central America on the one hand and to contract investment surpluses, especially in open economies, on the other. Externally, Central America has been defined by the Reagan administration as an arena for recouping US global supremacy through military confrontation and victory. This, in turn, is used to justify the rise in military expenditures and the interventionist behaviour which characterises Washington's New Cold War policy. This article presents a comparative analysis of the United States and Canadian economic interests and state policies with respect to Central America. For the purposes of this article, Central America refers to El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua. United States and Central America: the economic dimension Although the internal politics of the Central American region have been fraught with instability, diverse sectors of US capital have had no difficulty adjusting their interests over time. While the types, scope and direction of capital flows have varied-beginning with direct investment in agriculture and mining, followed by manufacturing, financial loan capital, state and international bank capital-there has been no significant rupture or division among them regarding US policy, or their relations with dictatorial regimes. During the post-World War I period, the United States displaced Britain as the dominant economic power in Central America.

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Review of Recent Literature on Canadian-Latin American Relations

Mount

Mahant

1985

J. inter-Am. stud. world aff.

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In 1976, Macmillan of Canada published the first recent book-length study of Canadian-Latin American relations, Gringos from the Far North: Essays in the History of Canadian-Latin American Relations, 1866-1968, by Professor J.C.M. Ogelsby of the University of Western Ontario (1976a). Ogelsby deals with interactions between the residents of Canada and those of the Latin American republics – diplomatic, trade, business and religious relations; he includes subjects such as the emigration of Canadian Mennonites to South America. Ogelsby, who consulted Canadian and Spanish-American archives and travelled to the scenes of many of the events he describes, sets a standard for others in the field.

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The Bilateral Road: Canada and Latin America in the 1980s

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Quiet Diplomacy or Quiet Acquiescence?

Quiet Diplomacy or Quiet Acquiescence?

The United States and Canada: State Policy and Strategic Perspectives on Capital in Central America

Review of Recent Literature on Canadian-Latin American Relations

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