Cooperation and Prosperity of the Americas Initiative
Puerto Rico and Opportunities for Increased Partnership, Collaboration, and Stability for the People of the Americas
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13004372 |
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| Authors | Richard A Figueroa (United States Department of State, corresponding author), Jason Hagadorn (United States Department of State) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 137-151 |
| Publication date | 2011-11-10 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Latin American Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2041-7373 • E-ISSN: 2041-7365 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.2041-7373.2011.00037.x |
| OpenAlex | W1575890581 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
The U.S. government's efforts to redefine policy toward Latin America, and to counter the image that it is doing little more than fighting drug trafficking, would be boosted if it embraced cooperation with its territory in the Caribbean: Puerto Rico. Despite years of disagreement and distrust between federal and Puerto Rican political leaders, it is time to refocus on how the island's developed infrastructure, educated population, demonstrated patriotism to the United States, and cultural affinity with Latin America can help U.S.–Latin America policy. Puerto Rico is an ideal location from which to send emergency and humanitarian assistance to the region and to establish training centers to assist in building judicial and other democratic institutions in Latin America. As important, federal and local cooperation in the national security sphere will improve economic and social conditions on an island fighting crime and chronic underemployment
Development economics · Distrust · Economic growth · General partnership · Government (linguistics · Latin Americans · Political science · Politics · Population · Prosperity · Sociology · Cuban History and Society · Latin American and Latino Studies · Law · Public Administration
| Highly cited | No |
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