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Hondura’s Zelaya to meet with Clinton

Tom Testa — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:24:08 +0000

Zelaya

Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya is slated to meet with Secretary of State Clinton in Washington before a second try at returing to power. Experts like David Scott Palmer, a professor of international relations and author of “U.S. Relations with Latin America during the Clinton Years,” suggest Zelaya’s attempts to return to Honduras would complicate what U.S. and Latin American diplomats are trying to accomplish in the region.

Professor Palmer can be reached for comment at (617) 353-9388 or dspalmer@bu.edu

A new foreign policy in Latin America?

Tom Testa — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:01:02 +0000

Saturday’s meeting between President Obam and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, could pave the way for a new foreign policy in Latin America. It’s a new alliances, according to Jeffrey Rubin, professor of history and an expert on Latin American foreign policy, “between two presidents who broke centuries-old barriers of race and privilege in their respective countries simply by assuming office.” Professor Rubin’s complete preview of this Saturday’s meeting was published in a recent Christian Science Monitor op-ed.