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Improving Commerce and Security in the Americas: A Civitas Outlook Symposium
Contributors:
Hérnan Bonilla “The Twilight of Free Trade”
Alejandro Chafuen “Enhancing Trade, Peace, and Security in the Americas: The Role of Think Tanks”
Samuel Gregg “A US Trade Strategy for Latin America”
G. Patrick Lynch “The Young Americas Need Each Other”
Leonidas Zelmanovitz “Love, Hedges, and Bad Neighborhoods”
Questions of trade, immigration, crime, and international security, among other issues, currently mark the United States’ relationships with Central and Latin American nations. Much of the dialogue in the US on these issues brings to bear justifiable concern for security and worry that the problems plaguing our neighbors in this region will overflow to the US. What are the possible ways to increase prospects for peace, commerce, and flourishing? We’ve asked five people from the US and Latin America who deal with these issues to offer ideas.
Hérnan Bonilla “The Twilight of Free Trade”
Alejandro Chafuen “Enhancing Trade, Peace, and Security in the Americas: The Role of Think Tanks”
Samuel Gregg “A US Trade Strategy for Latin America”
G. Patrick Lynch “The Young Americas Need Each Other”
Leonidas Zelmanovitz “Love, Hedges, and Bad Neighborhoods”
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