The Road to Our America: the United States in Latin America and the Caribbean

2000 ◽  
pp. 41-62
Author(s):  
Laurie Johnston
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Latin America ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Road ◽  
The Caribbean

US election could affect remittances to Latin America

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
The United States ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
Low Income Families

Subject Growing remittances to Latin America. Significance Family remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have been growing strongly in a year when immigration has become a central and controversial election issue in the United States. Impacts Strong remittance growth will have a positive impact on millions of low-income families in the region. A Trump presidency could lead to reduced LAC-US migration and a tax on remittances, probably slowing growth in 2017-18. LAC migrants and their families are set to benefit further from an expected continuing fall in sending costs.

Latin America and the United Nations

1965 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 714-727
Author(s):  
Bryce Wood ◽  
Minerva Morales M.
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Latin America ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Latin American ◽  
The United States ◽  
League Of Nations ◽  
Latin Americans ◽  
American States ◽  
International Bureaucracy ◽  
The Caribbean

When the governments of the Latin American states were taking part in the negotiations leading to the founding of the UN, they could hardly have done so with nostalgic memories of the League of Nations. The League had provided no protection to the Caribbean countries from interventions by the United States, and, largely because of United States protests, it did not consider the Tacna-Arica and Costa Rica-Panama disputes in the early 1920's. Furthermore, Mexico had not been invited to join; Brazil withdrew in 1926; and Argentina and Peru took little part in League affairs. The organization was regarded as being run mainly for the benefit of European states with the aid of what Latin Americans called an “international bureaucracy,” in which citizens from the southern hemisphere played minor roles. The United States was, of course, not a member, and both the reference to the Monroe Doctrine by name in Article 21 of the Covenant and the organization's practice of shunning any attempt to interfere in inter-American affairs against the wishes of the United States made the League in its first decade a remote and inefficacious institution to countries that were seriously concerned about domination by Washington.

Nursing Education and International Health in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean

1998 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria da Gloria Miotto Wright ◽  
Charles Godue ◽  
Maricel Manfredi ◽  
Denise M. Korniewicz
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
International Health ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Caribbean

The New Nationalism in Latin America

1973 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-90
Author(s):  
Arthur P. Whitaker
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Other ◽  
Cuban Missile Crisis ◽  
Military Force ◽  
Latin Americans ◽  
Other Hand ◽  
The Caribbean

Russia'S new naval presence in the Caribbean creates a situation somewhat like the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. This time, however, the problem confronting the United States, though less urgent, is more difficult in the sense that it is more complex. Its complexity arises mainly from the fact that, as regards the Latin Americans, Russia's main objective must be political. Its use of military force to coerce them is out of the question, and the scale of its trade with all of them except Cuba is too small to provide economic leverage. On the other hand, its naval penetration of the Caribbean could reasonably be expected to help promote Soviet prestige and political influence throughout Latin America.

scholarly journals Adults with Congenital Heart Disease in the Americas - Where we are today and where we are heading: A General View of the Inter-American Adult Congenital Heart Disease Council

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
John Jairo Araujo ◽  
John Jairo Araujo
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
Latin America ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Congenital Heart ◽  
Adult Congenital Heart Disease ◽  
The United States ◽  
General View ◽  
Adult Congenital ◽  
The Caribbean

Congenital heart disease (CHD) in America has a global prevalence of 8-13 cases per 1,000 live births, with close to 45% being of medium and high complexity. Mortality continues to be high in Latin America and the Caribbean, with wide disparities in care, compared to North American countries. Fifty years ago, only 15% of children with CHD survived to age 18. Today, survival is greater than 90% in most countries worldwide. Currently, there are 2.2 million adults with congenital heart disease in the United States, with more than 1.8 million in South America. According to the Adult Congenital Heart Association, fewer than 10% of adults with congenital heart disease are estimated to be under specialized care, and more than 200 regional centers would be needed in the United States to meet the needs of this rapidly growing population. However, there are only 35 accredited programs in a total of 23 states. The scenario for Latin America and the Caribbean is bleaker and more distant, needing at least 249 programs, but lacking a formal census of centers and having few cardiologists who are experts in adult congenital heart disease. At the same time, there are insufficient paediatric cardiovascular centers. Thus, these countries have a double problem (children and adults with congenital heart disease, at the same time). In 2018, the Inter-American Society of Cardiology´s Inter-American Congenital Heart Disease Council was founded, which is working on various inter-American projects seeking to improve health care for adults with congenital heart disease.

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