Andres Oppenheimer: What Obama Didn't Say About Latin America Andres Oppenheimer - The Miami Herald
go to original May 11, 2013

I’ve read with great attention President Obama’s article in The Miami Herald earlier this week on how to improve U.S. relations with Latin America. It was pretty disappointing.

The article, headlined "Improving our Partnership" and published after Obama’s return from a trip to Mexico and Costa Rica, says that "this is a moment of great promise for our hemisphere" and is full of feel-good talk about the future of the Americas.

But, sadly, it showed the absence of any U.S. plans to drastically expand trade ties with Latin America — like the Obama administration has done with Asia and Europe — or any sign that, in his second term, Obama will pay greater attention to this hemisphere.

Before we get into what Obama should do, let’s take a quick look at the facts.

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