Lecture Outline Menu-

1. Introduction: Perspectives on Latin-American U.S. Relations

2. The Evolution of U.S.-Latin-America Policy
a. From Monroe to Franklin Roosevelt
b. From Imperialists to Good neighbors

3. The Cold War
a. The Assumptions Underlying the Cold War
b. Cold War Interventions and Latin America's Response

4. The U.S. and Latin America in the Post-Cold War Era: Bi-polarity to Multi-polarity

5. Governmental and Non-Governmental Policy Actors

6. Policy Issues
a. U.S. Policy Towards Cuba
b. Economic Policy
c. Democracy and Human rights
d. Immigration Policy
e. "The War on Drugs"

7. Conclusions: U.S. Policy in the Post-Cold War Era--Adjusting Means to New Realities