Latin America Initiative

Chile is, along with Colombia, the country better prepared in fiscal terms to deal with a GDP crisis.

The reconciliation between Cuba and Miami-based Cubans has largely proceeded along generational lines. Younger Cuban-Americans and more recent Cuban arrivals are less likely to favour strict U.S. policies against Cuba.

I think [the Summit of the Americas] is an opportunity for [Obama and Castro] and the whole region to stand up and applaud them for taking the steps they are taking, to put the cold war hostility behind them and to engage each other as neighbors and have a mutually respectful dialogue. It's about time we do that.

Several years ago [Cuba] began a process of change that would liberalize the economy and move from a heavily centrally planned economy to something a little more hybrid. A socialist economy with elements of what you might call capitalism but has a long ways to go.