Peter Hakim (born c. 1942) is president emeritus and senior fellow of the Inter-American Dialogue, a Washington-based think tank on Western Hemisphere affairs. He served as president of the Dialogue from 1993 to 2010.[1] (wikipedia)
an economic liberal with a big heart. He has been our guide for 17 years and we expect him to continue making enormous contributions.
Argentina has challenged the international community much more than other countries have dared to.
That didn't work very well for the administration of Fox. There is no question that Mexico was hoping for a lot more. It did not come away a winner from the United States over the past years.
That is a dream that has been shattered, evaporated.
Nobody who sat across the negotiating table from the United States came out of the talks feeling they got a fair deal. And many feel they've been outright cheated.
It's certainly somewhat of a disappointment. This had been the planned time. But I think it is a momentary setback more than anything long term. And I think the Democrats were wrong to oppose CAFTA in the first place, and wrong to take pleasure in this setback.
This is much more about politics than economics.
What we do not know is how he will govern. There is a big difference between a candidate and a president.
All of a sudden, Latin America is saying that the U.S. is not playing by the same rules as everyone else and this provokes an underlying distrust of the U.S..
Years later, the US and Latin America are at the lowest point in their relationship since the Cold War.
