The American foreign policy for Latin America in the period 2001-2014
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The paper analyzes the behavior of the United States, particularly its status as an international power in charge of maintaining order and international security, during the transition between the governments of George Bush and Barack Obama. fte political tradition states that the country should maintain a strong position in order to safeguard equilibrium in the international system. However, two confronting theories emerge when it comes to resolving a dilemma of international character. On one hand, Mearsheimer, offensive realism theorist, proposes a context in which states are always in competition due to the existence of an unbalanced international system; the liberal trend leaded by Ikemberry. On the other hand, notes that the liberal international order, proposed by the United States, should not be defined as a scheme of radical competition but quite the opposite, namely, a space for international cooperation aiming to reduce international tension. Is in this latter frame that the United States could set a course of action regarding Latin America.
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