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Tuesday, 23 April 2013

Anti-Americanism in Latin America isn’t what you think.

Anti-American graffiti in Caracas, Venezuela

Contrary to commonly held views Latin Americans are not strongly anti-American. According to the attached report: “Latin American citizens today are not overwhelmingly anti-American…Clear majorities of respondents in nearly every Latin American country hold positive opinions of the United States. Even more surprising, many of the countries where U.S. intervention has been most frequent and dramatic (e.g., the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama) are also the countries where mass opinions about the U.S. are most favorable.” Reason: economic ties. Read the full report.

http://www.americasquarterly.org/gringo-stay-here

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