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This two-credit course examines current U.S. foreign policy towards Latin America allowing students to go beyond “sound bites” and trace how U.S. policy towards the region shifted and diversified after the end of the Cold War and turned more inward after 9-11. The course begins at the fall of the Berlin Wall, examining distinct policy directions to reframe relations towards free trade, economic cooperation and democracy, while seemingly overwhelmed by domestic pressures reshaping drug and immigration policies in security terms, today simplified by one presidential candidate as fixable by building a “wall”. Students will discuss the role played by changes within Latin America itself, its political maturation (e.g. aging guerillas), as well as growing violence and crime. Despite perceived negative security trends, students will examine how the United States is achieving an opening towards Cuba and support for peace negotiations in Colombia. <a href="http://bit.ly/1bebp5s" target="_blank">Click here to see evaluations, syllabi, and faculty bios</a>