Latin America must top the next US president’s agenda

Though Iraq and the US economy have dominated the US presidential race, Latin America presents important challenges for the next president to solve. Assuming Barack Obama wins the election in November, this is the inaugural speech he should give next January.

My fellow Americans, I turn now to the problems within our own hemisphere. In some parts of the world, in recent years, we have tried to do too much. In Latin America, we have done too little. With our attention focused elsewhere, anti-American forces have moved in to fill the vacuum. Today we have little to build on, and few friends in the continent. Yet I have promised change, US citizens have voted for change, and change is what I intend to bring about.”*

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