I'm a little bit all over the place. I'm interested what the impact our president have on our policies. I'm interested what the United State's effect on developing countries has been since World War II and I'm interested in our future policies. To continue my research I decided to focus on Latin America because that's the region I've grown the most interested in after classes and travel. I found a website devoted to the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs (WHA). This is a regional focus of the United States policies, but referring to the U.S's geographic position ones that should be very important. According to their website the WHA's mission is to promote economic growth through free trade (coughCubacough), spread democracy, and improve the well-being of people. On paper this seems like an incredible mission, but I'm slightly skeptical. Do we promote free trade to generate economic growth in other countries or only our own? It seems the focus is economic, political, and one that focuses on human rights. This bureau has given me a focus. Obviously the Western Hemisphere is large. This bureau deals with Canada, Peru, and Brazil, all very different countries with different economic capacity. I'm interested how the policies differ between countries and how similar the U.S.'s actions are compared to their published missions, hence my sarcasm towards Cuba which hasn't experienced free trade with the U.S. in over 30 years.
"About Us." U.S. Department of State. U.S. Department of State. Web. 13 Mar. 2012. <http://www.state.gov/p/wha/about/>.
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