Why Good Neighbors Must Get Together
THE economic and financial policy-makers of the U.S. and the 20 Latin American states meet next week in Rio de Janeiro for a conference that will have serious implications for the future relations between the U.S. and its neighbors. At issue is how much help, and what kind of help, the needy countries south of the border can expect from the U.S.
The Latin Americans bring with them eager hopes for sweeping changes in U.S. trade and investment policieschanges that would mean U.S. loans to produce more industrialization, more...