An Aspect of United States Policy in Latin America: The Latin American Diplomats' View

A number of chapters—some definitive, others suggestive—have already appeared to afford us a clearer picture of the reception of United States writers and writings in Latin America. Studies on Franklin, Poe, Longfellow, and Whitman provide reasonably good coverage on major representative figures of our earlier literary years. There are other nineteenth-century writers, however, who deserve more extended treatment than that given in the summary and bibliographical studies available to date. A growing body of data may soon make possible the addition of several significant chapters with which to round out this period in the history of inter-American literary relations. Bryant and Dickinson will be the only poets to call for any specific attention. Fiction writers will prove more numerous. Irving, Cooper, Hawthorne, Hearn, Hart, Melville, and Twain will figure in varying degrees of prominence. Of these, some like Irving and Cooper early captured the Latin American imagination; others like Hawthorne, and particularly Melville, were to remain virtually unknown until our day. Paine and Prescott and Mann will represent yet other facets of American letters and thought.

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The Epidemiology of Drug Promotion

International Journal of Health Services ◽

10.2190/h24y-5g12-42wx-q31v ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 157-166 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Milton Silverman

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Latin America ◽

Latin American ◽

Prescription Drugs ◽

The United States ◽

Corporate Ethics ◽

Social Responsibilities ◽

The One ◽

Global Company ◽

Latin American Countries

A survey was conducted on the promotion of 28 prescription drugs in the form of 40 different products marketed in the United States and Latin America by 23 multinational pharmaceutical companies. Striking differences were found in the manner in which the identical drug, marketed by the identical company or its foreign affiliate, was described to physicians in the United States and to physicians in Latin America. In the United States, the listed indications were usually few in number, while the contraindications, warnings, and potential adverse reactions were given in extensive detail. In Latin America, the listed indications were far more numerous, while the hazards were usually minimized, glossed over, or totally ignored. The differences were not simply between the United States on the one hand and all the Latin American countries on the other. There were substantial differences within Latin America, with the same global company telling one story in Mexico, another in Central America, a third in Ecuador and Colombia, and yet another in Brazil. The companies have sought to defend these practices by contending that they are not breaking any Latin American laws. In some countries, however, such promotion is in clear violation of the law. The corporate ethics and social responsibilities concerned here call for examination and action.

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Imperial routes, national networks and regional projects in the Pan-American Highway, 1884–1977

The Journal of Transport History ◽

10.1177/0022526616654699 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 37 (2) ◽

pp. 129-154 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rosa E. Ficek

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Latin America ◽

Latin American ◽

Cultural Difference ◽

The United States ◽

Government Officials ◽

Pan American ◽

National Networks ◽

Planning And Construction ◽

Regional Projects

This article discusses the planning and construction of the Pan-American Highway by focusing on interactions among engineers, government officials, manufacturers, auto enthusiasts, and road promoters from the United States and Latin America. It considers how the Pan-American Highway was made by projects to extend U.S. influence in Latin America but also by Latin American nationalist and regionalist projects that put forward alternative ideas about social and cultural difference—and cooperation—across the Americas. The transnational negotiations that shaped the Pan-American Highway show how roads, as they bring people and places into contact with each other, mobilize diverse actors and projects that can transform the geography and meaning of these technologies.

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Major Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Latin America: A Comparison with the United States. The Latin American Consortium of Studies in Obesity (LASO)

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0054056 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. e54056 ◽

Cited By ~ 67

Author(s):

J. Jaime Miranda ◽

Victor M. Herrera ◽

Julio A. Chirinos ◽

Luis F. Gómez ◽

Pablo Perel ◽

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Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Risk Factors ◽

Latin America ◽

Cardiovascular Risk ◽

Cardiovascular Risk Factors ◽

Latin American ◽

The United States

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The Issue of Religious Liberty in the United States Commercial Treaty with Colombia, 1824

The Americas A Quarterly Review of Latin American History ◽

10.2307/980079 ◽

1970 ◽

Vol 26 (3) ◽

pp. 291-301

Author(s):

Wilkins B. Winn

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Latin America ◽

Latin American ◽

The United States ◽

Religious Liberty ◽

Latin American Nation ◽

Secretary Of State ◽

The Republic ◽

American Nation

The Republic of Colombia was the first Latin American nation to which the United States extended a formal act of recognition in 1822. This country was also the first of these new republics with which the United States negotiated a treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation. The importance of incorporating the principle of religious liberty in our first commercial treaty with Latin America was revealed in the emphasis that John Quincy Adams, Secretary of State, placed on it in his initial instructions to Richard Clough Anderson, Jr., Minister Plenipotentiary to Colombia. Religious liberty was one of the specific articles stipulated by Adams for insertion in the prospective commercial treaty.

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