Soviet-Latin American Relations in the 1980s

ISBN-13: 9780367288457 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 290 str.

Augusto Varas

Opis

In this volume, Latin American scholars provide case studies of the economic, political, and military influence of the Soviets in Latin America, analyzing the dynamics of relations with the Soviet Union from a historical perspective.

Spis treści

Introduction -- A Regional Outlook -- Soviet–Latin American Relations Under the U.S. Regional Hegemony -- Soviet Academic Views on the Caribbean and Central America -- Soviets and Insurgents in Latin America: A Third World View -- Case Studies -- Soviet Military Assistance to Cuba and Nicaragua, 1980–1984 -- Cuban-Soviet Relations in the New International Setting -- Relations Between Nicaragua and the Socialist Countries -- From Hostility to Partnership: The New Character of Argentine-Soviet Relations -- Mexican-Soviet Relations -- Relations Between Peru and the Socialist Countries -- Brazil and the Soviet Union: A Low-Profile Relationship -- Diplomatic, Economic, and Cultural Linkages Between Costa Rica and the Soviet Union

O autorze

Augusto Varas is a political sociologist and international relations analyst at the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales in Santiago, Chile. He is the author of Militarization and the International Arms Race in Latin America (Westview, 1985).