Juggling demands: Canadian health aid to Latin America since World War II.

[Reluctant partner: Canada's relationship with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)].

Despite a strong commitment to multilateralism and international health cooperation in the post World War II era, Canada refrained form joining the Pan American Health Organization - PAHO until 1971. Drawing on letters and memos sent between Canadian diplomats and government representatives, this paper explores official Canadian accounts of the factors that delayed Canada's membership in PAHO. ...

A Qualitative Content Analysis of US Foreign Policy towards Cuba during Barack Obama’s Administration: Hegemony or Leadership?

The United States’ relations with Cuba are rooted in the US intervention in the process of Cuba’s independence from Spain in the 1890s. The US preserved its interest-based approach towards Cuba during the first half of the 20th century, which culminated in the Cuba’s counter-hegemonic revolution in 1959. This revolution led to more than fifty years of hostility between two countries, which took...

International health, the early cold war and Latin America.

This article offers a panoramic vision of the development of international health in Latin America during the late 1940s and the 1950s, when a series of bilateral and multilateral institutions, such as the World Health Organization and UNICEF, were founded and reshaped. The language, policies, and activities of these new institutional actors were heavily influenced by the context of the early C...

Early Childhood in Latin America and the Caribbean: Challenges and Opportunities

Latin America and the Caribbean is a dynamic and culturally, economically and ethnically diverse region, including countries at different stages of political and economic development. The region’s population has nearly trebled since the Second World War, reaching 459 million in 1993 (Grant, 1995). Latin America as a whole has shifted from a continent largely populated by villagers to one of peo...

American Self-Identification: A Strategy of Maintenance