Abstract

The refugee crisis at the US Southern Border is due to multiple compounding factors: Latin America’s over-reliance on commodities, failure to economically diversify to innovation, and a lack of coherent US strategic engagement with the region. The situation is hemispheric; imploding states and a serious humanitarian calamity loom ever larger on the southern horizon. Since this represents a long-term problem requiring strategic and sustainable development initiatives, a new Alliance for Progress for the 21st Century is proposed which will build partnerships to advance innovation-driven development across the region.

Publication Date

11-7-2019

Journal Title

Stars and Stripes

Document Type

Commentary

Additional Information

This article was originally published on Stars and Stripes at https://www.stripes.com/opinion/investment-in-latin-america-will-limit-migration-north-1.606412

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