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Latin American Program in the News: Saga Snowden: on ne provoque pas Washington impunément

Cindy Arnson

Cynthia J. Arnson comments on the impact upon US relations with Latin American countries that offer asylum to Edward Snowden. This article is in French.

[...] Vexé par la fuite de son ex-agent, Washington a aussi mis en garde des Etats d'Amérique latine susceptible de lui offrir l'asile politique, dont les parangons de "l'anti-impérialisme américain": Equateur, Venezuela ou Cuba.  "Pour l'Equateur et le Venezuela, il y a la volonté, voire l'envie, de jeter du sable à la figure de l'Oncle Sam", constate Cynthia Arnson, directrice du programme Amérique latine au Woodrow Wilson International Center. Aux yeux de la spécialiste, il y aurait alors un "coût très direct" pour les relations avec les Etats-Unis, avec peut-être "l'expulsion de l'ambassadeur équatorien" et "un coup d'arrêt" à l'amorce d'"amélioration des relations du gouvernement (du président vénézuélien Nicolas) Maduro avec les Etats-Unis". To read full article, click here.  This article is in French. 

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Cindy Arnson

Cynthia J. Arnson

Distinguished Fellow, Latin America Program
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Latin America Program

The Wilson Center’s prestigious Latin America Program provides non-partisan expertise to a broad community of decision makers in the United States and Latin America on critical policy issues facing the Hemisphere. The Program provides insightful and actionable research for policymakers, private sector leaders, journalists, and public intellectuals in the United States and Latin America. To bridge the gap between scholarship and policy action, it fosters new inquiry, sponsors high-level public and private meetings among multiple stakeholders, and explores policy options to improve outcomes for citizens throughout the Americas. Drawing on the Wilson Center’s strength as the nation’s key non-partisan policy forum, the Program serves as a trusted source of analysis and a vital point of contact between the worlds of scholarship and action.  Read more