ABSTRACT
Intra-Latin American relations provide a rich historical, geostrategic, ideological and even domestic political set of puzzles for scholars and policymakers who seek to understand central theoretical questions or regional empirical challenges. Yet, although Latin American nations have interacted with each other since their founding, most international relations analysts focus on their relations with the United States. Intra-Latin American relations should also draw the attention of analysts with a U.S. focus, however, because they a ect bilateral and regional relations with the United States and extra-regional states and institutions.
