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1. Latin America in the twenty-first century : The future of US-Latin American relations ; Gini back in the bottle: an unequal continent is becoming less so ; Analysis: Obama faces Latin America revolt over drugs, trade ; The shameful legacy of the Monroe Doctrine: militarizing Latin America ; Obama seeks CEO's help in Latin America ; Remarks by President Obama at CEO Summit of Americas ; Latin America and the United States: Looking towards 2020 -- 2. NAFTA twenty years later : Assessing NAFTA ; In our opinion: NAFTA's success shows importance of free trade ; After some sluggish years, NAFTA creates border boomtowns ; Last great interstate: a NAFTA highway fraught with controversy ; The failures of NAFTA ; NAFTA: birth of a free trade world ; Remarks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on Latin America -- 3. After Castro: Cuba's revolution at crossroads : Cuba: an imminent thaw? ; U.S. aggression towards Cuba continues: increase in U.S. support to counter-revolutionary groups ; U.S.-Cuba policy: ending 50 years of failure ; Cuban economy is still stagnant despite reforms: Cuban National ; Time to end the Cuba embargo -- 4. Venezuela's socialist experiment : Venezuela post Ch�avez ; On the legacy of Hugo Ch�avez ; Ch�avez or not, it's time to rethink the U.S.-Venezuela relationship ; Hugo Ch�avez: man against the world ; Ch�avez's economics lesson for Europe ; Investors who think Venezuela's economy will open up after Ch�avez have another thing coming -- 5. The rise of Mexico : The United States and Mexico: achieving a balance ; The ebbing Mexican wave ; Remarks to the Association of American Chambers of Commerce in Latin America ; Immigration reform and the English language ; Ambassador Wayne's remarks at U.S. Chamber breakfast ; For returning migrants, good news about Mexico's economy doesn't apply ; A more ambitious agenda: a report of the Inter-American Dialogue's commission on Mexico-US relations ; Highlighting the US-Mexico economic relationship -- 6. Poverty and inequality in the Americas : The economics of women and children ; Poverty in Latin America lowest in three decades, U.N. says ; Poverty and inequality ; Talking about poverty with Greg Kaufmann ; Remarks by President Obama on Latin America in Santiago, Chile..