The Alliance for Prosperity and the consolidation of dependency in Central America

Authors

  • Silvina M. Romano CONICET/ IEALC/ UBA

Keywords:

Alliance for Prosperity, economic integration, security

Abstract

In 2014 the governments of the Northern Triangle of Central America signed the Alliance for Prosperity, an agreement to improve economic integration and security. This is an apparently “new” body of measures. However, it has many similarities with previous integration treaties and agreements, such as the Central American Common Market in the ’60s, the Caribbean Basin Initiative of the ’80s, the structural adjust-ment measures of the ’90s and the Panama-Puebla Accords in the first decade of the 21st century. All along these treaties, the US government played a major role as a supporter, supervisor and sponsor. We can also find a group of measures aimed at one persistent goal: the stabilization and control of the territory to guarantee the well-being of the market, to the detriment of the well-being of the impoverished majorities and the building of sovereignty. These continuities are particularly evident in the Guatemalan experience.

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Author Biography

Silvina M. Romano, CONICET/ IEALC/ UBA

Assistant Researcher at the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET) at the Institute for Latin American and Caribbean Studies (IEALC), Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Published

2019-12-16

How to Cite

Romano, S. M. (2019). The Alliance for Prosperity and the consolidation of dependency in Central America. Interdisciplinary Journal of Social Studies, (11), 39–67. Retrieved from https://www.ceiso.com.ar/ries/index.php/ojs/article/view/23

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