New quality of US-Latin America relations

A summit of Latin American states in the Mexican city of Cancún decided last week to establish a new organisation of American and Caribbean states in which Canada and the US will not participate. The daily Helsingen Sanomat comments on the evolution of north-south relations in the Americas: "It only makes sense for the countries in the South [sic] of the American continent to work together to bolster their common interests, for example in global negotiations. The Organisation of American States will continue to deal with questions affecting all American states, including the rich countries to the north. ... Latin America is inextricably bound up with the US by extensive trade, oil and drug trafficking, migration and a shared history. Nevertheless relations between the north and the south will inevitably evolve, and the US must adjust to the new circumstances. As opposed to just a few decades ago, almost all of the Latin American countries are now self-confident democracies and attractive trading partners for many major economies, not just their neighbours to the north."

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