"Nowhere did two understandings of U.S. identity human rights and
anticommunism come more in conflict with each other than they did
in Latin America. To refocus U.S. policy on human rights and
democracy required a rethinking of U.S. policy as a whole. It
required policy makers to choose between policies designed to
defeat communism at any cost and those that remain within the
bounds of the rule of law." from the IntroductionKathryn Sikkink
believes that the adoption of human rights policy represents a
positive change in the relationship between the United States and
Latin America. In Mixed Signals she traces a gradual but remarkable
shift in U.S. foreign policy over the last generation. By the
1970s, an unthinking anticommunist stance had tarnished the
reputation of the U.S. government throughout Latin America,
associating Washington with tyrannical and often brutally murderous
regimes. Sikkink recounts the reemergence of human rights as a
substantive concern, showing how external pressures from activist
groups and the institution of a human rights bureau inside the
State Department have combined to remake Washington's agenda, and
its image, in Latin America. The current war against terrorism,
Sikkink warns, could repeat the mistakes of the past unless we
insist that the struggle against terrorism be conducted with
respect for human rights and the rule of law."
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