Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data -- POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF LATIN AMERICA, VOLUME 7 -- POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF LATIN AMERICA, VOLUME 7 -- Contents -- Preface -- MÉrida Initiative for Mexico and Central America: Funding and Policy Issues( -- Summary -- Background -- Funding for the MÉrida Initiative -- Mérida Authorization Legislation in the 110th Congress -- FY2008 Supplemental Request and Appropriations for Mérida -- Mexico -- Central America17 -- Haiti and the Dominican Republic -- FY2009 Budget Request -- Mexico -- Central America -- Legislative Action on the FY2009 Request for Mérida -- Additional Mérida Initiative Legislation in the 111th Congress -- FY2010 Budget Request -- Policy Issues -- Is Mérida the Right Drug Control Approach?23 -- Balancing "Hard-side" and "Soft-side" Assistance -- Monitoring Progress -- Pace of Implementation -- Interagency Coordination -- Role of the Department of Defense -- U.S. Pledges under the Mérida Initiative -- Weapons Trafficking -- Drug Demand -- Bulk Cash Smuggling -- Mexico Policy Issues69 -- Domestic Counterdrug Efforts -- Police Reform and Anti-Corruption Efforts -- Implementation of Judicial Reforms -- Protection of Human Rights -- Central America Policy Issues -- The Caribbean -- Appendix. Conditions on FY2008 Supplemental Assistance for MÉrida -- Mexico -- Central America, Haiti and the Dominican Republic -- End Notes -- Cuban Migration to the United States: Policy and Trends -- Summary -- U.S. Policy toward Cuban Migrants -- Evolution of the Policy -- Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966 -- Cuban Migration Agreement, September 1994 -- Cuban Migration Agreement, May 1995 -- Special Cuban Migration Lottery -- Federal Assistance to Cuban Migrants -- Cuban-Haitian Entrants -- Major Federal Benefit Programs -- Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) -- Refugee Resettlement Assistance28 -- Refugee Cash Assistance (RCA) -- Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA) -- Analysis of Migration Trends40 -- U.S. Coast Guard Interdictions -- Unauthorized Cubans Arriving in the United States -- In-country Refugee Processing -- Trends in Cuban Legal Permanent Residents -- Current Challenges and Issues -- Interdiction and Repatriation -- Cuban Adjustment Act -- Cash Benefits -- Migration Talks -- Acknowledgments -- End Notes -- Agriculture in Pending U.S. Free Trade Agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea -- Summary -- Background -- Key Agricultural Issues in FTAs -- Panama -- Overview of Agricultural Trade -- Agricultural Provisions -- Potential Impact on U.S. Agricultural Exports -- Sanitary and Phytosanitary Agreement -- Outlook for Congressional Consideration -- Colombia -- Overview of Agricultural Trade -- Agricultural Provisions -- Potential Impact on U.S. Agricultural Trade -- SPS Side Letter -- Outlook for Congressional Consideration -- South Korea -- Overview of Agricultural Trade -- Agricultural Provisions -- Potential Impact on U.S. Agricultural Trade -- Korea's Rules for U.S. Beef Imports -- Outlook for Congressional Consideration -- End Notes -- Chile: Political and Economic Conditions and U.S. Relations -- Summary -- Political and Economic Background -- Allende Era -- Pinochet Era -- Return to Democracy -- Recent Political and Economic Developments -- 2005 Presidential and Legislative Elections -- Loss of Concertación Control over Legislature -- 2008 Municipal Elections -- 2009 Presidential and Legislative Elections -- Education Demonstrations -- Mapuche Activism -- Human Rights -- Energy Challenges -- Global Financial Crisis -- Chile-U.S. Relations -- U.S. Assistance -- Free Trade Agreement -- Regional Leadership.

Narcotics and Human Trafficking -- End Notes -- Honduran-U.S. Relations -- Summary -- Recent Developments -- Political and Economic Conditions -- Manuel Zelaya -- Challenges for the Zelaya Government -- November 2009 Elections -- Constitutional Referendum -- Economic Situation -- Issues in U.S.-Honduran Relations -- Economic Linkages -- U.S. Foreign Assistance -- U.S. Military Presence -- Crime -- Migration Issues -- Temporary Protected Status -- Deportations 38 -- Drug Trafficking -- Human Trafficking -- Port Security -- End Notes -- Haiti: Current Conditions and Congressional Concerns -- Summary -- Political Background -- The Haitian Parliament and 2009 Elections -- Socioeconomic Conditions -- Haiti's Development Challenges and International Assistance Strategy5 -- Strategy for Growth and Poverty Reduction -- Post-Disaster Assessment of Needs -- Relations with Donors and Donors Conference -- April 2009 Donors Conference9 -- Outlook Regarding Haitian Development -- The United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) -- U.S. Policy Objectives and Assistance -- U.S. Assistance to Haiti -- Hurricane Damage and U.S. Assistance -- Temporary Protected Status -- Congressional Response and Concerns -- Legislation in the 111th Congress -- Enacted Legislation in the 110th Congress -- Enacted Legislation in the 109th Congress -- End Notes -- Brazil - U.S. Relations -- Summary -- Background -- Political Situation -- The First Lula Administration -- October 2006 Elections -- The Second Lula Administration -- Economic and Social Conditions -- Economic Challenges and Efforts to Boost Growth -- Social Indicators -- Foreign and Trade Policy -- Relations with the United States -- Selected Issues in U.S.-Brazil Relations -- Counternarcotics -- Counterterrorism and the Tri-Border Area44 -- Energy Security -- Oil -- Ethanol and other Biofuels53.

Nuclear Energy -- Trade Issues -- Doha Round of the World Trade Organization Talks 61 -- World Trade Organization Disputes -- Generalized System of Preferences 66 -- Intellectual Property Rights -- Human Rights -- Violent Crime and Human Rights Abuses by Police -- Race and Discrimination 78 -- Trafficking in Persons for Forced Labor 83 -- Goldman Custody Case86 -- HIV/AIDS -- Amazon Conservation -- Domestic Efforts -- Carbon Offsets and other International Initiatives -- End Notes -- Index.