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How Jimmy Carter Transformed U.S.-Latin America Relations
The former U.S. president’s strategy of tough engagement balanced human rights with national interest.
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Jimmy Carter, “A Great Moral Leader of Our Time,” by Fernando Henrique Cardoso
In 1977, I was working as a fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University when, one fine day, the telephone rang. It was Robert Pastor, a special adviser at the White House, inviting me to Washington. Pastor was a friend, himself a political scientist, who had helped me overcome difficulties obtaining a … Read more