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How Latin America Views the US: Ourselves as Others See Us

"All politics is local," former Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill famously asserted. That's certainly true, even on the vast scale of our presidential election, which might well be decided by specific issues in Florida or Ohio. So yes, our politics is local. But it's also global. Indeed, no political event is more carefully watched by the world than our presidential contest. And rightly so—the global ramifications, from economics to geopolitics, are huge and the impact often immediate. Consider our hemispheric neighbors in Central and South America, where US policies, from trade agreements to the war on drugs, affect all aspects of political and social life. In a discussion moderated by former Washington Post political correspondent Peter Slevin, a panel of Latin American journalists reflects on these dynamics and explores the lessons of the 2012 campaign, just a few days after the polls close.