caa a22 4500 386355053 CHVBK 20180307111848.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198906 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0022216X00014401 doi S0022216X00014401 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0022216X00014401 Cruz Rodolfo Cerdas Rodolfo Cerdas Cruz is Professor of Political Science in the University of Costa Rica. New Directions in Soviet Policy towards Latin America [Elektronische Daten] [Rodolfo Cerdas Cruz] This study explores some of the changes currently taking place in the USSR and the possible impact of changing Soviet foreign policy on Latin America. The article begins with an analysis of the possible effects of the attempts to separate Party and State on foreign policy and on the interpretation and observance of the so-called internationalist obligations of the Soviet Union towards Latin America. It goes on to investigate the possible impact of perestroika on the internal relations of COMECON countries and any weakening in the commitment of its members to political and social changes in the Latin American republics. These changes are looked at particularly, though not uniquely, with reference to Cuba and Nicaragua. Some predictions are also made as to the possible future moves the USSR might make to strengthen and improve its relations with the largest countries in the region such as Brazil and Argentina. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Journal of Latin American Studies Cambridge University Press 21/1-2(1989-06), 1-22 0022-216X 21:1-2<1 1989 21 LAS https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022216X00014401 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022216X00014401 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Cruz Rodolfo Cerdas Rodolfo Cerdas Cruz is Professor of Political Science in the University of Costa Rica NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Latin American Studies Cambridge University Press 21/1-2(1989-06), 1-22 0022-216X 21:1-2<1 1989 21 LAS CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge