The history of relations between the Latin American states and the independent states of the non-Hispanic Caribbean is a history marked by misunderstandings, mutual ignorance, and prejudices left behind by intercolonial struggles. Despite the policies of rapprochement of some Latin American countries towards the English-speaking Caribbean states, the existing gap between the two has not been bridged. Although the non-Hispanic Caribbean and Latin America share their identification with the Western world, it bears differential features. While both groups of nations can claim a common cultural tradition with Europe, as a similar legacy in terms of their political cultures and their political-ideological identifications, it is evident that they are distanced by the different racial composition of their political elites and the distinctive process of ethnic-based conformation of national and regional identities. The convergences have been less than the repeated divergences of interests and goals at the international level.
Internacionalista argentino. Investigador del Instituto Venezolano de Estudios Sociales y Políticos (INVESP), Caracas, Venezuela, y director de una red de investigaciones interesados en las relaciones externas del Caribe.
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Serbin, A. (1989). América Latina y la "conexión europea" del Caribe no-hispánico. Estudios Internacionales, 22(86), p. 248–276. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-3769.1989.15598
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