Buena vista solidarity and the axis of aid: Cuban and venezuelan public diplomacy

Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science

Volumn 616, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 223-256

  Bustamante, Michael J ^b   Sweig, Julia E ^a,b  

^a Latin America Studies ^*

^b Council on Foreign Relations ^*

Author keywords

Anti Americanism; Cuba; Foreign aid; Medical diplomacy; Public diplomacy; Solidarity; Venezuela

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949121693     PISSN: 00027162     EISSN: 15523349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002716207311865     Document Type: Article

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