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 SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) - Conflicting priorities, perceptions of neglect by Washington and unease about U.S. policies in Iraq and elsewhere have caused the United States and Latin America to drift apart.
Those strains help explain the effort by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, during stops in four countries in the region last week, to revitalize the relationship. She pledged that the Bush administration would work as partners with Latin American countries to make their governments more honest, effective and accountable.
"The United States is committed to the success of democracy in Latin America," Rice said in a visit to Brazil's capital.
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