Contributors Preface 1 Introduction: Canada and the Americas: There's Still Much to Discover JAMES ROCHLIN (University of British Columbia - Okanagan) 2 The Most Challenging of Links? Canada and Inter-American Security HAL KLEPAK (Royal Military College of Canada) 3 Canada's Trade Engagement with the Americas: Swimming With or Against the Tide? RICARDO GRINSPUN AND JENNIFER MILLS 4 Canada and the Democratic Charter: Lessons From the Coup in Honduras MAXWELL A. CAMERON AND JASON TOCKMAN 5 Canada-Mexico Relations: Moving Beyond 65 Years of Stunted Growth DUNCAN WOOD (ITAM) 6 Through Sun and Ice: Canada, Cuba and Fifty Years of 'Normal' Relations PETER MCKENNA (University of Prince Edward Island) AND JOHN M. KIRK (Dalhousie University) 7 Canadian Assistance to Haiti: Some Sobering Snags in a Fragile State Approach YASMINE SHAMSIE (Wilfrid Laurier University) 8 Canada-CARICOM Relations: Beyond the Trade Agenda? RAMESH CHAITOO 9 Canada and Central America: Citizen Action and International Policy STEPHEN BARANYI (University of Ottawa) AND JOHN M. FOSTER (The North-South Institute) 10 Canada-Colombia: A Rhetorical Relationship? MARIA TERESA AYA SMITMANS (Universidad Externado de Colombia) 11 Between Rhetoric and Reality: Canadian-Venezuelan Relations LESLEY M. BURNS 12 The Current Paradox in Brazil-Canada Relations and the Path Forward W.E. (TED) HEWITT (University of Western Ontario) 13 Canada-Chile Relations: Assessing a Key Bilateral Relationship ROBERTO DURAN (Catholic University of Chile) Conclusion.