%0 Journal Article
%T El excepcionalismo estadunidense y los derechos humanos: los retos de Obama tras el desastre de George W. Bush
%A Est¨¦vez L¨®pez
%A Ariadna
%J Norteam¨¦rica
%D 2008
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X this article argues that georgew. bush, former republican president of the united states, radicalized u.s. exceptionalism in human rights matters to such a degree that the new president, democrat barak obama, will have to define it in order to repair the unprecedented damage done by his predecessor¡¯s administration. bush not only went beyond what has up until now been known as u.s. exceptionalism, but he also undermined the country¡¯s moral authority for preaching its manifest destiny. presenting a theoretical and historical characterization of u.s. exceptionalism, the article situates bush¡¯s version and examines the damage caused by his actions in guant¨¢namo and his attitude toward torture and human rights values. based on this, it ventures a sketch of the challenges obama faces for recovering his country¡¯s legitimacy and moral authority.
%K human rights
%K foreign policy
%K exceptionalism
%K international justice
%K guant¨¢namo.
%U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1870-35502008000200004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en