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The mistakes the United States has manufactured in Latin America - and the high price it will pay for them. Could it be that for the very first time in history, the United States needs Latin America more than the other way circular? Since the early on 1800s, the United States regarded the region as its garden, but in the past 10 years South Americas leaders have ever more snubbed US efforts to persuade them to look at free-market economics and signal trade agreements. While Washington has been distracted by military promotions elsewhere, competitors such as China, Russia, and Iran have extended their clout in Latin America, and US affect in the region has fallen to a ancient low - at the very time that the United States is becoming more dependent than ever before on exporting to Latin America and importing its essential oil. Combining sharpened wit and great storytelling with trenchant evaluation, Hal Weitzman examines how America lost the South and argues that if the United States is to find a new role in an environment of emerging superpowers, it must reengage with Latin America.
- Charts the climb of learning resource nationalism - in which governments take increasing control of natural resources and press multinational companies - in South America and around the world.
- Illustrates analytical tips with vivid tales - like the disappearance of the Panama head wear or the sweater Evo Morales used throughout a world tour - and interviews with presidents, policymakers, and protesters.
- Written by a Financial Times journalist who formerly offered as its Andes correspondent based in Lima, Peru.
