A comprehensive analysis of contemporary Latin American politics and the deepening conflict with the United States today, updated to consider the significance of the election of Evo Morales in Bolivia, the formation of a Latin American trade bloc to counter the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA), and the heightened conflict between Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and the Bush administration.

Author Biography

Robert Regalado is one of Cuba's prominent intellectuals and commentators who has studied and written on Latin American politics for more than three decades. He was the author of "America Latina Entre Siglos" (also published by Ocean Press in English as "Latin America at the Crossroads"). He recently published: Encuentros y desencuentros de la izquierda latinoamericana.