Includes index.

Stormy relationships, new dynamics -- Global wallflower : overlooking the Americas in U.S. foreign relations -- The United States and Latin America : tackling history -- U.S. security : shifting realities -- The emerging inter-American partnership -- The trauma of the 1980s -- Where the puck is going : the world changes -- Poverty and the lack of education : the dormant volcano --

Undermining prosperity : corruption and narcotics -- The Americas in the global economy : building a Greater America -- Commerce and foreign policy -- The new Americans -- The new geopolitics of Latin America -- The muse of the markets -- Trade and integration -- Investment and economic growth -- Building a greater America.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.