The Bush Doctrine and Latin America

This volume focuses on the contemporary political, economic, and security affairs of the Western Hemisphere. Following a decade of primary focus on economic matters centered on the proposed Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) the authors argue that the formulation of the Bush Doctrine in the wake of the events of September 11, 2001 has resulted in a renewed U.S. focus on security matters within the hemisphere. Plan Colombia is a primary manifestation of the emphasis but renewed interest in control of natural resources, especially water, is noted with interest.

Gary Prevost is a Professor of Political Science at St. John's University and the College of Saint Benedict in Collegeville, Minnesota. He has published widely on Latin America and Spain.  His books include Politics in Latin America: The Power Game; Neoliberalism and Neo Panamericanism: The View from Latin America; The Undermining of the Sandinista Revolution; and Politics and Change in Spain.  
 
Carlos Oliva Campos is the Executive Director of the Association for Our America (AUNA) in Havana, Cuba, and former Associate Researcher of the Center for the Study of the United States at the University of Havana.  He is an Adjunct Professor of History and Philosophy at the University of Havana.  His publications include La Situación Actual en Cuba: Desafíos y Alternativas, and Relaciones Internacionales en America Central y el Caribe durante Los Anos 80.

Introduction--Gary Prevost and Carlos Oliva Campos * The United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean: From NeoPanamericanism to the “American System” of the 21st Century--Carlos Oliva Campos * The Free Trade Area of the Americas in the Latin American Agenda of United States Foreign Policy--Louis Fernando Ayerbe * The Axis of Misunderstanding: The Bush Administration, Intelligence Agencies, and Hemispheric Security after 11 September 2001--Patrice Elizabeth Olsen * Free Trade Agreements: Key Pieces in the Accumulation of Transnational Capital--Raul Moreno * Drinking Water, the New Strategic Resource of the 21st Century: The Special Case of the Guarani Aquifer--Else M. Bruzzone * Plan Colombia and Its Implications for the Andean Region--German Rodas * Amazonia, MERCOSUR and the Possibilities for Integration--Enrique Amayo * Integration and the Environment in Latin America--Antonia Elizalde * Confronting the Hegemon and its Latin American Agents: Latin American Social Movements and Progressive Governments in the New Century--Gary Prevost Introduction--Gary Prevost and Carlos Oliva Campos * The United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean: From NeoPanamericanism to the “American System” of the 21st Century--Carlos Oliva Campos * The Free Trade Area of the Americas in the Latin American Agenda of United States Foreign Policy-- Louis Fernando Ayerbe * The Axis of Misunderstanding: The Bush Administration, Intelligence Agencies, and Hemispheric Security after 11 September 200--Patrice Elizabeth Olsen * Free Trade Agreements: Key Pieces in the Accumulation of Transnational Capital--Raul Moreno * Drinking Water, the New Strategic Resource of the 21st Century: The Special Case of the Guarani Aquifer--Else M. Bruzzone * Plan Colombia and Its Implications for the Andean Region--German Rodas * Amazonia, MERCOSUR and the Possibilities for Integration--Enrique Amayo * Integration and the Environment in Latin America--Antonia Elizalde * Confronting the Hegemon and its Latin American Agents: Latin American Social Movements and Progressive Governments in the New Century--Gary Prevost