"Alarmed at the possibility that democracy, as reflected by recent events in Latin America, is undermining neo-liberal policies in the region, bourgeois neo-liberal policy wonks are pointing their fingers at Bush and wondering how the US capitalist class can put the preverbal Jennie back into the “U.S. hegemonic” bottle; they are not encouraged by the prospects.

"In order to make Latin America and the Caribbean safe for US capitalist exploitation, US-imperialism must confront the fact that democracy in Latin American is contrary to US corporate interest in North America.

"The Latin American democratic dominos are falling fast, and there is no Soviet Union bug-a-bear to scare the folks at home, so the imperialist apologists must deal with the issue head on. That is what Peter Hakim, the author of the above cited Foreign Affairs article, has tried to do. Hakim is President of the Inter-American Dialogue, a neo-liberal organization and think-tank that promotes free trade in the Lati

Didn't these people read the Monroe Doctrine? These are US nations . . .

Ye, history started yesterday for some people.

"When will they ever learn, when will they ever learn."
or remembering that "you can bring a horse to water, but you can't make 'em drink". If that treated non-Americans with basic Christian RESPECT then the World would be their oyster.

I hope that your next president will learn from the "how not to.." Bush lessons. How one man could lose so much good will in 8 years is still nearly beyond my comprehension.

Well the Imperial hold is unraveling. High gas prices and the fact that the U.S. can not back economic/political threats with force makes its hold over these territories moribund.