Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-272) and index.
Contents
Latin America : the eternal land of the future -- Latin America's decline : a long historical view -- From the Alliance for Progress to the Washington Consensus -- Fractured liberalism : Latin America's incomplete reforms -- Chile, Latin America's brightest star -- So far from God : Mexico's Tequila Crisis of 1994 -- The mother of all crises, Argentina, 2001-2002 -- Populism, neopopulism, and inequality in the new century -- Chávez's challenge and Lula's response -- A three-speed Latin America for the twenty-first century.