Latin American Economic System (SELA), 3, 85

Lobo, Pepe, 8, 61, 164

Lomé I Convention (1975), 125–126

Lozada, Sánchez de, 44

Lugo, Fernando, 50

Malamud, Carlos, 129

Malvinas War, 23, 26

Manley, Michael, 21

market economy, 28, 44, 50, 66–67

McCain, John, 40, 53–55, 150, 158–159, 163

Menem, Carlos, 29–30

Mercosur, 49, 91, 96, 123, 128–131

Mérida Initiative, 7, 54, 56, 95, 151

Mesoamerican Initiative, 83, 95

Mexico, 1, 4–5, 7, 20, 23–24, 27–28, 47, 51, 54–56, 67, 78, 83, 86, 92–93, 95, 106, 113

Millennium Development Goals, 54

Mission Barrio Adentro, see Barrio Adentro Program, 81, 115

Monroe Doctrine, 89, 91

Morales, Evo, 30, 50, 81, 115, 126, 151

NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), 28, 55, 102, 127

NATO, 156

Neo-Bolívarianism, 102–103, 109, 111, 119, 124, 129, 131

Neocolonialism, 32

Neoliberalism, 44, 66, 93, 128, 135

NeoPanAmericanism, 90, 102, 104, 109–111, 125, 127–129, 135

Netherlands, 114

New International Economic Order, 125

New Jewel Movement, 9, 24–25

New Partnership for the Americas, 94

Nicaragua, 3, 9, 19, 21–22, 24–26, 31–32, 49–51, 61, 81, 83, 116–117, 125, 151

Nixon, Richard, 21

Non Aligned Nations Movement, 23

Noriega, Roger, 40, 50–52, 56, 62

North Korea, 4, 62, 157

Nye, Joseph, 90, 94, 120

Obama, Barack, 4–9, 11, 34, 39, 40, 42, 52, 54–55, 57–64, 76, 86, 88, 90, 93–95, 133, 149–166

Operation Miracle, 83

Organization of American States (OAS), 1, 3, 19, 33, 74, 83, 86, 90, 102, 127, 169

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 20, 49

Ortega, Daniel, 50, 61, 81, 151

Panama, 6, 8, 21, 23–25, 74, 83, 95, 136, 151

Panama Canal Treaties, 21

Peoples’ Trade Agreements (TCPs), 82, 93

Pérez Roque, Felipe, 78, 80

Perez, Carlos Andres, 27, 29

Peru, 21, 93, 95, 106, 170

Petrocaribe, 49, 60, 92, 117, 125

Plan Colombia, 54, 56, 95

Pluralism, 20–21, 51

Podesta, John, 40

Populism, 43, 51–52, 67, 108

Powell Commission report, 154