Pax Americana has got problems – not just in the Middle East and East Asia, but in the imperium's own backyard. Latin America's turn to center-left politicians and the rise of what the U.S. Southern Command calls "radical populism" have sent Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice scurrying to the region this year, trying to patch together its hegemony.

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