"Foreign capital and free trade policies have provoked fierce conflicts in South American countries in recent years. Governments tried to quell the turmoil through repression, political maneuvering and propaganda. This book provides a dramatic account of the struggles, describing the corruption...

A commercial and diplomatic reality not very well studied by the private sector and of a deep concern among higher political skeletons in Colombia has been the FTAA process and the correlated developing issue of the U.S.-Colombian trade bilateral relations. The Free Trade Area of the Americas...