US no longer towers over Latin America
As America became distracted by the war on terror after 9/11, the region sought other partners.

By Howard LaFranchi | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor
from the April 18, 2009 edition

WASHINGTON - When a foreign mining company bought an entire mountain in Peru last year and secured a virtual monopoly on copper production in the country, it may have struck some as the likely act of an American corporation – extending Uncle Sam's grip in Latin America, the United States' traditional backyard.
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