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According to the author, since 1989, Sino-Latin American relations have expanded to a degree unimaginable by many only 15 years ago. By expanding and strengthening its economic and diplomatic ties with Latin America, Beijing hopes to reduce its dependency on the U.S. economy and limits Washington's ability to isolate and pressure China into conforming to demands that the Chinese leadership considers unacceptable. He scrutinizes Chinese foreign policy and foreign economic relations with different Latin American countries. (DÜI-Sen)

Examines reasons for the increasing drug trafficking operations in Brazil & the Southern Cone (SC) -- Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay -- since the mid-1980s. The US war on drugs (at the source of the problem) occurred in two phases -- 1984-1986 & 1989-1991 -- both of which focused on the Andes region of Latin America. It is suggested that the drug trade shift from the Andean region to Brazil & the SC was due to the balloon effect: with increased pressure from US antidrug operations, drug trafficking was shifted to an area of less resistance. Brazil & the SC were regions of vulnerable socioeconomic & political conditions, with weak antinarcotic law enforcement. Though a third phase is developing, it is argued that US efforts to attack drug trafficking will exacerbate it by forcing drugs into more regions where there is less counternarcotic interference, resulting in an increase in drug consumption levels & violence. 1 Table. C. Haywood

Shows how US pressure against the drug trade in the Andean region, beginning in 1984, pushed it to Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

The Obama administration will encounter in Latin America and the Caribbean Basin a new strategic environment, in which security issues will require innovative attention.