Nowadays, Latin American governments are less hostile than in the past to the United States' drug war.

ECONOMIST: The drug war

If new world trade talks looked likely to open agricultural markets (notably Europe's), to do that for Latin America would look less alarming.

ECONOMIST: The road from Santiago | The

Latin Americans should be less grudging in their diplomatic support for Colombia's democratic government, and put more pressure on the guerrillas to give up their violence.

ECONOMIST: Breaking barriers in the Americas