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?Adios, Amigos?(United States relations with Latin America)

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| December 17, 2001 | Contreras, Joseph; Zarembo, Alan; Langman, Jimmy; Hudson, Peter; Gutman, Roy | COPYRIGHT 2001 Newsweek, Inc. All rights reserved. Any reuse, distribution or alteration without express written permission of Newsweek is prohibited. For permission: www.newsweek.com. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

It was Colin Powell's first foray into South America as U.S. Secretary of State. The three-day trip to Peru and Colombia was supposed to show the Bush administration's commitment to the U.S.-financed war on drugs. But Powell never made it to Bogota. On the morning of September 11, the secretary of State was eating breakfast with Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo when he got word of the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington. Powell dutifully trooped to an Organization of American States meeting, then bolted for the airport--less than 24 hours into his tour. "This changes everything," Powell told an aide on the eight- hour flight home. "Everything we do is going to ...

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