This book presents research in the study of current politics and economics of South and Central America. Topics discussed include U.S.-Latin America trade; the proposed U.S.-Panama Free Trade Agreement; agriculture in pending U.S. free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea; Mexico-U.S. relations; Argentina's defaulted sovereign debt; politics and economic conditions of Paraguay and Uruguay; Brazil's WTO case against the U.S. Cotton Program and gangs in Central America.