The vacuum created by the lack of sustained U.S. engagement with the region has been filled, in part, by others--including Hugo Chavez, who has tried to use this opportunity to advance outmoded and anti-American ideologies.
Highlighting the consequences of U.S. disengagement in Latin America.
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