America's Blind Spot: Chavez, Oil, and U.S. Security

by Michael J. Economides, Andr Cala, Andres Cala

High oil prices are bound to undermine the U.S. economic recovery, unless global supplies increase significantly. Latin America holds the world's biggest oil reserves after the Middle East, but politics are hindering its potential, especially in Venezuela. Global U.S. security would benefit from a revamping of outdated and misguided idealism-driven policies toward Latin America, which, in fact, strengthen anti-American forces led by President Hugo...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441186697
• ISBN13: 9781441186690
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.6"