Nikolas Kozloff is a Brooklyn-based writer who focuses on politics and environmental questions. He has spent years living in Latin America and reporting on the wider region. He blogs at the Huffington Post as well as his own personal Web site, http://www.nikolaskozloff.com/

South America Turns a Critical Page 1
Asserting Energy Sovereignty 17
Integration for Survival 43
Overcoming a Brutal Past 69
Lights Camera Chavez 95
Coca and Nationalism 111
Red is the Color of Revolution 133
The Poncho Revolution 157
Penguinos Piqueteros and the PT 169
South American Media Wars 191
Moving Forward South American 209
Notes 217
Index 241

"While official Washington and elite media have been mucking about in the Middle East, journalist Nikolas Kozloff has charted his own path amid the terrain-shifting upsurges in 'America's backyard.' He casts a sympathetic but critical eye at the leftward trend in South American politics, the battles over oil and media, the rise of indigenous movements and sometimes erratic populist leaders. If you get your news on Latin America from mainstream media, this wide-ranging book is a needed corrective."--