This book questions many current promises of a new era of democracy, peace and co-operation in the post-Cold War period by challenging several myths that shape United States policy towards Latin America. James Petras and Morris Morley argue that electoral regimes and free markets in the hemisphere have not improved people's lives, that Washington's neo-conservative allies do not have a viable future, and that the end of the Cold War has not lessened US interventionist behaviour in Latin America. "Latin America in the Time of Cholera" uses empirical and historical analyses and provides a unique interpretive framework; it also presents a combination of case studies and critiques of contemporary power relations.