1. Regional and Global Issues
Latin America
Regional and Global Issues

2. Environmental Issues
Countries worried about feeding their increasing populations and paying foreign debts are not concerned with their impact on the environment.

3. Countries worried about feeding their increasing populations and paying foreign debts are not concerned with their impact on the environment.

4. Debt Crisis
Developing countries borrow money to help develop and modernize

5. Many countries default (stop paying back) on their loans which hurts the lending bank.

6. Human Rights
Human rights abuses often occur because the government in charge, usually run by the military, wants to keep opposition to their regime to a minimum.

7. Drug Trade
Cocaine, heroin and marijuana are the most common produced drugs in Latin America

8. High demand in the U.S. & Europe, coupled with poverty in Latin America fuel the drug trade

9. The U.S. has offered economic aid to help combat the drug trade.