INDEX

A

Afghanistan, 96–97, 211

Agoyan hydroelectric plant, xix

AIDS medicines, xii

Allen, Ethan, 147

Allende, Salvador, 78

al-Qaeda, 206, 211

Amazon, xvii–xx, 210

Ameen, Michael, 166

Amin, Idi, 96

Amoco, 166

antipollution laws, 164

Arab-Israeli war, 82

Arbenz, Jacob, 72–73

Arbusto, 165–166

Arias, Arnulfo, 59

Arias family, 179

Armas, Carlos Castillo, 73

Ashland Oil Company, 185–186

Asian Development Bank, 37

assassinations

Hugo Spadafora, 174

Jaime Roldós, ix, 156

Omar Torrijos, ix, 158–161

B

Baer, Robert, 94

Bahasa Indonesia, 38

Bahrain, 166

Baker, James A., III, 98

banking industry

Asian Development Bank, 37

Chase Bank, 194

Inter-American Development Bank, 74

Panama, 63

Bechtel, Riley P., 214

Bechtel Group, Inc., 73–74, 160, 164, 173, 213

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