INDEX A Afghanistan, 96­97, 211 Agoyan hydroelectric plant, xix AIDS medicines, xii Allen, Ethan, 147 Allende, Salvador, 78 al-Qaeda, 206, 211 Amazon, xvii­xx, 210 Ameen, Michael, 166 Amin, Idi, 96 Amoco, 166 antipollution laws, 164 Arab-Israeli war, 82 Arbenz, Jacob, 72­73 Arbusto, 165­166 Bechtel Group, Inc., 73­74, 160, 164, 173, 213, 214­215 bin Laden, Osama, 96­97, 183, 194 bin Laden family, 97­98 British Petroleum (later BP), 18 British Virgin Islands, 147 Bunau-Varilla, Philippe, 59 Bush, George H. W., 59, 79, 168 bin Laden family and, 98 United Fruit Company, 72­73, 209 "wimp factor," 175, 184 Bush, George W., 79, 166 Arbusto, 165­166 rallying of support for U.S. activities, 198 Venezuelan activities, 199