The work examines the role of the United States in the socio-political processes taking place in Latin American countries in the second half of the 20th – early 21st centuries, which became known as the “left turn”. The author pays main attention to the struggle of leftist regimes for their political, economic and social independence from their northern neighbor. Successes and defeats along this path are considered.

For historians and political scientists, students and teachers of humanities universities, a wide range of Latin Americans and Americanists, everyone interested in the history of Latin America and the United States.