In his first full-length interview since Hugo Chavez's UN speech which made his books bestsellers, Noam Chomsky talks about developments in Latin America and challenges to U.S. hegemony. Since the Monroe Doctrine, the U.S. has viewed Latin America as an area it could easily dominate and control. With the elections of Chavez in Venezuela and Evo Morales in Bolivia, the region's traditional subordination to the colossus in the north, is changing. There are stirrings in the servants' quarters. Chavez's comments at the UN calling Bush "the devil" received maximum media attention while his substantive political comments and the long applause he received at the end of his presentation were ignored.

Noam Chomsky, internationally renowned MIT professor, practically invented modern linguistics. In addition to his pioneering work in that field he has been a leading voice for peace and social justice. He is in huge demand as a public speaker all over the world. The New York Times calls him, "a global phenomenon, perhaps the most widely read voice on foreign policy on the planet." Author of scores of books, his latest are Failed States and the bestseller Imperial Ambitions.