President George Bush is preparing to embark on a visit to Latin America in what his administration has designated the "year of engagement" with the continent. Washington has much ground to recover. Its preoccupation with Iraq and the 'war on terror' has weakened both its interest and influence in Latin America, where several leaders of a left-leaning robustly anti-US variety have emerged, chief among them President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela. Graham Hutchings, Editor of the Oxford Analytica Daily Brief, discusses Bush's itinerary and what his visit is likely to achieve with Dr. Jill Hedges and Dr. Neil Pyper of Oxford Analytica's Latin America Desk.