Updating - The Ugly American begins in a South American country, where representatives of the US government become upset because a hooker apparently charges too much. Next the story appears all over the 24/7 news cycle.
The 1950's novel reviews the reason United States foreign diplomacy is failing. This updated startlingly lesson appears to be most serious in light of the dismal history of US relations with Latin American countries.
Although these actions are being investigated at the highest levels of government, there are new allegations that this type of behavior by US representatives abroad is just the tip of the iceberg.
Finally, tanks to a few rouge agents, their heated reactions will certainly be felt for many years to come.
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