Oct–Dec 2001US & alliesoverthrow Talibanin Afghanistan
Mar–May 2003US invades Iraq
Feb–Jun 2004US occupies Haiti;replaced by UNpeacekeepers
Dec 2004Cuba & Venezuelaform ALBA; othernations soon join
Aug 2005Hurricane Katrinafloods New Orleans
11 Dec 2006–pres.Mexican Drug War
Apr 2007–Jul 2008Subprime mortgage crisisin US marks beginningof global financial crisis
Jan 2010Earthquakedevastates Haiti