Hot Spot: Latin AmericaBloomsbury Academic, 28. feb. 2008 - 288 síður From border crime in Mexico to Chavez's revolution in Venezuela, this volume presents up-to-the-minute coverage of the key conflicts, corruption, and revolutionary movements simmering or raging in every region of Latin America. In-depth, comprehensive chapters explore drug wars, immigration issues, terrorism, youth gangs, government corruption, controversy over oil, and political instability, including: The Zapatista Rebellion, the Darien Gap controversy, Evo Morales, Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) and Tupac Amaru, the Falklands, and Guantanamo Bay. |
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... Castro sign is designed to connect Fidel Castro with terrorism , a common strategy used by Cuban exiles in the United States . ( The Image Works ) malcy , not chaos and hysteria , when Fidel Castro turned over power to his brother Raúl ...
... Castro's downfall . When asked about the president's response to Castro's offer , press secretary Scott McClellan told journalists that Castro needs to offer the Cuban people their freedom . Although his health is failing and his age is ...
... Castro to power had more to do with the failures of the Batista dictator- ship and the withdrawal of U.S. aid in 1958 than the strategies and tactics of Castro's small number of guerrillas . As Beckett points out : It was a remarkable ...
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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