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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... Panama and the construction of the Panama Canal beginning in 1903 . The idea of an inter - American highway system emerged again at several inter - American conferences , but the Depression put the whole idea on hold . However , World ...
... Panama , and a worry to conservatives in Washington , who fear a threat to U.S. security because of China's investments in Panama and its interest in the Panama Canal . From 1903 until 1999 the United States controlled both the waterway ...
... Panama free trade agreement have stalled , in large part because of Panama's concerns that American producers could undercut the price of pork , chicken , and rice by local producers . At a meeting of defense min- isters in October 2006 ...
Efni
The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
Höfundarréttur | |
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