Hot Spot: Latin AmericaBloomsbury Academic, 28. feb. 2008 - 288 síđur 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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... special concern . Depending on who is speaking , a hot spot may be a fabulous surfing beach , a restaurant , an area in danger of ecological extinction , a popular nightclub , an upwelling of volcanic magma , or a bargain travel spot ...
... Special Operations Command in Florida , the MLEs operate in regions where the U.S. military is not based in large numbers and , in particular , where the United States is not at war . This new defense approach presents a number of ...
... Special Issue of the The Defense Monitor , Vol . 35 , No. 3 ( May / June 2006 ) . 15. John Mueller , Overblown : How Politicians and the Terrorism Industry Inflate National Security Threats , and Why We Believe Them ( New York : Free ...
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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