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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... anti - Communist appointees about to set up shop in Washington . For example , shortly after Ronald Reagan's inauguration as president in 1981 , Secretary of State Alexander Haig recalled Robert White , U.S. ambassador in El Salvador ...
... anti - Communist politicians in the United States , were established to uproot almost any political opposition no matter how inspired by stirrings for democracy , social justice , or human rights . The increasing use of the term " state ...
David Dent. important parallels to the Cold War anti - Communist crusade in which ruthless militaries in Latin America , aided and abetted by Washington , used methods of terror - torture and murder — to wage their anti - Communist wars ...
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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