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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... chief reason why the world should worry about state failure is that it is contagious , " capable of infecting neighbors and regions . Fear of Communism during the Cold War was also based on disease metaphors , suggesting that the ...
... chief drug enforcement officer was arrested in Virginia in November on drug trafficking charges , President Oscar Berger publicly acknowledged that his law enforcement agencies and courts were so rife with corruption that he was working ...
... chief in the TBA and the organizations chief fund - raising official in the Southern Cone . After the 9/11 attacks , an international arrest warrant was issued for Barakat's arrest . He fled the TBA in October 2001 and was indicted in ...
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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