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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... close to $ 1.7 billion each month to Mexico.32 The driving force for undocumented immigrants from around the world is the oppor- tunity for higher wages , eight to ten times the prevailing rate at home . Despite the advantages of using ...
... close to 40 percent of the national vote . President Ortega's electoral victory places him in a precarious position between Washington and his " leftist brothers " in Cuba and Venezuela and between the goals - the eradication of poverty ...
... Close to six percent of the population has HIV / AIDS , and Haitian life expectancy is 52 years . In its Country Pro- file of Haiti , BBC News gives a snapshot of the country's troubled polit- ical , economic , and social life : " The ...
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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