Hot Spot: Latin America
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, imigration issues, terrorism, youth gangs, government corruption, controversy over oil, and political instability. This is a must-have source for current coverage of trouble spots in Latin America, their origins, and subsequent development.
Over 30 security-based hot spots are analyzed within these geographical regions. They vary in severity, background, and degree of threat to the United States, the nation itself, or its regional neighbors. Hot spots covered include:
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countries that have become targets of U.S. political intervention : ( 1 ) countries defined as enemies and in need of regime change ; ( 2 ) countries where popular classes and poor majorities threaten elite social orders ; and ( 3 ) ...
а for foreign oil is now seen as a national security matter , particularly the ties to countries that pose a threat to the United States ; its efforts to secure supplies of these commodities in Latin America have raised suspicions that ...
U.S. Agency for International Development ( USAID ) ( http://www.info . usaid.gov/countries/ ) . U.S. government agency that provides economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide . Democracy and good governance — both related to Latin ...
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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