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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... coup attempts . The recognition that the prevailing political system under President Carlos Andrés Pérez no longer served the interests of the Venezuelan people was based on resentment directed at the traditional political parties ...
... coup that briefly deposed Chávez , Rodríguez warned that an assas- sination attempt would have negative consequences for the United States , both in Latin America and throughout the world . Rodríguez insisted that Venezuela has no ...
... coup against Allende . However , because " Marxist - Leninist ideology " had " entered the fatherland , " the coup and its aftermath were necessary in order to eliminate ideological and armed fanaticism.19 For many Chileans who voted ...
Efni
The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
Höfundarréttur | |
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