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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After the United States decided to deport undocumented immigrants who had committed crimes or had a criminal record ... The young democracies of Central America have struggled to deal with high levels of crime , which have come in the ...
Unemployment has remained constant and crime has increased in many part of Venezuela . Latin American Newsletters claims that the Bolivarian Revolution has yet to materialize despite heavy public spending and windfall oil earnings .
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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