Hot Spot: Latin AmericaBloomsbury Academic, 28. feb. 2008 - 288 síđur 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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... deal of evidence of cor- ruption , human rights abuses , illegal arms deals , and drug trafficking by Montesinos , but it dismissed these reports because he was a CIA asset and a key to Washington's drug war in the Andes . Using his CIA ...
... deal to sell military aircraft to Venezuela.85 The deal would have created hun- dreds of jobs in Spain and fulfilled the benefits of free trade ; however , Spain was not able to convince the United States that the deal involved ...
... deal with the root causes of populism : " The antidote to radical populism is honest , responsive government and economic policies that improve living standards and provide opportunity to all classes . Whereas the United States has ...
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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