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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... death squads to exert political control along Colombia's Caribbean coast , the Bush administration considers Colombia a stabilizing force in the region and a Latin American success story . Colombian President Álvaro Uribe is considered ...
... deaths of at least 1,000 women . Few of these grisly murders have been investigated , and only three killers are in prison . Although Guatemala has signed several international conventions pro- tecting women , laws have not been ...
... death , more than 200 criminal accusations . were still pending against him . " 16 Shortly after Pinochet's death , President Bachelet decided to push for the invalidation of an amnesty law that has protected Pinochet's subordinates ...
Efni
The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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