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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... evidence — the United States should respond with force to handle the threat.2 In the current administration , described by some as an " evidence - free environment , " the president is given wide latitude in assessing threats and taking ...
... evidence for such claims is shoddy and the claims exaggerated . The former head of the U.S. Southern Command ( SOUTHCOM ) , General Charles Wilhelm , told National Public Radio that during his tenure as head of SOUTH- COM between 1997 ...
... evidence . " 15 The major gangs with ties to the United States are the " 18th Street " gang and their main rival , the Mara Salvatrucha ( MS - 13 ) . Both are the product of harsh immigrant life in the United States , particularly Los ...
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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