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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... formed close ties with Cuba , Iran , Syria , China , and Hezbollah.112 During the Cold War Chávez would have been called a " Marxist threat to the Americas " because of his ties to Cuba , with the potential to spread Communism to his ...
... formed the core of leftist demands articulated by López Obrador - including an anti- corruption campaign and a jobs program - for change during the presi- dential campaign . Nevertheless , it is too soon to tell whether the leftist tide ...
... formed in the Andes region : Peru's Sendero Luminoso ( SL , Shining Path ) and Colombia's duo of the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia ( FARC ) and the Ejército de Liberación Nacional ( ELN ) . While SL was the most powerful ...
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
Höfundarréttur | |
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