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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GUERRILLA CONFLICT IN GUERRERO Contemporary Mexico is the product of previous struggles by guerrilla leaders such as Emiliano Zapata , Francisco “ Pancho ” Villa , Rubén Jaramillo , Genero Vázquez , Lucio Cabańas , and others .
Tensions between Ecuador and Colombia arise from Bogotá's efforts to control its southern border , where serious guerrilla activity prevails . Ecuador , angry over Colombian accusations about Ecuadoran armyissue weapons found on members ...
The shock waves from the Cuban Revolution in 1959 and the subsequent explosion of more than thirty guerrilla movements throughout Latin America in the 1960s eventually led to military responses to handle the emerging threats .
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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