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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... guerrilla groups have been identified as still operating in Mexico , but most are too small to constitute a serious threat to Mexican society . However , there are still two major guerrilla movements operating in Mexico : the Ejército ...
... guerrilla activity prevails . Ecuador , angry over Colombian accusations about Ecuadoran army- issue weapons found on members of the Colombian left - wing guerrilla movement FARC and the arrest of a top Colombian guerrilla leader in ...
... guerrilla groups that threatened the very existence of the state . 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 ...
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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