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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spots , in Latin America are designated as such as part of an effort to demonize leaders who oppose the Latin American ... This reference book contains a detailed introduction devoted to hot spot terminology and six chapters divided by ...
It is too early to tell whether Bush's new war coordinator will help in spotting and dealing with hot spots around the globe . One of the hubs within the new office is the National Counterterrorism Center , where analysts write reports ...
Another problem with the concept of security - based hot spots is the tendency to emphasize security as a solution to a particular conflict . In most cases there is no military solution to dealing with hot spots , whether in Latin ...
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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