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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... increasing gross human rights violations ; increasing militarization ; regional conflict developments ; refugee flows and insta- bility ; a history of armed conflict ; increased economic or environmental stress ; health epidemics ; and ...
... increased the interest in the Darién Gap high- way . However , over time the value of the Darién Gap as a “ seal ” remains to this day , largely because of the existence of agricultural diseases , uncontrolled migration of Colombian ...
... Increased international trade and foreign investment by multinationals can be beneficial to poor countries such as Bolivia , but free markets are no guarantee that this will automatically happen . The popular backlash against the ...
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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