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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... later the vice president would meet in the Oval Office with the president , who would have seen his own copy of the same brief , presented by another briefer and the direc- tor of central intelligence . Later , the vice president would ...
... later focused on the necessity of regime change . Refusing to accept the legitimacy of a democratically elected Chilean Marxist , Henry Kissinger denounced Allende's " peaceful road " to socialism - income redistribution , economic ...
... later came to be known as the Archives of Terror , which detailed the political arrests and fate of thousands suspected of terrorist / Communist activity under Stroessner's repressive rule . The economic scene has changed dramatically ...
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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