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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... Military and Economic Aid Military and economic aid have been used to consolidate U.S. efforts to maintain and protect U.S. interests in Latin America . The U.S. military presence in Latin America is designed to eliminate drug ...
... military can continue the endless campaign against global terrorism has increased opportunities for private security companies to fill the void . Civilian military contrac- tors such as DynCorp , Blackwater , and Kellogg , Brown , and ...
... military and security interests in the Western Hemisphere also worry the United States because China is increasingly using diplomatic and military ties to gather information on the host country , a practice with which the United States ...
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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