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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... officials to differenti- ate the public from the private sphere , and officials therefore tend to use their public authority to secure private gain for family and friends and exercise other forms of extralegal favoritism . As Andrain ...
... officials and the media to manipulate and exaggerate threats in world regions where Americans have little understanding of the severity of conflicts and the best course of action to minimize threats to the United States . Threat ...
... officials and international security experts , the fight in the TBA is less important than the one in Colombia , where the United States has invested billions of dollars to help the Colombian government combat rebel forces that control ...
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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