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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... repression has often been seen as a " vaccine ” against dissidents and opponents of the regime in power rather than a violation of human rights . Partisanship and Threat Perceptions In Washington , Republicans and Democrats generally ...
... repression against the Sendero guerrillas instead of offering small loans to farmers that drained the national treasury . 67. Jo - Marie Burt , " Plotting Fear : The Uses of Terror in Peru , " NACLA Report on the Americas ( May / June ...
... repression allowed to operate for decades with the apparent support of the United States . Mitchell , Nancy . The Danger of Dreams : German and American Imperialism in Latin America ( Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press ...
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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