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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... targeted Latin America as a source of trade and resources , particularly petro- leum and natural gas , but is not considered a threat to the vital interests of the United States , except among those , mostly conservatives , who worry ...
... targeted subversives with dangerous ideas that challenged the traditional order , and executed by South American military governments with the assistance of the United States government . According to McSherry , " The Condor appa- ratus ...
... targeted for , 34–35 intervention for , 41 negative consequences of , 33 , 39 in Panama , 82f populism as justification for , 154 in Venezuela , attempted , 118 , 146 , 151 , 152-153 Republican Party , 12-13 , 31-32 , 51 , 72-73 , 183 ...
Efni
The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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