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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... terror tactics , employed by actors with deep politi- cal roots in geographic and ethnic enclaves , are superimposed on groups or organizations with other motives and tactics . These would include drug mafias , urban criminal gangs ...
... Terror ( Washington , DC : Regnery , 2006 ) . Former Arizona congress- man's fear - based volume that argues that Latin American immigration should be halted because of the connection between illegal immigration and terror- ism ...
... terror - torture and murder — to wage their anti - Communist wars in secrecy . The tremendous power of Henry Kissinger in defining threats and mobilizing secret counterinsurgency efforts is carefully documented in this important study ...
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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