Hot Spot: Latin America
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, imigration issues, terrorism, youth gangs, government corruption, controversy over oil, and political instability. This is a must-have source for current coverage of trouble spots in Latin America, their origins, and subsequent development.
Over 30 security-based hot spots are analyzed within these geographical regions. They vary in severity, background, and degree of threat to the United States, the nation itself, or its regional neighbors. Hot spots covered include:
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45 American Perceptions of Critical Threats to Vital U.S. Interests The terrorist attacks of September 11 ... As the world's attention focused almost exclusively on terrorism , wars in Afghanistan and Iraq , and the nuclear ambitions of ...
Although most analysts agree that “ terrorism ” exists and constitutes a threat to national and international law , to human rights , and to national security , many question whether terrorism as a tactic constitutes a single , coherent ...
a and most competent Islamist terrorist organization in the world , with an annual budget of over $ 100 million . ... Its major activities include narcotics , smuggling , terrorism , fundraising , and recruitment .
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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