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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... TORTURE STOP TORTURE Zero Tolerance for Torture Human rights activists and torture survivors hold a 24 - hour vigil in commemora- tion of the UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture in Washington , D.C. , on June 26 , 2004 ...
... torture , " dirty " wars or state - sponsored terrorism ( death squads ) , and intimidation . Between 1968 and 1980 Peru experienced a period of reformist mili- rule based on the failures of civilians and political parties to provide ...
... torture in U.S. military detention centers . According to Marc Cooper , " At the time of Pinochet's death , more than 200 criminal accusations . were still pending against him . " 16 Shortly after Pinochet's death , President Bachelet ...
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The Meaning of Hot Spot Terminology | 1 |
Mexico | 55 |
Central America | 81 |
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