中南米のホットスポット Hot Spot: Latin America (Hot Spot Histories)

Dent, David

Greenwood Press（2008/03発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 288 p.／サイズ 31 illus.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780313336614
• DDC分類 980.04

基本説明

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.

Full Description

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.

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:



Zapatista Rebellion


Darien Gap controversy


Evo Morales


Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) and Tupac Amaru


Falklands


Guantanamo Bay