Latin American Political Yearbook 2002

Informationen zum Autor Robert G. Breene Jr. Klappentext In the fifth volume of this annual series! Robert G. Breene provides a comprehensive overview! analysis! and summary of the main political and economic trends and events in various portions of Latin America. Analyzing these developments within individual nations! their respective regions! and the world at large! the yearbook offers a timely look at the relevant background and information necessary to understand the changing nature of politics in Latin America today. A new and threatening development! the nexus of organized international Marxist-Leninist activity and Islamic terrorism! is treated at length throughout much of the volume. In the foreword! the editor notes how the rise of international terrorism associated with radical Muslim thought has formed a nexus with the resurgence of the Hemispheric Left! thus calling into question whether the international left has really been transformed into free-enterprise democrats! as many have simplistically argued. The volume discusses the roots of a left-Muslim connection in the close association between the Sandinistas in Nicaragua and the Qaddafi regime in Libya as well as the training provided by Arab terrorists to their Latin American allies. For larger! more powerful states! the picture is more ambiguous. While the present-day ideological attitudes of former Marxist states and political entities cannot be known with absolute certainty! the materials assembled here cast doubt on the validity of hopeful assumptions of democratic political behavior in the conduct of foreign affairs. One example is an important treaty between post-Soviet Russia and China. The volume also documents the rise in Castro's fortunes with the strengthening ofleftist power in Venezuela and Mexico! and the neutralization of Brazil through Castro's long-standing support for the presidency of the Marxist Lula da Silva. This is a reference volume with a point of view. Compact yet comprehensive! it is essential reading for political sci Zusammenfassung In the fifth volume of this annual series, Robert G Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Elections and Status of Political Forces (SPF) in Latin America, 2. Politico-Economic Backgrounds in Latin America, 3. The International Left (IL) and the Hemispheric Left (HL), 4. Colombia: Home to the Oldest HL, 5. The First (Peru) and The Last (Venezuela), 6. Latin American International Organizations...

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• Authors: Dr. Robert G. Breene, Jr. Breene, Robert G. Breene Jr.
• Assisted by: Jr. Breene (Editor), Robert G. Breene (Editor), Robert G. Breene Jr (Editor), Robert G. Breene Jr. (Editor), Alphonse Emanuiloff-Max (Co-editor), José Carlos Graça Wagner (Co-editor), Mario Rosenthal (Co-editor), James R. Whelan (Co-editor)
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2003
• EAN: 9780765802118
• ISBN: 978-0-7658-0211-8
• No. of pages: 486
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Latin America, REFERENCE / Yearbooks & Annuals, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, REFERENCE / Almanacs, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Caribbean & Latin American, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, Yearbooks, annuals, almanacs