Latin America

Informationen zum Autor David Dent Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Contains chapters exploring drug wars, immigration issues, terrorism, youth gangs, government corruption, controversy over oil and political instability. This book analyses over 30 security-based hot spots within the geographical regions including: the Zapatista Rebellion; the Darien Gap controversy; Evo Morales; Shining Path; and, the Falklands.

Product details

• Authors: David Dent, David W. Dent, Dent David
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.02.2008
• EAN: 9780313336614
• ISBN: 978-0-313-33661-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Hot Spot Histories; Hot Spot Histories
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Latin America, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Latin America / General, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Latin America – Mexico, Central America, South America, History of the Americas, Military History: Conflict and Wars