Hot Spot: Latin America

by David W. Dent

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031333661X
• ISBN13: 9780313336614
• Release Date: February 2008
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.5"