This volume pinpoints and explains the history, current conditions, and future implications of hot button topics in politically and culturally charged areas of Latin America.
David W. Dent is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Towson University in Baltimore, Maryland. He is the author of Historical Dictionary of U.S.-Latin American Relations (Greenwood, 2005), Encyclopedia of Modern Mexico (2002), The Legacy of the Monroe Doctrine: A Reference Guide to U.S. Involvemenet in Latin America and the Caribbean (Greenwood, 1999), and the co-author of Historical Dictionary of Inter-American Organizations (1998). Dent is the author of over 100 articles, essays, and chapters on Latin American and U.S.-Latin American relations. For over 30 years he has been a contributing editor of the Handbook of Latin American Studies, a biannual reference book published by the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.
The reference work is tailored to serve in a very specific frame of
reference and Dent has succeeded in covering Latin America and the
Caribbean exceptionally well. Libraries with other Hot Spot volumes
and those serving mainly general readers will want to consider this
volume for their collections. Recommended.
*Choice*
This volume for high school students and beyond focuses on Mexico,
Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Background
information is provided to readers in order to help them understand
current regional and global conflicts. The author discusses
potential security threats that range from long-standing and
well-known issues (Cuba's leadership transition and the growing
influence of Hugo Chavez in the region) to more obscure ethnic
conflicts (the increasing Muslim presence in the tri-border region
of Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina and Mapuche activism in Chile).
Basic flaws in U.S. policymaking are exposed. The reader will gain
a better understanding of 'hot spot' terminology and regional and
global conflicts.
*MultiCultural Review*
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