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<text>
<title>
South America: Global Terrorism
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<article>
<hdr>
Patterns Of Global Terrorism: 1991
Latin American Overview
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<body>
<p> A record number of international incidents occurred in Latin
America during 1991, most in South America, while Central
America and the Caribbean experienced only a handful of attacks
against foreign interests. A considerable number of attacks in
the Latin American region were inspired by the US role in the
Persian Gulf war. Latin American terrorist groups conducted 224
attacks on foreign interests, continuing the upward trend of the
past four years. It should be noted, however, that this figure
represents only a small percentage of the total number of
terrorist incidents in the region. In most countries with a
terrorist problem, the primary targets of guerrillas and
narcotraffickers have been domestic institutions--government
employees, law enforcement personnel, politicians, and media
representatives. Most of the attacks occurred in Peru, Chile,
and Colombia. At least 30 people died--three were US citizens--and 62 people were injured in international incidents over
the course of the year. Anti-US terrorism rose to 174 attacks--up from 131 in 1990. While the Persian Gulf war clearly was
a factor in the large number of attacks in early 1991, 116
international incidents occurred after the end of Operation
Desert Storm.
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<p>Source: United States Department of State, April 1992.
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</article>
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