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In the 1960s, repressive military regimes in ____, ____, and ____ abolished political parties and returned to export-import economies financed by foreigners
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companies with divisions in more than 2 nations
multinational corporation
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What was the most notable trend of the 1980s-early 90s in Latin America?
the movement toward democracy
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____, ____, and ____ were especially big producers of cocaine and marijuana.
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called for an end to military action by one state in the affairs of any other state
Organization of American States (OAS)
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celebrated Latin American writer > Chilean poet
Gabriel Mistral
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brings together realitic events with dreamlike or fantastic background
magic realism
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wrote One Hundred Years of Solitude, a ____ _____ book.
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- magic realism
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The most famous of the Latin American novelists > awarded Nobel Peave Prize in 1982
- Garcia Marquez
- a Columbian
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the capital of Brazil > the most notable example of modern architecture
Brasilia
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Latin America's greatest modern architect
Oscar Niemeyer
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two presidents of Mexico that made political reforms and opened the door to the emergence of 2 political parties
- Luis Echeverria
- Jose Lopez Portillo
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the sale of government owned companies to private firms
privatization
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led a movement in Cuba
Fidel Castro
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Fidel Castro's revolutionaries seized ____ on January 3, 1959
Havana
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no more selling to a certain place
trade embargo
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Argentinian
Ally of Castro
Led a war in Bolivia
killed in 1967
Ernesto Che Guevara
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American involvement was especially evident in ______, _____, and ______
- El Salvador
- Nicaragua
- Panama
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Marxist guerilla forces that took over Nicaragua
Sandinistas
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opposed Sandinistas' policies and began trying to overthrow new government
contras
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_____ became a nation in 1903
Panama
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biggest drug dealer in Panama
Manuel Noriega
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In ____, the US gave Panama Canal to Panama.
1999
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Latin America's 2nd largest county
Argentina
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leader of descamisados, became president of Argentina
Juan Peron
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"the shirtless ones" workers
descamisados
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Argentina planned to invade this UK owned territory
Falkland Islands
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Brazil's 1st left wing president in 4 decades
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
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took over Chile
Augusto Pinochet
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farm organizations owned by and operated for the peasants' benefit
cooperatives
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radical communist guerilla group in Peru; killed mayors, priests, peasants, etc. > goal was to form a classless society
Shining Path
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cash crop of Columbia
Cocaine
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groups of drug businesses
cartels
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