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| 140883423 | Third World | The developing nations and regions, including Latin America. | 0 | |
| 140883424 | PRI | Party of the Industrialized Revolution. The political party in Mexico that dominated in the 20th century. | 1 | |
| 140883425 | Zapatistas | Armed guerrilla movement in the Chiapas region of Mexico in the 1990s. | 2 | |
| 140883426 | NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement. Non-tariff policy between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico that began in the 1990s. | 3 | |
| 140883427 | Juan Jose Arevalo | Elected president of Guatemala in the 1940s. His attempts at reform brought him into conflict with the United Fruit Company. | 4 | |
| 140883428 | United Fruit Company | U.S. corporation that controlled the banana trade in much of Latin America. It was the largest foreign-based corporation in that region and it influenced political and social concerns. | 5 | |
| 140883429 | Fulgencio Batista | Authoritarian ruler of Cuba until overthrown by Castro. | 6 | |
| 140883430 | Fidel Castro | Communist dictator of Cuba since 1959. Backed up by Soviet regime. The Cuban Revolution he led inspired others to attempt similar models in Latin America. | 7 | |
| 140883431 | "Che" Guevara | Militant Argentine revolutionary who assisted Castro in Cuba and was killed attempting a similar revolt in Bolivia. | 8 | |
| 140883432 | Liberation Theology | A combination of Catholic theology and socialism, promoted (but not employed) in Latin America by some clergy and fewer politicians. | 9 | |
| 140883433 | Salvador Allende | Socialist leader of Chile; overthrown by military junta in 1973. | 10 | |
| 140883434 | Sandinista party | Leftist political group in Nicaragua backed by the U.S.S.R. Ousted in elections in 1990. | 11 | |
| 140883435 | Augusto Sandino | Led resistance against U.S. influence in Nicaragua in the 1930s. | 12 | |
| 140883436 | Banana republics | Term used to describe Latin American nations with corrupt governments. | 13 | |
| 140883437 | Good Neighbor Policy | U.S. policy toward Latin America, begun in the 1930s, that promised less intervention. | 14 | |
| 140883438 | Alliance for Progress | U.S. policy toward Latin America, begun in the 1960s, that promised economic aid. | 15 | |
| 140883439 | Favelas | Brazilian term for shantytowns. | 16 | |
| 140883440 | Borges and Marquez | writers rejecting traditional form as unsuitable for representing reality; turned to "magical realism." | 17 |
