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| 154117751 | Third World | Also known as developing nationsl nations outside the capatalist industrial nations of the first world and the industrilized cmmunist nations of the second world; generally less economically powerful, but with varied economies | 0 | |
| 154117752 | PRI | ... | 1 | |
| 154117753 | Zapatistas | Guerilla movement named in honor of Emiliano Zapata; originated in 1994 in Mexico's southern state of Chiapas; government responded with a combination of repression and negotiation. | 2 | |
| 154117754 | Arevalo Jose | Elected president of Guatemala in 1944; began series of Socialist reforms including land reform; Nationalist program directed against foreign-owned companies such as United Fruit Company. | 3 | |
| 154117755 | United Fruit Company | ... | 4 | |
| 154117756 | Fulgencio Batista | Dictator of Cuba from 1934 to 1944; returned to presidency in 1952; ousted from government by revolution led by Fidel Castro. (p 785) | 5 | |
| 154117757 | Castro Fidel | Cuban revolutionary; overthrew dictator Fulgencio Batista in 1958; initiated series of reforms to establish Socialist reforms; came to depend almost exclusively on USSR. | 6 | |
| 154117758 | Ernesto "Che" Guevara | Argentine revolutionary; aided Fidel Castro in overthrow of Fulgencio Batista; died while directing guerrilla movement in Bolivia in 1967. (p 785) | 7 | |
| 154117759 | Liberation Theology | Combined Catholic theology and Socialist principles in effort to bring about improved conditions for the poor in Latin America (20th century). | 8 | |
| 154117760 | Allende Salvador | President of Chile; nationalized industries and banks; sponsored peasant and worker expropriations of lands and foreign-owned factories; overthrown in 1973 by revolt of Chilean military with the support of the United States. | 9 | |
| 154117761 | Sandinista Party | Nicaraguan socialist movement named after Augusto Sandino; successfully carried out a socialist revolution in Nicaragua during the 1980's | 10 | |
| 154117762 | Augusto Sandino | ... | 11 | |
| 154117763 | Banana Republics | Term given to governments supported or created by the United States in Central America; believed to be either corrupt or subservient to U.S. interests. | 12 | |
| 154117764 | Good Neighbor Policy | Established by Franklin D. Roosevelt for dealing with Latin America in 1933; intended to halt direct intervention in Latin American politics. | 13 | |
| 154117765 | Alliance for Progress | Begun in 1961 by the United States to develop Latin America as an alternative to radical political solutions; enjoyed only limited success; failure of development programs led to renewal of direct intervention | 14 |
