24042165 | PRI | Party of the Institutionalized Revolution, dominated Mexico | 0 | |
24042166 | NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement, Non-tariff policy between U.S and Mexico | 1 | |
24042167 | Juan Jose Arevalo | Elected president of Guatemala, attempts of reform brought him into conflict with the United Fruit Company | 2 | |
24042168 | United Fruit Company | U.S. corporation that controlled the banana trade in much of Latin America | 3 | |
24042169 | Fulgencio Batista | Authoritarian ruler of Cuba until overthrown by Castro | 4 | |
24042170 | Fidel Castro | Communist dictator of Cuba, heavily supported by Soviet regime | 5 | |
24042171 | "Che" Guevara | Militant Argentine revolutionary who assisted Castro in Cuba | 6 | |
24042172 | Liberation Theology | A combination of Catholic theology and socialism, promoted in Latin America by some clergy | 7 | |
24042173 | Salvador Allende | Socialist leader of Chile, the CIA opposed him | 8 | |
24042174 | Sandinista party | Leftist political group in Nicaragua backed by the USSR | 9 | |
24042175 | Banana Republics | Term used to describe Latin America nations with corrupt governments | 10 | |
24042176 | Good Neighbor Policy | US policy toward Latin America, promised less interventionaL | 11 | |
24042177 | Alliance for Progress | US policy toward Latin America, promised economic aid | 12 | |
24042178 | Gabriel Garcia Marquez | A Latin America writer rejecting traditional form as unsuitable | 13 |
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