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143853271Neo-Colonialismcontrol by a powerful country of its former colonies (or other less developed countries) by economic pressures0
143853272Fidel CastroCuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba (born in 1927)1
143853273Diego Riverasocialist Mexican painter of murals (1886-1957)2
143853274Augusto Cesar Sandinolatin american hero from Nicaragua who lead guerrilla war against US3
143853275dollar diplomacydiplomacy influenced by economic considerations4
143853276Yankee ImperialismWhen the American investors poured into Cuba, buying up plantations, factories, railroads, and refineries.5
143853277Vargasdictator-president who turned Brazil into an estado novo with new industries such as steel.6
143853278Good Neighbor PolicyPresident Franklin Roosevelt's policy intended to strengthen friendly relations with Latin America7
143853279Juan Batista Sacasaelected president of Nicaragua in 1932 before he was assasinated8
143853280Anastacio Somoza Garciadictator of Nicaragua after being head of the National Guard and assassinating the President, collected large fortune, had U.S. support9
143853281National GuardU.S. trains Nicaraguan guard in effort to help Nicaragua rule itself and get U.S. marines out of the country.10
143853282Lazaro CardenasPresident of Mexico (1934-1940). He brought major changes to Mexican life by distributing millions of acres of land to the peasants, bringing representatives of workers and farmers into the inner circles of politics, and nationalizing the oil industry11
143853283United Fruit CompanyU.S. corporation that controlled the banana trade in much of Latin America12
143853284Chiquita Bananafruit version of carmen and tried to show that the united fruit companies neocolonialism wasnt negative13

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