latin america Flashcards
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| 154713640 | President Lazaro Cardenas | President of Mexico (1934-40). Moved to nationalize foreign petroleum companies, including U.S. corporation holdings valued by the companies at $500 million. | 0 | |
| 154713641 | (PEMEX) | Mexican Petroleum; a government agency that runs the oil industry in Mexico | 1 | |
| 154713642 | PRI | Institutional Revolutionary Party which dominated Mexican politics and claimed to represent all groups | 2 | |
| 154713643 | Cuauhtemoc Cardenas | is a prominent Mexican politician. He was a former former Head of Government of the Federal District and a founder of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD). | 3 | |
| 154713644 | PRD | party of leftist ideas, opposes free trade and privatization, supported by urban working class | 4 | |
| 154713645 | Vincente Quesada | a Mexican politician who served as President of Mexico from 2000 to 2006 | 5 | |
| 154713646 | Jesus Calderon Hinojosa | the current President of Mexico. He is a member of the National Action Party (PAN) | 6 | |
| 154713647 | Juan Peron | president of Argentina in 1946, appealed to nationalism by limiting foreign owned businesses and promoting import substitution; support of working class | 7 | |
| 154713648 | Eva Peron | wife of Juan Peron; hero to poor | 8 | |
| 154713649 | descamisados | "shirtless ones," Argentine poor who supported Juan and Eva Peron | 9 | |
| 154713650 | "dirty war" | War waged by the Argentine military (1976-1982) against leftist groups. Characterized by the use of illegal imprisonment, torture, and executions by the military. (p. 857) | 10 | |
| 154713651 | Anastacio Somoza | dictator of Nicaragua who is supported by U.S. but is over thrown by Sandinistas | 11 | |
| 154713652 | Augusto Cesar Sandino | latin american hero who lead guerrilla war against US | 12 | |
| 154713653 | Panama Canal Treaty | 1978 - Passed by President Carter, these called for the gradual return of the Panama Canal to the people and government of Panama. They provided for the transfer of canal ownership to Panama in 1999 and guaranteed its neutrality. | 13 | |
| 154713654 | Contras | counterrevolutionary group in Nicaragua that opposed the Sandinistas | 14 | |
| 154713655 | "liberation theology" | the combining of Christian principles with political activism, often Marxist in character | 15 | |
| 154713656 | "dependency theory" | A model of economic and social development that explains global inequality in terms of the historical exploitation of poor nations by rich ones | 16 |