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20 Cards in this Set
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What is the role of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal in Costa Rica?
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To guarnatee free and honest elections
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The goal of the murlists in Mexico was to celebrate the country's history and to feature who?
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The murals feature the common people. They were by muralists like Diego Rivera & Jose Clemente Orozco.
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This country lost half of its territory in a war with the United States?
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Mexico
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After his government fell, rival armies began contending for control of Mexico?
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Porfirio Diaz
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What has been the main religion of Latin America since its colonization?
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Roman Catholicism
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The goal of Oscar Arias Sanchez' plan for Central America was...
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1. A cease fire in Central American conflicts. 2. end flow of military supplies 3. free elections in all nations *To bring peace!*
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Which country were the descamisados (shirtless ones) associated with?
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Argentina
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What is Brazil's main crop today?
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coffee
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After defeating the government forces in Costa Rica, Jose Maria Figueres Ferrer...
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peacefully handed over power to the winner of the 1948 election.
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After her husband's re-election, Eva Duarte Peron
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Eva Peron died of cancer.
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The Falkland Islands are now under the control of ...
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The British
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When the army ousted Peron from power, the descamisados..
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The workers marched on the capital "chanting" There is no work without Peron, so they freed him.
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What did liberal Catholic reformers of the 1960s see as the root of society's problems?
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SIN!
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This government leader was sympathetic to Nazi Germany and admired Mussolini's Fascist State?
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Juan Peron
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What Mexican president was killed as he attempted to flee Mexico City?
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Venustiano Carranza
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The name for this Protestant group in Latin America comes from the Greek word for gift?
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Charistmatics
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Jim Elliot and his companions were killed by these native people of Ecuador?
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Auca Indians
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What is the name of Brazil's captial?
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Brasilia
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Which Latin american Country does not have an army?
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Costa Rica abolished the army in 1948.
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What was the nickname of Costa Rican coffee planter Jose Maria Figueres Ferrer?
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Don Pepe
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