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87 Cards in this Set
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1- Oscar Lewis
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Wrote "Death in the Sanchez Family"
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1- Luis Echeverria
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He was the leader of the nonaligned movement.
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1-Javier Perez de Cuellar
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Peruvian diplomat that served as secretary general of the United Nations 1982-1991
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1-Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
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He was part of the CIA that helped overthrow a left wing government in Guatemala
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1-Growth Rate
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The rate of which a population expands
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1-Campesinos
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Poor farmers
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1-Latifundistas
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section 1
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1-Pelados
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section 1
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1-Day Laborers
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section1
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1-Cursillo
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City and mountain people coming together to talk about the liberation
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1-Shantytowns
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Underdeveloped towns with no electric, running water, or sanitary facilities
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1-Elite
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The small wealthy class of Latin America
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1-Free Trade
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Elimination of trade barriers among countries
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1-Liberation Theology
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Emphasizing the role of christianity in liberating people from oppression
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1-Alliance for Progress
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Launched by President John F. Kennedy to assist Latin America in fighting Communism
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1-NAFTA
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North American Free Trade Agreement
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1-Mercosur
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The southern common market
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1-Caricom
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The caribbean community and common market
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1-Central American Common Market
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A pact created for economic purposes
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1-Andean Pact
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Another pact used for economic aid
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1-Brazil
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10% of the population recieved great wealth in the 1980's
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2-Carlos Salinas de Gortari
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Mexican President who promised broad reforms
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2-Emiliano Zapata
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Revolutionary that demanded government aid for the poor
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2-Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon
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The new PRI Canidate
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2-Fulgencio Batista
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Cuban dictator 1952-1959
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2-Fidel Castro
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Young lawyer who began a guerilla movement against Batista
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2-Francois Duvalier
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Dictator of Haiti 1957-1971
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2-Jean-Claude Duvalier
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Overthrew his father , Francois, in 1986
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2-Jean Bertrand Aristide
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Popular reform minded priest
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2-Rene Preval
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President of Haiti from 1996-2001
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2- PRI
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Mexican political party
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2-Standard of Living
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Overall wealth of its people
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2-Privatization
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A shift to private ownership of buisnesses
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2-NAFTA
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North American Free Trade Agreement
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2-Zapatistas
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Mexican revolutionaries led by Emilian Zapata
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2-PAN
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National Action Party of Mexico
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2-PRD
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Democratic Revolutionary Party of Mexico
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2-Long March
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Section 2
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2-Kruschev
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Soviet Leader
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2-CIA
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Central Intelligence Agency
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2-Cuban Missile Crisis
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Installation of nuclear missiles toward USA by Cuba
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2-Petroleum
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Played a big role in Mexico's trade
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2-Ballet Folklorico
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Enhances the cultural life of Mexico City
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2-Bay Of Pigs
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Location of 1500 anti-Castro exiles revolt (CIA trained)
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2-Hispaniola
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Domincian Republic and Haiti
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2-Dominican Republic
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Spanish speaking country.Eastern 2/3 of Hispaniola
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2-Haiti
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French speaking country makes of the western 1/3 of Hispaniola
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2-Mexico
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Most stable Latin American country after WWII
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2- Mexico City
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One of the worlds most rapidly growing cities
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3-Anastasio Somoza Debayle
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Took over presidency of Nicaragua in 1967
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3-Augustino Sandino
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Led guerilla attacks on American occupation forces in Nicaragua in 1920
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3-Jimmy Carter
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Signed the Panama Canal Treaties
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3-Oliver North
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Section 3
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3-John Poindexter
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Section 3
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3-Oscar Arias
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Costa Rican President in 1990
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3-Violeta Chamorro
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Widow of popular news paper editor. Killed by Somoza
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3-Arnoldo Aleman
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Elected president Nicaragua in 1996
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3-Daniel Ortega
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Ran against Aleman in 1996
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3-Oscar Romero
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Roman Catholic archbishop that critisized the murder of innocent civilians
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3-Claribel Alegria
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Wrote the poem "Because I Want"
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3-Joaquin Villalobos
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Section 3
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3-Omar Torrijos
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The Panamanian president
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3-Manuel Noriega
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Took power of Panama in 1988. Former CIA agent. Big role in drug smuggling
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3-Ernesto Perez Balladares
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Became president in 1992 after Manuel Noriega was convicted of drug smuggling.
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3-George Bush
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President that Sent American troops into Panama in December of 1989
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3-Rigoberta Menchu
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Won the noble peace prize for her work on Native American rights in Guatemala in 1992
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3-Somoza Dynasty
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Took power in 1937and remained in control of Nicaragua until 1979
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3-FSLN
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Sandinista National Liberation Front
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3-Contras
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People against the government
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3-Boland Amendment
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Prohibited the US government from providing funds to the Contras
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3-Iran-Contra Affair
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Illegal funds sent to the contras in support of anti government movement
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3-NSC
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National Safety Council
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3-La Prensa
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Latin American Newspaper
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3-"Because I Want"
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Written by Claribel Alegria described the feelings of Salvadorans
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3-FMLN
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Farabundo Marti Naitonal Liberation Fron, a coalition of leftist guerilla groups
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3-Panama Canal Treaties
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Stated Panama would gain control of the Canal in December of 1999
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3-PDF
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Section 3
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3-Covert
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Secret
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3-Reagan Administration
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Returned the Panama Canal to Panama in 1999
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3-National Unity
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Nicaragua's attempt to unite the country
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3-Death squads
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Bands of killers who murder there political opponents
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3-Guerilla Conflicts
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Conflicts between political opponents.
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3-Nicaragua
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Somoza Dynast held power for 4 decades
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3-El Salvador
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One of the most industrialized countries in South America
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3-Guatemala
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The northern most Central American country torn apart by conflict
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3-Panama
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Relatively prosperous Central American country after WWII
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3-Panama Canal
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Joint ownership by Panama and US
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