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Porifirio Diaz
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General who assisted in ousting France from Mexico, dictator from 1867-1910
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Jose Marti
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Founder of the PRC (Cuban Revolutionary Party), advocated for independence from Spain
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William Walker
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American filibuster, President of Nicaragua (1856-1857), executed in Honduras in 1960
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Jean Claude Duvalier
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ruler of Haiti from 1971-1986, overthrown in popular uprising
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Che Guevara
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Argentinian revolutionary, one of Castro's lieutenants, believed a strong moral foundation to socialism
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Maximillian
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French, Emperor of Mexico, executed in 1867
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Juan Bosch
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Elected leftist President of the Dominican Republic, formed party of Dominican Liberation (1963)
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Jorge Ubico
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Guatemala, 1931-1944, last liberal dictator, ousted by student protests
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Vicente Fox
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President of Mexico (2000-2006), member of center-right PAN, first non-PRI president in 71 years.
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FSLN
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Sandinista National Liberation Front, Nicaragua, Marxist guerilla movement that ousted the Somoza regime(1979-1990)
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Liberation theology
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Stresses that church was and for this world; against violence and oppression, supported equality for all believers
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Oscar Arias
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President of Costa Rica, 1986, took power from PLN, brokered peace deals with Nic., Guat., El, got the Nobel Peace Prize
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Miskitos
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Indigenous Indian group that lives on the Nicaraguan coast
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Omar Torrijos
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General who seized power through coup, ruled Panama (1968-981)
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Encomienda
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System in the New World in which the Spanish took Indian land and in return converted Indians and let them work the land
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Phillip Bunau-Varilla
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Frenchman who greatly influenced U.S. decision to build the Panama Canal
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Soccer War
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Five-Day war between El Salvador and Honduras (1969), Salvadorians were migrating to Honduras and causing issues
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Archbishop Romero
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Archbishop of San Salvador, champion of social justice; his assassination essentially sparked guerrilla war fare
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Ladinos
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Hispanicized Indians in Guatemala
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Roosevelt Corollary
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Gave the U.S the right to intervene in Latin American affairs
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Rafael Trujillo
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Dictator of Dominican Republic, very oppressive, his assassination supported by U.S.
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Mestizos
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Mixed Hispanic and Indian ancestry
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Castillo Armas
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President of Guat. 1954-1957, ascended to power through CIA-engineered coup
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Tlatelolco Massacre
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1968 student protests in Mexico City during Summer Olympics, students wanted reform; protest ended with violent deaths of many students
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Jose Figueres
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President of Costa Rica 1948 after Costa Rican Civil War, voluntarily gave up power after 1 1/2 years
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