Section 1
Sent troops to Latin American countries to protect and bolster friendly dictators.
United States.
October 2, 1968.
Police shot and killed hundreds of student protesters in Mexico City.
Second largest country in Latin America.
Argentina.
The most popular sport in Latin America.
Soccer or Futbol
Oscar Niemeyer:
He was appointed chief architect for the new capital and already had an reputation as one of the two architects who designed United Nations buildings.
Oil prices dropped triggering:
Debt crisis and forcing the government to privatize state-owned companies.
In 1964 ______ took control of the government when the elected officials couldn't fix economic issues.
Military
One of the biggest water systems in the world.
Iguazu falls
What was the Great Depression?
A major event that caused exports to fall, and revenues to buy manufactured goods declined.
Peace deal
Ended the war in 1992.
Salvador Allende
A Marxist who became president. He tried to create a socialist society.
Go through seven countries
Andes Mountains
Magic realism book called
One hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
President Salinas did what in 1994?
Helped start NAFTA to get foreign cash.
September, 1973
Military forces killed Allende and set up a dictatorship.
Gives birth upside-down.
Sloths
Who began the Good Neighborhood policy?
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Big gaps in the poor and wealthy caused
Massive instability in the region
The Pinochet regime.
Potatoes originated in:
Peru