Vocabulary
Meaning "income"
What is "revenue"
An upper class Venezuelan who became a great leader
Who is "Simon Bolivar"
This was abolished in Brazil in 1888
What is "slavery"
To overthrow a government
What is a "coup"
Faught for Argentina's independence
Who is "Jose de San Martin"
Venezuela declared this in 1811
What is "independence"
To put something under government control
What is "nationalized"
Came to power in Venezuela in 1998
Who is "Hugo Chavez"
This was discovered in Venezuela in the 1910s
What is "oil"
To approve something or recognize it as legal
What is "authorize"
Became the president in 2013 and was recently arrested by United States' Special Forces
Who is "Nicolas Maduro"
This began in Colombia in 1948
What is "political violence"
A small group that holds political power
What is "oligarchy"
Declared himself emperor of an independent Brazil in 1822
Who is "Pedro" or "Emperor Pedro I"
This became a problem in Brazil in the second half of the 1900s
What is "rising debt"