Challenges
S. America
Cen. America & Caribbean
Mexico
Trade
100
10 million + population, overcrowded creating social, economic, and political challenges.
What are Megacities?
100
Economic problem that contributed to Argentina's huge debt problem.
What was hyperinflation?
100
American economic policy towards Cuba after Castro allied his nation with the Soviets.
What was a trade embargo?
100
She opposed Trump's strict immigration policies as Mexico's new president.
Who is Sheinbaum?
100
US, Mexico and Canada trade agreement that replaced NAFTA
What is the USMCA?
200
Engaged in narcoterrorism against the population.
What are the Drug Cartels?
200
Venezuelan leader recently removed from power and detained by the US Justice Dept.
Who is Maduro?
200
Infamous family that controlled Haiti for several decades.
Who were the Duvalier family?
200
He became the non -PRI president elect in 2000.
Who was Vicente Fox?
200
Promotes hemispheric cooperation between the US and Latin American nations.
What is the OAS?
300
Associated with the practice of neocolonialism in Latin America.
What are multinational corporations?
300
Maoist guerrilla army that fought the Peruvian govt.
What was the Shinning Path?
300
US military operation that removed Panamian leader Noriega from power.
What was Operation Just Cause?
300
Mexico's recent economic policy of turning over state-owned businesses to private investors.
What is privatization?
300
Caribbean trade agreement for economic development.
What is CARICOM?
400
Socio-economic problems exist in most Latin American nations between the wealthy and the poor.
What is the Wealth Gap?
400
He and a group of Chilean military officers overthrew Allende's govt.
Who was Pinochet?
400
His assassination by right wing death squad touched off a decade of civil war in El Salvador.
Who was Archbishop Romero?
400
Mexican currency devalued due to debt.
What is the Peso?
400
Mexican province that experienced a peasant uprising opposed to the NAFTA.
Where was Chiapas?
500
Mexico's PRI is an example of this type of party rule.
What is one party rule?
500
Economic trade bloc in S. America.
What is Mercosur?
500
Cen. American nation experienced the Sandinista Revolution against the Somoza regime.
What was Nicaragua?
500
Contemporary problem between the United States and Mexico besides drug cartel activities.
What is illegal immigration?
500
Venezuela is a member of the oil group.
What is OPEC?