Mexico
He was the conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire
Who was Cortes?
He was president from 1946-1955 and again in 1973-1974
Who was Juan Peron?
Elected as president in 1970, he tried to push through nationalization of some Chilean industries and land redistribution
Who was Salvador Allende?
For over three centuries Brazil was a colony of this European nation
What is Portugal?
JFK created this program to support Latin American economies and fight communism
What is the Alliance for Progress?
His first name was Pancho and he was considered a hero of the 1910 Mexican Revolution
Who was Villa?
She was Juan Peron's first wife
Who was Eva (or Evita)?
The name of the largest American copper mining company in Chile
What is Anaconda?
Around two million people take to the streets of Rio de Janeiro to enjoy music, dancing, elaborate costumes and parades in this festival
What is Rio Carnival?
This far-left Maoist party and guerrilla group led by Abimael Guzmán started a "People's War" against the government of Peru starting in 1980
What is The "Shining Path?"
In 1985 this event in Mexico City exposed the ineptitude of the Mexican government to deal with emergencies
What is an earthquake?
Argentina fought England over this island in 1982
What are the Falkland Islands?
The name of the CIA-backed plot to overthrow president Allende
FUBELT (r Track II)
Since 1960, this city has served as the capital of Brazil
What is Brasilia?
It is the largest country in Latin America by size and borders borders every South American country except Chile and Ecuador
What is Brazil?
This political party remained in power for most of the twentieth century
What is the PRI?
This type of war refers to the imprisonment and disappearance of radicals opposed to the military government between 1976 and 1983
What is the "Dirty War?"
He was murdered by the Chilean military in 1970 because he insisted on following the Chilean constitution, which kept the military out of Chilean politics
Who was General Rene Schneider?
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the current president of Brazil is known by this nickname
What is Lula?
The name of the "arms for hostages" deal by which the U.S. secretly sold arms to Iran in return for freeing American hostages in Lebanon and funding the Contras in El Salvador
What is "Iran'Contra?"
This treaty created a free market between Mexico, Canada and the United States
What is NAFTA? (Now USMCA)
Mothers of the "disappeared" protested every Thursday on this central plaza in Mexico City
What is the Plaza de Mayo?
He came to power in Chile after the murder of Salvador Allende
Who is Augustus Pinochet?
He was the president of Brazil from 2019-22 and was a supporter and imitator of Donald Trump
Who is Jair Bolsonaro?
It is the term that financial analysts use to refer to the low economic productivity and high debt in Latin American nations during the 1980s
What is the "Lost Decade?"