Latin American History 1950-1980
Name of the institution in charge of distributing USA aid in Latin America. Hint: 1961, we can observe many people with this name in Limon
USAID
What is the name of the Proxy War held in 1950 in Asia?
The Korean War
Name of the political figure, responsible for the Costa Rican Revolution in 1948.
Jose Figueres Ferrer
Period of time in which military regimes suppress civil liberties in South America.
Dirty Wars
Name of the Continent that received the most influence from the Cuban Revolution 1965-1970s.
Africa
What is the year of the Cuban Revolution?
1959
Which age begins on August 9th, 1945? Hint, Think about your findings after watching the biographic film of Robert J. Oppenheimer
Name of the longest-ruling political party in Mexico post-1910.
Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
What is the name of the most famous Colombian writer that utilized magical realism during the Latin American Boom?
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
What is the name of the United States sitting president during the Cuban Crisis?
J.F.K
What is the name of Pinochet's secret police?
The name of the institution was created to prevent further great wars. Hint October 24th, 1945
United Nations
Name one member of the non-aligned nations. 1960
-Indonesia
-Yugoslavia
-India
The name was given to the enemies of the military regimes. Hint it is understood as a synonym of ¨erasure¨
Desaparecidos
What did Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay partake in? Hint: It is a compound word. The second word is War.
Name of the massacre that occurred in Mexico in 1968.
Tlatelolco Massacre
Name of the Historian that proposes the theory of the world. Hint creator of the book 3 worlds one planet.
Alfred Sauvy
Name of the candidate that replaced Eduardo Frei in 1964 in Chile. Hint: This figure used to be the minister of Health.
Salvador Allende
What is the name of the geopolitical event that almost led to WWIII in 1962? Hint. It has to do with J.F.K.
Cuba Missile Crisis
Who taught Fidel Castro on the ways of Communism?
Ernesto Guevara
What is the percentage of protected land today in Costa Rica?
26%-28%
Name of the theory proposed by the economist Immanuel Wallerstein.
World System Theory
Name the name of the treaty between the USA and LATAM that is born from the Security doctrine of 1945-1980. Hint: 1947
Rio Treaty
What is the name of the operation (1975-1989) utilized by the USA on the southern cone to combat the threat of communism?
Operation Condor
What is the name of the civil movement that occurred in Argentina, against the Videla regime in 1977 at Plaza de Mayo?
The grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo/ Abuelas de Plaza de Mayo