Debt
What does foreign debt make Latin American countries dependent on?
Foreign banks, lenders, or outside powers.
What type of government does the book connect with censorship, fear, and repression?
Military dictatorship
Who made money from Latin America’s cheap labor and resources?
Foreign corporations.
Name one resource or product the book talks about Latin America exporting.
Oil, meat, coffee, fishmeal, cotton, or minerals
What is one way people resisted dictatorships in these pages?
Protests, strikes, hunger strikes, unions, or organizing.
The book argues that when a country borrows money, who gains more power over it?
The lender / foreign banks
What did dictatorships often do to workers and unions?
They banned, weakened, or attacked them.
Why does the book criticize “multinational” corporations?
Because even though they operate in many countries, profits and control often stay with rich countries.
Who suffers most in the book's description of low wages and unsafe work?
Workers and poor communities.
In Bolivia, what kind of protest helped force the dictatorship to respond?
A hunger strike.
What happens when countries have to export more just to pay debts?
They become more dependent and may keep wages low.
Why did dictatorships help foreign corporations and elites?
They kept workers quiet, wages low, and resistance under control.
Why can Latin America have factories and exports but still remain dependent?
Because foreign companies can still control the factories, take the profits, and use Latin America mainly for cheap labor.
What is the problem with exporting food while local people go hungry?
The economy serves foreign markets instead of local needs.
Why does the book include examples of protests and hunger strikes?
To show that ordinary people were not just victims. They resisted dictatorships and fought back against unfair systems.
Why does the book say that debt is a form of modern control?
Because it forces countries to shape their economies around paying foreign lenders instead of helping their own people.
Why is fear a part of the economic system?
Fear was used to protect profit and stop people from challenging the system.
Why does the book say that industrialization does not always mean independence?
Because factories can still be controlled by foreign companies, and profits can still leave the country.
What is the book's point about countries being rich in resources but still having poor people?
Resource wealth does not help ordinary people if foreign powers and elites control the profits.
What does “memory is resistance” mean in the context of the book?
Remembering history helps people understand injustice and challenge the system.