Leaders
This Cuban revolutionary led the 26th of July Movement and took power in 1959.
Who is Fidel Castro?
This country's revolution is often called "Shining Path" for its main organization and occurred in the 1980s-2000s.
What is Peru?
The name for a group of counterrevolutionaries famous for their involvement in a scandal involving Iran and the Reagan administration.
What are the Contras?
Our professor wore a sweater of this color on tuesday.
What is light blue?
This organization is famous for it's victory in 1979 and subsequent civil war with American-funded counterrevolutionaries.
What is the FSLN?
This Communist Party leader in Ecuador was killed in La Matanza.
Who is Farabundo Martí?
In this country, CONAIE is an indigenous organization fighting for rights.
What is Ecuador?
This dictator was infamous for his use of "death flights" to remove political opponents after his coup against an elected communist in 1973.
Who is Augusto Pinochet?
The most common colors of flags in Latin America are these five.
What are blue, white, red, green, and yellow?
Originating as the Revolutionary Bolivarian Movement, this organization was re-organized under this name in 1997 and later merged with others to form the United Socialist Party of Venezuela.
What is Movimiento V República?
This person, who fought for revolution all over Latin America, was ultimately killed in Bolivia by US-trained soldiers.
Who is Che Guevara?
The FLSN or the Sandinistas were the main revolutionaries in this country.
What is Nicaragua?
In 1964, a military coup ended the efforts of the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario in this country, before itself being overturned in 2003.
What is Bolivia?
This is the only Latin language in Latin America not linked to the Iberian peninsula.
What IS French?
This organization accomplished the first peaceful election of a Marxist candidate in Latin America, Salvador Allende, in 1970.
What is Popular Unity?
This democratically-elected leader of Chile was killed replaced with one of the most notorious dictators in Latin American history.
Who is Salvador Allende?
This country's first popular revolution faced a bloody reprisal known as "La Matanza" or "The Massacre".
What is El Salvador?
In El Salvador, a broad military junta took power on this date, leading to a walk-out by the entire civilian government shortly thereafter.
When was October 15, 1979?
The country we formed to demonstrate nodes of development was named this by our professor.
What is Ari Costra?
This organization, originating in Chiapas, has been known for resisting the government since the 1980s.
What is EZLN?
This president of Peru took total control of the government to combat Shining Path before fleeing to Japan in 2000.
Who is Alberto Fujimori?
This country had a leader who took advantage of the neoliberal privatization of the water supply to strengthen support.
What is Bolivia?
Guatemala's revolutionary leader fully committed to maintaining a place in the capitalist order, but was nonetheless ousted by this person with the backing of the CIA in 1954.
Who is Castillo Armas?
Argentina's wool industry is located almost entirely in one town, founded by people from this country, likewise famous for its shepherding.
What is Wales?
This organization was formed in the 1980s out of many armed groups and named after a martyred leader from a previous revolution attempt in 1932.
What is FMLN?