General Questions
This agency was used to stage coups and overthrow leaders in Latin America
What is the CIA?
In October of 1962, U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced the presence of Soviet missiles in this Latin American country.
What is Cuba?
The blueprint for U.S. policy toward the Third World.
What is modernization theory?
The Alliance for Progress was founded in this year.
What is 1961?
This 1947 doctorine asserted U.S. support for those resisting communist insurgencies.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
The 1959 triumph of a movement in Cuba created a new sense of urgency.
What is the Fidelista movement?
This country received aid from the Alliance for Progress which had a significant effect on rural development.
Who is Colombia?
This social theory justified the formation of Alliance for Progress.
What is Modernization Theory?
The U.S. supported this Latin leader in a 1973 coup, who became one of the most violent military dictators in the 20th century.
Who is Augusto Pinochet?
In May 1958, this country was Vice-President Nixon's first stop on his Latin American tour.
What is Uruguay?
This person was Puerto Rico's economic planner who helped lead the development of their economy.
Who was Teodoro Moscoso?
From the United States' POV, this was the ultimate purpose of the Alliance for Progress.
What is political gain?
This organization represented workers in the U.S. and was often at odds with U.S. foreign policy in Latin America.
What is the American Federation of Labor?
This UN charter article provided a juridical basis for the Rio Pact of 1947.
What is Article 51?
Columbia was the one of major US allies that aligned with its anti-communist and development-focused agenda.
What was the major US allies in the Alliance for Progress?
These were the principle goals of the Alliance for Progress.
What was to improve/strengthen democratic institutions? Raise Per Capita Income? Land/redistributive reform?
Country where Richard Nixon's motorcade was harassed by a mob and threatened his safety during Latin America trip.
What is Venezuela?
This right-wing dictator, who was the recipient of the Legion of Merit from the Eisenhower administration for his anti-communist efforts, had fled Venezuela and found exile in the United States
Who is Marcos Perez Jiménez?
In the ultimate application of the modernization theory, this Southeast Asia country was affected after a trip in 1961.
What is Vietnam?