Vocabulary
Cartel
Groups of businesses usually relating to the sales of drugs
Why did the Revolution start
Cuba wanted to overthrow the government of the dictator Fulgencio Batista, who had controlled Cuba since 1933
______ protests led to Mexico’s one party system to change
Students
Salvador Allende tried to creat what kind of society in Chile?
A Socialist societ.
Jacobo Arbenz of Guatemala was overthrown with the help from who?
The United States
Privatization
The transfer of a business, industry, or service from public to private ownership and control.
Who led the movement?
Fidel Castro
Mexico’s government was dependent on sales from what natural resource?
Oil
What is the second largest country in Latin America?
Argentina.
What happened in the late 1970s and the 1980s that made the world focus on El Salvador?
A civil war.
Megacity
A very large city
Why did relationships between Cuba and the United States deteriorate
Cuba was receiving aid from the Soviet Union and the US was afraid they would turn into a Communist state
By late 1970’s, Mexico was no longer able to.....
What crop is important for Colombia?
Coffee
What religion became a main target?
The Catholic Church.
Trade Embargo
Policy prohibiting trade with a particular country.
A band of Cuban revolutionaries invaded the island in this failed attack known as what?
The Bay of Pigs Invasion
Mexico’s president began to form the North American ______ _______ Agreement with America and Canada
Free Trade
Who was elected president of Argentina in 1946?
Juan Perón.
In Nicaragua, what family seized control of the government in 1937 and maintained control for 43 years?
The Somoza family.
Magic Realism
A form of expression unique to Latin American literature; it combines realistic events with dreamlike or fantasy backgrounds
This crisis between the Soviet Union and the United States led to Cuba becoming more independent from both
The Cuban Missile Crisis
What was the official party of the Mexican Revolution?
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)
What kind of cash crop did poor peasants turn to?
Coca leaves/Cocaine Plant.
Who became Nicaragua’s first female president?
Violeta Barrios de Chamorro.