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APWH Stearns' 32
4-15-09
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10th Grade
04/13/2009

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third world
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the developing nations and regions, including Latin America
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PRI
Definition
Party of the Industrialized Revolution; the political party in Mexico that dominated in the 20th century
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Zapatistas
Definition
armed guerilla movement in the Chiapas region of Mexico in the 1990s
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NAFTA
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North American Free Trade Agreement; non-tariff policy between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico that began in the 1990s
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Juan Jose Arevalo
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elected president of Guatemala in the 1940s; his attempts at reform brought him into conflict with the United Fruit Company
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United Fruit Company
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U.S. corporation that controlled the banana trade in much of Latin America; it was the largest foreign-based corporation in that region and influenced political and social concerns
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Fulgencio Batista
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authoritarian ruler of Cuba until overthrown by Castro
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Fidel Castro
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Communist dictator of Cuba since 1959; backed up by Soviet regime; the Cuban Revolution he led inspired others to attempt similar models in Latin America
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"Che" Guevara
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militant Argentine revolutionary who assisted Castro in Cuba and was killed attempting a similar revolt in Bolivia
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liberation theology
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a combination of Catholic theology and socialsim, promoted (but not employed) in Latin America by some clergy and fewer politicians
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Salvador Allende
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socialist leader of Chile; overthrown by military junta in 1973
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Sandinista Party
Definition
leftist political group in Nicaragua backed by the U.S.S.R.; ousted in elections in 1990
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Augusto Sandino
Definition
led resistance against U.S. influence in Nicaragua in the 1930s
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banana republics
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term used to describe Latin American nations with corrupt governments
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Good Neighbor Policy
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U.S. policy toward Latin America, begun in the 1930s, that promised economic aid
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favelas
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Brazilian term for shantytowns
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Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel Garcia Marqez
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writers rejecting traditional form as unsuitable for representing reality; turned to "magical realism"
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