Latin America 1945-Present

Starting in the early 1900s, Mexico had a one party government led by the

In 1959, rebels seized control of Havana and Cuba became a communist dictatorship under

The Organizationof American States calledfor an endto military actionby 1 state against another

In 1970 a ________________ government came to power in Chile.

A policy that prohibits trade with a country is ?

The government of ________ has been influenced heavily by drug cartels and cocaine production.

Cities with populations over 10 million people are called ?

The country labeled as 12 is

Which significant event occurred on January 1, 1959?

Nation formerly ruled by Manuel Noriega

The country labeled as 1 is

The military conflict over the Falkland Islands in 1982 involved

Despite being a brutal dictator, the US supported Gen. Pinochet's coup in Chile because he was

The country labeled as 2 is

In 1994, Mexico, Canada, and the US formed a free trade zone called ?

The country labeled as 11 is

Between 1950 and 2000, the population of Latin America more than 

Country rocked by civil war in the late 1970s and 1980s

The country labeled as 8 is

The sale of government owned industries and companies is called

Famous Poet from Chile

Latin American leader who declared himself a Marxist in December 1961

As an art form, magic realism is characterized by

Groups of organized drug businesses are called

The country labeled as 15 is

A company with divisions in two or more countries are called?

Winner of Nobel Prize for literature in 1982

Latin America's problems were compounded by a huge growth in population

The country labeled as 10 is

The country labeled as 6 is

In Latin America, writers are seen as artists who express the hopes of the people

Cuban dictator overthrown by Castro

The country labeled as 5 is

The country labeled as 7 is

The country labeled as 4 is

Nation in which vast new oil reserves were discovered in the 1970s

The country labeled as 9 is

Nation whose government was overthrown by the Sandinistas

The country labeled as 14 is

Panamanian Dictator who was involved in drug trafficking and arrested by the US army.

In 1982, Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands and went to war with 

The country labeled as 13 is

Rio de Janeiro is the Latin American city with the most notable example of modern architecture

In 1948, the countries of the Western Hemisphere formed the OAS, which stands for?

Nation that suffered years of severe inflation after an "economic miracle"

The most noticeable trend in Latin America in the 1980s and 90s was the move toward

The country labeled as 3 is