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1930-1961 Dictator of Dominican Republic after US occupation
Rafael Trujillo
Island invaded by the US in 1984 to restore democracy and rescue American students
Grenada
Poorest country in the western hemisphere; experienced lots of crime, government corruption, and recently an earthquake.
Haiti
President for life of Haiti 1971-1986
Jean-Claude Duvalier
Reform used by the Dominican Republic to improve their economy
Rely less on growing sugar and more on tourism and light industry
“Disappeared persons” in Argentina’s “dirty war” 1979-1982
Desaparecidos
These Brazilian presidents funded many social welfare programs for education and the poor.
“Lula” de Silva and Dilma Rousseff
Military dictator of Argentina after World War II
Juan Peron
Invaded in 1982 by Argentina; the British threw them out
Falkland Islands
Massive economic growth in Brazil at expense of civil rights with much political oppression and huge debt
Brazilian Miracle
1990-2000 President of Peru; helped economic growth, but fled because of a corruption scandal; later tried and jailed.
Alberto Fujimori
One of the two active rebel groups in Peru
Shining Path (Sendero Luminoso) and Tupac Amarü
After Colombia, Peru ranks #2 in this; used to fund rebel groups
Cocaine production
Goal of Peru’s rebel groups
Destroy existing society and replace with new, Communsit society
1996 event that increased Peru’s presidential popularity
Japanese embassy held by Tupac Amarü Revolutionary Movement: Fujimori sent in the military to successfully free hostages; only 1 died of heart attack
ELN
National Liberation Front
FARC
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
AUC
Armed Forces of Colombia
Ransom and kidnapping; drugs; protection money
Methods used by Colombian rebel groups to fund their activities
Establish a Communist society; protect the existing government; protect drug lords and all of the money they’re making.
Motives of Colombian rebel groups for their activities
Freely elected president overthrown and murdered in 1973 with US help
Salvador Allende
Military dictator 1973-1988; too ill so stand trial for human rights abuse and torture charges
General Augusto Pinochet
1989-2003 Chile experienced this with the restoration of civilian rule.
Economic growth
Main exports of Chile
Copper, fruit, fish products, paper and pulp, chemicals, wine
Chilean group 1973-1990 demanded human rights and explanations of past atrocities
Group of Families of the Detained and Disappeared
Status of Puerto Rico
US territory and commonwealth
French Guiana; Cayman Islands; Virgin Islands; Puerto Rico; Aruba; Turks and Caicos; Anguilla; Guadeloupe; Martinique
Remaining colonies in the Caribbean
Overthrown 1991 in Haiti; restored by US; overthrown again in 2004
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
Famous Colombian drug cartels
Medellin and Cali
They opposed government and military abuse of power in Argentina; used Christian womanhood imagery in their protests.
Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo
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