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| the developing nations and regions, including Latin America |
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| Party of the Industrialized Revolution; the political party in Mexico that dominated in the 20th century |
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| armed guerilla movement in the Chiapas region of Mexico in the 1990s |
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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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| elected president of Guatemala in the 1940s; his attempts at reform brought him into conflict with the 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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| authoritarian ruler of Cuba until overthrown by 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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| militant Argentine revolutionary who assisted Castro in Cuba and was killed attempting a similar revolt in Bolivia |
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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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| socialist leader of Chile; overthrown by military junta in 1973 |
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| leftist political group in Nicaragua backed by the U.S.S.R.; ousted in elections in 1990 |
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| led resistance against U.S. influence in Nicaragua in the 1930s |
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| term used to describe Latin American nations with corrupt governments |
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| U.S. policy toward Latin America, begun in the 1930s, that promised economic aid |
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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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