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| A Spanish Dominican friar from the 16th century who was appointed protector of the Indians. Lobbied to reform against slavery and the encomienda in his writing A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies. |
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| U.S.Battleship Maine explodes in Havana Harbor. Consquently war hawks in the United States declare war on Spain for supposedly committing sabotage in April. |
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| An agreement made in 1898 in which Puerto Rico, Cuba, Guam and the Philippines were granted to the United States ending the Spanish American War. |
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| The Fear of the Caudillos |
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| Meaning Warlord in Spanish. The fear in which Caudillos like Portfirio Diaz who could take over control of weak states if needed. |
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| An early communist in the political realm who allied with Fidel Castro during the Cuban Revolution. Later he would become the top economic leader in Cuba as the representative for Cuba in COMECON. |
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| Attack on the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba led by Fidel Castro beginning to the M 26-7 movement which would topple Fulgencio Batista's government. |
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| An economic system characterized by social ownership of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy. |
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| Strives to create opportunities or all members of a population to make meaningful contribution to decision making and seeks to broaden the range of people who have access to these opportunities. |
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| A venezuelan military and political leader who founded Gran Colombia after successfully combating the Spanish Monarchy. He served the nation as the president between 1819 and 1830. |
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| Wave of protests occurring on February 27th 1989 in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas as a result of unfavorable free-market reforms. Namely the elimination of gasoline subsidies. |
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