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Matt D.
Isabel Allende
She was the daughter of the former president from Chile, who was killed in a military coup in 1973. She spent time in Cuba and Mexico, before returning to Chile with the fall of the military regime, in 1989. She is a prolific writer, writing many surrealist stories, and giving lectures and workshops throughout various countries, and receiving dozens of awards for her works.
Currently, she is a Socialist politician deputized into the Chilean Congress.
The Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI(Partido Revolucionario Institucional)) was a political party that held office in Mexico for about 70 years. They were a very corrupt group, using fraud and schemes to win every election. Many groups have challenged the PRI to hold office, but haven't succeeded for 71 years, when Vincente Fox finally won an election in 2000. They were accused of fraud and corruption within their party numerous times throughout their rule. In the 60s, Mexican students and workers protested the PRI. In 68, they made a large protest in Mexico City, to which the PRI army opened fire on the people, killing hundreds.
Guantanamo Bay is a US detainment facility in Cuba that was created in the 1970's. This is the location where the US sends people involved in terrorist type acts. The interogation techniques have been brought into question as many prisoners have said they have been tortured in many terrible ways and there have been questions of possible homicides. In 2008, a video was released of an interrogation of Omar Khadr, a youth being held in Guantanamo, in which he cries either saying help me, kill me or calling for his mother. This video has helped human rights organizations whith their complaints of Guantanamo. Barack Obama recently issued the preperation of the Thomson Correctional Center in Illinois to enable the transfer of the Guantanamo prisoners there.
Lindsay Coleman
Manuel Noriega was born on February 11, 1934 and was a Panamanian military leader. He was the general and the military dictator of Panama from 1983 to 1989. He was born the son of an accountant and his maid in a poor area of Panama city. He was given up for adoption to a school teacher at the age of 5. In the 1989 invasion of panama by the U.S. he was removed from power and captured as a prisoner of war. He was tried on eight counts of drug trafficking, racketeering and money laundering in April 1992. He remains is prison today even though his sentence was up in 2007.
The PRI or Institutional Revolutionary Party is a Mexican political party. The PRI became the main force for political stability in Mexico. They held power in the country for more than 70 years, under many successors. It is a member of the Socialist International and a rival of the Party of the Democratic Revolution or PRD. it is described as a "state Party." It was a result of Plutarco Elías Calles's efforts to stop the violent struggle for power between the victorious factions of the mexican revolution.
Augusto Pinochet was the appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Army. with support from the (CIA), he put an end to the Democratically elected government in Chile before him. Another example of the united states leaning towards dictatorship. In 1974, the military appointed him as President of Chile. The government under his rule was strong against political opposition, and an estimated 3,200 people were killed who tried to oppose him. He was accused of “systematic and widespread human rights violations, including mass-murder, torture, kidnapping, illegal detention, and Censorship of the press”. People didn’t like that, so he was forced into house arrest in Britain, and was eventually allowed to return to Chile, but he was no longer a part of the government.
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Vicente Fox Quesada served as President of Mexico from 2000 to 2006 and is now a co-President of the Centrist Democrat International. He made new policies and programs. He improved the police force, took away political corruption which ended the revolt in Chiapas and he opened up Mexico’s economy to free-market forces. He also proposed an agreement with the United States to have a less restrictive immigration policy. Fox brought Mexico’s democracy to a new height and continued to strengthen the democracy. Then in 2006 he died.
Evo Morales:
Has been President of Bolivia since 2006.
Morales is the leader of a political party called the Movement for Socialism or known as MAS meaning more in Spanish.
A few months after taking office, Mr Morales moved to put Bolivia's gas fields under state control, worrying foreign investors.
He also pushed for constitutional reform
His power base is in the coca-growing areas of central Bolivia and he remains the head of the biggest coca-growing union.
Vincent Fox was elected President of Mexico in 2000, marking the end of a 71-year-long uninterrupted rule by the PRI. He was known for his "ranch-stye" image, especially his cowboy boots. In office, he worked to end corruption in the government and reformed the police. He also ended the longstanding uprising in Chiapas. Fox helped prevent an economic disaster in Mexico, and created a free-market economy. However, Mexico experienced a decline in economic competition, which caused Fox to launch an Economic Policy for Competiitvely. During his presidency, the number of registered taxpayers increased by 35 percent. Fox wanted for the United States to legalize the millions of illegal Mexican immigrants.
The Tlatelolco Massacre, also known as The Night of Tlateloloco, took place on October 2, 1968 , in the Plaza de las Tres Cultureas in Mexico City. There were an estimated 200 to 300 deaths, even though the government officially reported only 30 deaths during the massacre. The event began when a student movement consisting of 10,000 university and secondary school students gathered to demand more rights. The main student movement group, called the Consejo Nacional de Huelga, demanded the government to allow more freedom for political prisoners; the abolition of granaderos; the dismissal of the chief of police and the identification of officials who were responsible for the bloodshed caused in the previous repressions. Ironically, the CNH demanded the repeal of the law that imprisoned people who attended meetings, which were considered threatening to public order. The current president of the time, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, greatly opposed the Consejo Nacional de Huelga and was determined to stop them.
Many years later, information revealed that the Presidential Guard, a branch of the military, had posted snipers in the buildings surrounding Tlatelolco Plaza on the day of the massacre. The sharpshooters were ordered to shoot at the military troops posted near Tlatelolco Plaza and the military troops would believe students were shooting at them. Then, the military troops would open fire.
The government was secretly plotting against protestors in order to control the civilians.
The NAFTA written in January 1994, was a treaty between the US, Canada and Mexico. I opened up almost unrestricted trade between these countries. The idea was to slowly every 5 to 10 years remove tariffs on types of trade. This agreement helped mexico expand its foreign trade. The agreement also hurt mexico because of the agreement caused agriculture trade within the country to drop. This caused many people financial trouble especially in the lower class. Today the US is still working upon the idea's in the NAFTA and are trying to build new agreements with Mexico.
The Dirty War, from 1976-1983, was a campaign by the Argentine government against suspected political opponents. This is where the phrase "The Disappeared" comes from, as dissidents would be kidnapped and never seen again. When President Juan Peron died the military took over and it became clear to Argentineans, and the world, that there was a great deal of corruption in the new government. To regain popularity, the government decided to try and take back the Falkland Islands from England. It was expected to be an easy victory, however, after 72 days of fighting the Argentina surrendered. The military regime then crumbled and a civilian government was set up on December 10, 1983, by Raul Alfonsin
Juan and Evita Peron - Argentina
Eva Perón:
She accepted the Peronist nomination for the office of Vice President of Argentina.
With the opposition from the nation's military and elite and her declining health she decided to withdraw her candidacy.
In 1952 before her death from cancer age 33, Eva Perón was given the official title of "Spiritual Leader of the Nation" by the Argentine Congress.
Eva Perón was given an official state funeral despite the fact that she was not an elected head of state.
Juan:
Argentine general and politician
Served in several government positions, including the Secretary of Labor and the Vice Presidency.
Was elected three times as President of Argentina
was overthrown in a military coup in 1955.
Returned to power in 1973 and served for nine months,
Died in 1974 when he was succeeded by his third wife, Isabel Martínez.
Perón and his second wife, Eva, were immensely popular among many Argentinians,
To this day they are still considered icons by the Peronist Party.
The Peróns gave their name to the political movement known as peronismo, which is represented mainly by the Justicialist Party.
Chiapas Mexico
Zapatista Army of National Liberation-
a 'peaceful' revolutionary group Based in Chiapas.
Chiapas is in the very southern part of Mexico.
After the North american free trade agreement was met by the revolt of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation.
but the revels were overcome by the PRI government
Chiapas's productions unclude
oil
coffee
cacao
sugar cane
bananas
some fruits
The state has one of the largest and most diverse indigenous populations in Mexico, with approximately 959,000 native language speakers over the age of five, which represents one quarter of the state’s population.
Chiapas Mexico-Amanda Magistad
Zapatista Army of National Liberation-
a 'peaceful' revolutionary group Based in Chiapas.
Chiapas is in the very southern part of Mexico.
After the North american free trade agreement was met by the revolt of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation.
but the revels were overcome by the PRI government
Chiapas's productions unclude
oil
coffee
cacao
sugar cane
bananas
some fruits
The state has one of the largest and most diverse indigenous populations in Mexico, with approximately 959,000 native language speakers over the age of five, which represents one quarter of the state’s population.
Fidel Castro
Leader of Cuba until 2006
younger brother, raul castro took over
cuban revolution
led against the bay of pigs revolution, embarrassed america.
staunch marxist and communist
has had 638 asassination attempts against his life, including exploding his trade mark cigar.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez - Colombia
He was a writer in Columbia, and wrote many famous novels. The most famous was probably "One Hundred Years of Solitude". Another was "Love in the Time of Cholera". His writing style was magical realism, and some of the stories were set in the city Macondo. He won a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. His works were and still are very influential today.
Plan Colombia- Colombia
The plan was created with goals of ending the Colombian armed conflict and creating a strategy for anti-cocaine. rebel groups are get money from arms and drug sales. Aerial fumigation was used to get rid of coca. But because of this there has been health effects.The original plan called for a budget of $7.5 billion of U.S money.
"Papa Doc" and "Baby Doc" Duvalier - Haiti
President francois Duvalier or Papa Doc promoted and patronised members of the black majority in the civil service and the army which helped him platform his rise to power in haiti, he had a secret police or a rural militia that people had nicknamed the boogeman and was excommunicated from the catholic church after he banished all foreign born bishops,
Baby doc or jean claude duvalier you could say is worse than his father becuase he was a much more materialistic and less nationistic president, but he did a few good things like he would ease censorship on the press and releasing political prisoners, but when he had a million dollar wedding it showed that he separated himself from his people.
FARC is a terrorist organization in Colombia that is involved with extortion, murder, kidnapping, drug trade, and other various crimes. FARC is thought to be up to 12,000 members strong and often directly opposes the Colombian army and government. Present since 1964 in Colombia, FARC is a marxist group that stands to disrupt Colombia's democratic government. In recent years it has gained a larger popularity amongst younger generations, and now 40% of FARC's members are under the age of 20, this is up from the estimated 25-30% at the turn of the millennium.
Plan Colombia- Colombia
The plan was created with goals of ending the Colombian armed conflict and creating a strategy for anti-cocaine. Rebel groups are get money from arms and drug sales. Aerial fumigation, was used to get rid of coca. But because of this there are health effects. The original plan called for a budget of $7.5 billion of U.S money. When the plan was written is written in English not Spanish. Months after the revised English version was in place then a Spanish version came about. Because of this plan Colombia became the 3rd largest recipient of foreign aid from the U.S. Not only did the U.S. give money but other countries donated as well.