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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who is Aristide? | Democratically elected, overthrown in a coup, communist party |
| Arbenz | President, communist, supported agrarian land reform |
| Agrarian Land Reform | Fidel Castro, "Those who work the land own the land" |
| Boland Amendment | 3 legislative branch amendments, limiting the U.S. support of rebel Contras in Nicacragua |
| Allende | Chillean, Democratically elected, Communist party |
| Bay of Pigs | Cuba, U.S. trained exile Cubans, Castro routed U.S. invasion |
| Batista | Cuban President, Dictator, anti-communist |
| Platt Amendment | US has the right to intervene in Cuba at any time, whenever. |
| Contras | Nicaragua guerrilla force against communism |
| PB Success | The US didn't want communism to take over, so they trained exiles to overthrow Arbenz's government |
| United Fruit Company | traded tropical fruits with the US and europe |
| Dulles Brothers | Secretary of State, and Director of CIA |
| Che | Communist that wanted the annialation of poverty. |
| Pinochet | Gained power in a coup, killed many people that were against the government, people disappeared, had a stadium |
| Iran-Contra Affair | We gave Iran missiles to invade Cuba and train Contras |