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Latin History2
Final Exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Juan Manuel de Rosas | Argentina’s caudillo in 1820s. combats people of argentina in a revolution Rivadavia. People overtake and turn to conservative powers. |
| Porfirio Diaz | takes over Mexico in 1876-1911. Longest reigning leader in mexico history. Consevative enemy of previous leader Benito Juarez. Idea of progress, “pan o palo” bread or stick, “ley de fuga” law of flight. Opens jobs expands economy and improves educati |
| Pancho Villa | Northern division leader of mexican revolution in early 1900s. Starts with only 8 men and 9 rifles but expands and causes lots of trouble. |
| Jacobo Arbenz | Takes over Guat 1950. Begins land reform. Starts and arms deal with the chezslovakia. Us CIA intervenes in guatemala with proxy army. Arbenz steps down and US democracy is put in, destabilizing. |
| Manuel Zelaya- | Honduran Politician, Hugo Chavez fallower, socialist ideals. Wins 2006 election- raises min wage to $10 a day. Joins ALBA (chavez). Military and supreme court get fed up and ship him out of the country in 2008- military coup till 2009 election |
| Francois Duvalier “Papa Doc” | Haitian dictator from 1957 to 1971. Was originally backed by the US, pretented to be voodoo priest, executed iver 30,000 haitians. Dies in 1971, Son takes over and is overthrown in 1986 with 26% literacy rate and 20% of kids die b4 age 5 |