Chapter 29: Latin America

Cuban missile crisis

The ________ caused Castro to realize that the Soviet Union had been unreliable.

International drug trade

The ________ brought crime and cor- ruption to some Latin American countries, undermining their stability.

Nicaragua

In ________, the Somoza family seized control of the government in 1937 and kept control for the next 42 years.

steady economic growth

During the 1950s and 1960s, ________ led to real gains in wages for more and more people in Mexico.

Noriega

________ was arrested and sent to prison in the United States on charges of drug trafficking.

international styles

Latin American art and architecture were strongly influenced by ________ after World War II.

Raúl Alfonsín

In 1983, ________ was elected president and worked to restore democratic practices.

El Salvador

In the late 1970s and the 1980s, ________ was rocked by a bitter civil war.

Western Hemisphere

In 1948, the states of the ________ formed the Organization of American States (OAS), which called for an end to military action by one state in the affairs of any other state.

Fidel Castro

Led by ________, the movement aimed to overthrow the government of the dictator Fulgencio Batista, who had controlled Cuba since 1934.

García Márquez

________, a Colombian, was the most famous of the Latin American novelists.

Central America

________ includes seven countries: Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama,

Perón

________ was elected president of Argentina in 1946.