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US Presidents Reagan and George HW Bush supported the __________ in Nicaragua when they tried to overthrow the Sandinistas.
a) Contras
b) Hammas
c) Buddhists
d)

Which US President declared a trade embargo on Cuba in 1960?
a) Nixon
b) Truman
c) Kennedy
d)

Mexico adopted a policy of ____________, which is the sale of government-owned companies to private firms.
a) privatization
b) capitalism
c) communism
d)

Who overthrew the Cuban government in January 1959?
a) Ronald Reagan
b) Fidel Castro
c) Joseph Stalin
d)

What art form brings together realistic events with dreamlike or fantastic backgrounds?
a) magic realism
b) surrealism
c) Impressionism
d)

Which of the following countries were NOT big producers of marijuana and cocaine?
a) Columbia
b) Argentina
c) Peru
d)

What led to the creation of military regimes in Chile, Brazil, and Argentina
a) WWII
b) poor leaders
c) economic failures
d)

What country funded the anti-drug campaign in Columbia in 2003?
a) Great Britain
b) United States
c) Argentina
d)

Who were the Shining Path of Peru?
a) a Communist group that tried to overthrow the government
b) a Christian group of missionaries that were killed for speaking out against the government
c) a group of Bolivian citizens that attacked Peru to gain more territory
d)

In what country did inflation rise to over 800% in 1987?
a) Brazil
b) Mexico
c) Chile
d)

Whose regime was the most brutal in the history of Chile?
a) Angeles
b) Francisco
c) Pinochet
d)

Who was the man that led the charge in overthrowing the oligarchy in Argentina?
a) Miguel Braga
b) Ricardo da Silva
c) Juan Peron
d)

What Panamanian leader was sent to US prison for drug trafficking?
a) Diego Hernandez
b) Hugo Chavez
c) Manuel Noriega
d)

Panama broke away from what country?
a) Brazil
b) Columbia
c) Costa Rica
d)

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