Latin America. History, Politics, and U.S. Policy

Author(s)

Cockcroft, James D.

Primary author

Cockcroft, James D.

Publisher

Nelson-Hall

Place of Publication

Chicago

Date of Publication

1996

Number of Pages

764

Subjects

AFL (USA): American Federation of Labor (1886-1955)

APRA (Peru): Alianza Popular Revolucionaria Americana (aprismo)

Allende Gossens, Salvador

Balaguer, Joaquín

CIA (USA): Central Intelligence Agency

CIO (USA): Congress of Industrial Organizations (1936-1955)

Caribbean, West Indies

Castro Ruz, Fidel Alejandro

Central America (Middle America)

Dominican Republic

FBI (USA): Federal Bureau of Investigation

FMLN-FDR (El Salvador): Marti de Liberacion Nacional-Frente Democratico Revolucionario

FSLN (Nicatagua): Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional

Guevara, Ernesto "Che"

Haya de la Torre, Víctor Raúl

IMF (FMI): International Monetary Fund

Indians, indigenous Americans

Kissinger, Henry A.

Mariátegui La Chira, José Carlos

Mercosur: Mercado Común del Sur

NAFTA: North American Free Trade Agreement

OAS: Organization of American States

PRI (Mexico): Partido Revolucionario Institucional

Perú (Inca Empire, Tawantinsuyu)

Pinochet Ugarte, Augusto José Ramón

Puerto Rico (Porto Rico)

Roman Catholic Church

SL (Peru): Sendero Luminoso "Shining Path"

Sandino, Augusto Nicolás (Augusto César Sandino) Calderón

Torrijos Herrera, Omar

UN, (UNO): United Nations

USA (EEUU): United States of America

counter-insurgency

counter-revolution

coup d'état, putsch

discussion, debate, controversy, polemic

economic history

fugitives, refugees

international relations

liberation theology

media, press, opinion

mineral products

national liberation

nationalization, socialization

popular front (people's front)

social movement

social structure

trade, commerce

Classification

II Regions and countries | D South and Middle America

Notes

Also in Castilian: record #13056.

Copy Number

0

Identifier

1J10 / 87 reg 20052

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