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POLSC324: Latin American/Caribbean Politics
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1. Fill in the blank. The structuralists advocated ________________ as a solution to lack of development in Latin America.
2. Although Latin America has been enjoying economic growth in terms of higher export prices for their goods, why has this not improved the poverty problem in the region?
3. Although most Latin American countries have free and fair elections, why does their democratization process remain incomplete?
4. What is the largest source of Mexico's export earnings?
5. Fill in the blank. According to Michael Reid's article 'So Near Yet So Far' in The Economist, despite impressive economic growth in Latin America from 2008 until today, there are still big challenges posed by _________________.
6. In LinkTV's video, 'Latin Pulse: Status of Poverty,' which of the following solutions were advocated by Latin American leaders to overcome the persistent poverty of the region?
7. Which of the following is a legacy of the colonial period that contributes to inequality in Latin America today?
8. Which of the following is a trend of democratic institutionalization in Latin America?
9. Hugo Chavez has successfully used his country's vast oil wealth to do which of the following?
10. Which of the following major political/legal reforms were recently undertaken by Mexican Presidents Fox and Calderon?
11. The U.S. now imports most of its oil from which region of the world?
12. All of the following are advantages of a presidential system over a parliamentary system EXCEPT:
13. One unintended consequence of 'Plan Colombia' was the strengthening of which of the following?
14. Although NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) has increased trade between Mexico and the U.S., it has also increased which of the following along the border between Mexico and the U.S.?
15. Fill in the blank. After 49 years in power, Fidel Castro handed over power to ______________ in 2008.
16. According to Paul Kellogg, why did the FTAA project to create a hemispheric free trade zone eventually fail in 2005?
17. The new regional trade bloc ALBA challenges neo-liberalism by doing which of the following?
18. Why does Brazil have the largest black population of any Latin American country?
19. Which of the following is a reason there are so many illegal immigrants coming to the United States from Mexico?
20. Cuba's 'Black Spring' of 2003 refers to which of the following?
21. According to Marxist theory, capitalism produces which of the following?
22. How many times did the U.S. invade and occupy Nicaragua?
23. Fill in the blank. In the Mexican city of Juarez, only about ______% of murders are investigated.
24. ECLAC recommended which economic solution to the problem of dependency during the 1960s?
25. Which country's leftist government has been most vocally opposed to U.S. traditional domination of Latin America?

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