Why did Liberation Theology become popular in Latin America?

What conditions in postwar Latin America made many countries politically unstable?

"Ronald Reagan's campaigns against the leftist Sandinista regime in Nicaragua and the leftist . . . guerrillas in El Salvador took on all the characteristics of a holy crusade against communist forces in Central America. From the beginning of his first term, President Reagan sought to overthrow the Sandinistas, employing tactics that included economic sanctions, a campaign of public misinformation, support of rightist counterrevolutionary armies (the contras), and covert terrorist operations aided by the CIA."

What do you think the writer thinks of U.S. involvement in Nicaragua and El Salvador?

"Ronald Reagan's campaigns against the leftist Sandinista regime in Nicaragua and the leftist . . . guerrillas in El Salvador took on all the characteristics of a holy crusade against communist forces in Central America. From the beginning of his first term, President Reagan sought to overthrow the Sandinistas, employing tactics that included economic sanctions, a campaign of public misinformation, support of rightist counterrevolutionary armies (the contras), and covert terrorist operations aided by the CIA."

Which words or phrases suggest the writer might have a bias one way or another?

What were two causes of economic trouble in Brazil during the military dictatorship?

What major effect did the Falklands War have on Argentina?

What was one cause and one effect of the 1973 coup in Chile?

What have been the positive and negative effects of market reforms in Latin America?

What were two causes of the end of dictatorships in Latin America?

Why do you think people in many Latin American countries have been looking to populist, left-leaning leaders in recent years?

How have market reforms changed Latin American economies in recent years?

In what ways was the PRI like a dictatorship?

Identify the term or person that best fits the following description.

a group of leaders who rule jointly