Question 1

A major element of Menem's anti-inflation program in Argentina was

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A)  raising the minimum wage. 
B)  a vast public works program. 
C)  making the Argentine currency convertible in relation to the dollar. 
D)  rejecting the demands of the IMF and the World Bank for removal of trade restrictions. 
A)  raising the minimum wage. 
B)  a vast public works program. 
C)  making the Argentine currency convertible in relation to the dollar. 
D)  rejecting the demands of the IMF and the World Bank for removal of trade restrictions.

Question 2

In 2006, Chileans rejected unrestrained neoliberalism and elected

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A)  radical socialist, Hugo Chávez. 
B)  Chile's internationally renowned Communist poet, Pablo Neruda. 
C)  a populist president, Eduardo Frei Montalvo. 
D)  Latin America's first woman president, Socialist Michelle Bachelet. 
A)  radical socialist, Hugo Chávez. 
B)  Chile's internationally renowned Communist poet, Pablo Neruda. 
C)  a populist president, Eduardo Frei Montalvo. 
D)  Latin America's first woman president, Socialist Michelle Bachelet.

Question 3

IDENTIFICATION
-El Barzón

Accepted Answer

El Barzón is a movement in Mexico that r

Question 4

In Chile, a political consequence of the dictatorship and its legacy to civil society was a

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A)  gradual growth of democratic liberties and popular engagement in electoral politics. 
B)  growing voter apathy, rising to 41 percent of eligible voters who refused to cast ballots. 
C)  resurgence of popular enthusiasm for the Chilean Socialist party. 
D)  elimination of military influence in national politics and revitalization of political debate. 
A)  gradual growth of democratic liberties and popular engagement in electoral politics. 
B)  growing voter apathy, rising to 41 percent of eligible voters who refused to cast ballots. 
C)  resurgence of popular enthusiasm for the Chilean Socialist party. 
D)  elimination of military influence in national politics and revitalization of political debate.

Question 5

Neoliberal policies in Bolivia

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A)  rendered the nation dependent on coca production and U.S. aid. 
B)  promoted economic growth and balanced social development. 
C)  encouraged political democratization and social justice. 
D)  disproportionately benefited the indigenous majority and sparked its political activism. 
A)  rendered the nation dependent on coca production and U.S. aid. 
B)  promoted economic growth and balanced social development. 
C)  encouraged political democratization and social justice. 
D)  disproportionately benefited the indigenous majority and sparked its political activism.

Question 6

Despite his campaign against neoliberalism, Argentine President Carlos Menem's program included

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A)  privatization of state-owned companies. 
B)  massive layoffs of state workers. 
C)  limitations on the right to strike. 
D)  all of these choices. 
A)  privatization of state-owned companies. 
B)  massive layoffs of state workers. 
C)  limitations on the right to strike. 
D)  all of these choices.

Question 7

IDENTIFICATION
-León Febres Cordero

Accepted Answer

León Febres Cordero was a prominent Ecua

Question 8

Electoral populism in the service of neoliberal government policies

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A)  undermined popular faith in democracy and threatened social stability. 
B)  mobilized popular movements that supported neoliberalism. 
C)  alienated foreign businesses and their government representatives. 
D)  discouraged social movements opposed to neoliberalism. 
A)  undermined popular faith in democracy and threatened social stability. 
B)  mobilized popular movements that supported neoliberalism. 
C)  alienated foreign businesses and their government representatives. 
D)  discouraged social movements opposed to neoliberalism.

Question 9

IDENTIFICATION
-Evo Morales

Accepted Answer

Evo Morales is a Bolivian politician who

Question 10

The core of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada's economic program in Bolivia was a

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A)  vast expansion of tin exports. 
B)  relocation of unemployed miners in the Amazon area. 
C)  new plan to promote import substitution industrialization. 
D)  privatization of state enterprises and downsizing of the state. 
A)  vast expansion of tin exports. 
B)  relocation of unemployed miners in the Amazon area. 
C)  new plan to promote import substitution industrialization. 
D)  privatization of state enterprises and downsizing of the state.

Question 11

IDENTIFICATION
-Pachakutik

Accepted Answer

Pachakutik is a political party in Ecuad

Question 12

A U.S. anthropologist calls diseases like typhoid, tuberculosis, leprosy, and bubonic plague that resurfaced in neoliberal Brazil diseases of "disorderly development." Explain.

Accepted Answer

The term "diseases of disorderly develop

Question 13

IDENTIFICATION
-Hugo Banzer Suárez

Accepted Answer

Hugo Banzer Suárez was a Bolivian milita

Question 14

IDENTIFICATION
-Carlos Salinas de Gortari

Accepted Answer

Carlos Salinas de Gortari is a Mexican e

Question 15

President Reagan praised Ecuador's President León Febres Cordero as an "articulate champion of free enterprise" because Febres

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A)  promoted the growth of Ecuador's capital goods industry. 
B)  broke off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and other socialist countries. 
C)  abolished all price controls on staple foods and other basic commodities. 
D)  lowered tariffs on foreign imports and encouraged foreign investment. 
A)  promoted the growth of Ecuador's capital goods industry. 
B)  broke off diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and other socialist countries. 
C)  abolished all price controls on staple foods and other basic commodities. 
D)  lowered tariffs on foreign imports and encouraged foreign investment.

Question 16

In the midst of its own economic crisis in the 1990s, Cuban leaders adopted

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A)  a pragmatic mix of state ownership and market reforms to preserve its "socialist essence." 
B)  the same neoliberal reforms as the rest of Latin America. 
C)  measures to insulate revolutionary socialist policies against market reforms. 
D)  policies that abandoned the revolution's historic commitment to social equality. 
A)  a pragmatic mix of state ownership and market reforms to preserve its "socialist essence." 
B)  the same neoliberal reforms as the rest of Latin America. 
C)  measures to insulate revolutionary socialist policies against market reforms. 
D)  policies that abandoned the revolution's historic commitment to social equality.

Question 17

IDENTIFICATION
-Ricardo Lagos

Accepted Answer

Ricardo Lagos is a Chilean lawyer, econo

Question 18

State programs to expand Mercosur, reduce poverty, and tax exports to increase domestic supplies of energy and food were all implemented by Argentina's new president

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A)  Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. 
B)  Néstor Kirchner. 
C)  Hugo Chávez. 
D)  Evo Morales. 
A)  Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. 
B)  Néstor Kirchner. 
C)  Hugo Chávez. 
D)  Evo Morales.

Question 19

IDENTIFICATION
-Alejandro Toledo

Accepted Answer

Alejandro Toledo is a Peruvian politicia

Question 20

By 2006, a massive popular social movement, sparked by Bolivia's indigenous majority,

Accepted Answer

A)  overthrew the neoliberal government and created an independent Aymara kingdom. 
B)  rejected neoliberalism and elected socialist Evo Morales president. 
C)  welcomed U.S. assistance in promoting democracy and national development. 
D)  embraced globalization and neoliberalism. 
A)  overthrew the neoliberal government and created an independent Aymara kingdom. 
B)  rejected neoliberalism and elected socialist Evo Morales president. 
C)  welcomed U.S. assistance in promoting democracy and national development. 
D)  embraced globalization and neoliberalism.

A major element of Menem's anti-inflation program in Argentina was

In 2006, Chileans rejected unrestrained neoliberalism and elected

IDENTIFICATION -El Barzón

In Chile, a political consequence of the dictatorship and its legacy to civil society was a

Neoliberal policies in Bolivia

Despite his campaign against neoliberalism, Argentine President Carlos Menem's program included

IDENTIFICATION -León Febres Cordero

Electoral populism in the service of neoliberal government policies

IDENTIFICATION -Evo Morales

The core of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada's economic program in Bolivia was a

IDENTIFICATION -Pachakutik

A U.S. anthropologist calls diseases like typhoid, tuberculosis, leprosy, and bubonic plague that resurfaced in neoliberal Brazil diseases of "disorderly development." Explain.

IDENTIFICATION -Hugo Banzer Suárez

IDENTIFICATION -Carlos Salinas de Gortari

President Reagan praised Ecuador's President León Febres Cordero as an "articulate champion of free enterprise" because Febres

In the midst of its own economic crisis in the 1990s, Cuban leaders adopted

IDENTIFICATION -Ricardo Lagos

State programs to expand Mercosur, reduce poverty, and tax exports to increase domestic supplies of energy and food were all implemented by Argentina's new president

IDENTIFICATION -Alejandro Toledo

By 2006, a massive popular social movement, sparked by Bolivia's indigenous majority,

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Exam 13: Transcending Neoliberalism: Electoral Engaños and Popular Resistance to the Dictatorship of Markets

A major element of Menem's anti-inflation program in Argentina was

In 2006, Chileans rejected unrestrained neoliberalism and elected

IDENTIFICATION -El Barzón

In Chile, a political consequence of the dictatorship and its legacy to civil society was a

Neoliberal policies in Bolivia

Despite his campaign against neoliberalism, Argentine President Carlos Menem's program included

IDENTIFICATION -León Febres Cordero

Electoral populism in the service of neoliberal government policies

IDENTIFICATION -Evo Morales

The core of Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada's economic program in Bolivia was a

IDENTIFICATION -Pachakutik

A U.S. anthropologist calls diseases like typhoid, tuberculosis, leprosy, and bubonic plague that resurfaced in neoliberal Brazil diseases of "disorderly development." Explain.

IDENTIFICATION -Hugo Banzer Suárez

IDENTIFICATION -Carlos Salinas de Gortari

President Reagan praised Ecuador's President León Febres Cordero as an "articulate champion of free enterprise" because Febres

In the midst of its own economic crisis in the 1990s, Cuban leaders adopted

IDENTIFICATION -Ricardo Lagos

State programs to expand Mercosur, reduce poverty, and tax exports to increase domestic supplies of energy and food were all implemented by Argentina's new president

IDENTIFICATION -Alejandro Toledo

By 2006, a massive popular social movement, sparked by Bolivia's indigenous majority,

Decolonization and the Search for National Identities, 1821-1870

Race, Nation, and the Meaning of Freedom, 1821-1888

The Triumph of Neocolonialism and the Liberal State, 1870-1900

Forging a New Nation: the Mexican Revolution and the Populist Challenge

Brazil: Populism and the Struggle for Democracy in a Multiracial Society

Argentina: Populism, the Military, and the Struggle for Democracy

Cuba: The Revolutionary Socialist Alternative to Populism

Storm Over the Andes: Indigenous Rights and the Corporatist Military Alternative

Chile: The Democratic Socialist Alternative

Twilight of the Tyrants: Revolution and Prolonged Popular War in Central America

Lands of Bolívar: Military Crisis, State Repression, and Popular Democracy

Deconstructing the State: Dictatorship and Neoliberal Markets

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