The World's Modern Issues With a Sprinkle of Latin America

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  1. 4. The world becoming more connected through the diffusion of culture and trade and causing inexpensive labor, cheap goods, and low education levels in certain countries.
  2. 8. What happened to people during Operation Condor who were suspected of supporting communism and were taken to be raped and killed with their bodies never being found, and their families never getting answers.
  3. 9. Abbreviation of a country's provided goods and services in a year and is usually representative of a country's wealth and level of development. Through globalization this has increased steadily since 1965.
  4. 10. The United States support for dictators in Latin America countries that were against communism despite human rights violations and thousands dying at the hand of these dictators. Occurred in 1975 during the midst of the Cold War and spread all throughout Latin America, putting these nations into states of terror and repression, with nations still suffering from dictators and the lasting effects of this campaign.
  5. 13. Thomas Malthus's theory of the world population growing exponentially, while food growth is linear causing mass famine and death.
  6. 14. An organization that grew after mothers in Argentina gathered to talk about their children who were 'disappeared' and turned into non-violent protests for Dirty War officials being put on trial for their crimes, though no answers were given about what happened to their children.
  7. 17. A blend of elements from authoritarianism, fascism, and communism by one of Argentina's elected leaders who violated human rights. The Dirty War occurred after his death and his new ideology was named after himself.
  8. 19. Overthrew Chile's former leader Allende with support from the US as part of operation Condor using a military junta and got rid of the government, putting men from the military takeover in leadership positions, and disappearing thousands of Chileans.
  9. 20. A military takeover of a dictator/ government leader and usually leads to many years of dictatorship, human rights violations, and censorship. Stems from the French language and can be seen many times in Latin America during the 1970s.
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  1. 1. An organization between 124 nation's governments with the goal to regulate international trade and therefore improve living standards as well as showing concern for the enviroment.
  2. 2. An increase of this can be seen due to globalization and is the world overall communicating more easily due to sharing cultures and the advancement of technology.
  3. 3. Chile's elected leader in 1970 and followed communist ideals, wanting to nationalize industries which caused him to be overthrown by Pinochet in a military junta.
  4. 5. Norman Borlaug's method of saving millions from starvation, with the use of selective breeding to gain higher yields in crops, chemical fertilizers, and advancement in irrigation systems.
  5. 6. A family of five bigger organizations with the goal to end poverty and building shared prosperity by giving out loans to developing countries.
  6. 7. The use of genetically modified organisms to push past the limits of selective breeding and create strains not found naturally in nature.
  7. 11. 28 countries coming together in a political and economic union to ensure free movement,trades, goods and services, as well as standarizing laws in Europe.
  8. 12. An abbreviation for the United State's 'spies' that analyze foreign intelligence and take discreet action.
  9. 15. A US backed dictator took power after Peron's death and military regimes persecuted anyone they suspected of communism killing over ten thousands Argentineans. This conflict was a result of the Cold War and the United State's desperation to contain communism in Latin America.
  10. 16. An organization of nations worldwide, with the mission of preserving world peace and maintain peaceful international relations. They also make efforts to end poverty and world hunger, but focus mainly on human rights violations.
  11. 18. A proxy war fought by the Soviet Union and the United States after WW2 mainly about the spread of communism. Operation Condor was a result of this war as well as many other US involvements.