Modern Latin America & Modern Day Issues

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Across
  1. 2. A global organization that consists of many countries fighting poverty worldwide
  2. 4. The act of overthrowing or removing the government from its powers, typically done by a rebel group, military, or dictator
  3. 7. The spread of a desert environment into fertile land, eventually turning the land desert-like
  4. 9. A political scandal where US president Ronald Raegan secretly sold weapons in Iran to fund the Contras in Nicaragua
  5. 16. A Chilean General and dictator that ruled Chile as the first leader of the military junta, part of Operation Condor
  6. 18. An enduring issue of there not being enough of something, usually a natural resource
  7. 19. An intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates trade between nations
  8. 20. US backed campaign of State terror and political repression in Latin America where the US supported dictators put into power through military coups
Down
  1. 1. Human rights organization with the goal of finding the people that were disappeared by the Latin American Dictators
  2. 3. A period in time which agriculture and crop yields saw a huge boost and food production increased, solving the food scarcity problem
  3. 5. A war that was fought after Peron's death and a new US backed dictator took power, part of Operation Condor
  4. 6. A pandemic during 1918 that killed millions of people across the world, sometimes called the "The Great Flu"
  5. 8. The act of mass clearing forests
  6. 10. The Policy strategy enforced by the US to isolate and stop the spread of Communism
  7. 11. A Latin American Country sometimes called the "Banana Republic" because of the trade relations with the US
  8. 12. A Cuban revolutionary who led a group of Rebels to overthrow the government, admired Stalin and wanted to create a communist country like the Soviets
  9. 13. A Global organization that consists of the worlds highest oil producing countries that collectively influence the oil market
  10. 14. the term that is used to describe how trade and technology had made the world a more connected place
  11. 15. The Dictator of Argentina and founder of the Peronism movement
  12. 17. The global pandemic that occurred during 2020