ch27/pt 2 Flashcards
head of the ANC (African National Congress)
Nelson Mandela
stepped down in 2006 and his brother Raul Castro became president of Cuba
Fidel Castro
Date Raul Castro became president of Cuba
2006
Came after Fidel Castro (president of Cuba) in 2006
Raul Castro
known for violence by drug lords and guerillas
Colombia
____ freedom fighters were successful and Nicaragua had free elections in 1900
Contra
leader of the Sandinistas in Nicaragua
Daniel Ortega
Daniel Ortega was the leaders of the _____ in Nicaragua
Sandinistas
saw the longest war against guerrillas (36 years)
Guatemala
Guatemala saw the longest war against _______ (36 years)
guerrillas
Eliminated trade barriers between Canada, America, and Mexico
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) eliminated trade barriers between ____,____,____
Canada, America, and Mexico
fought against the Sandinistas
contras
government of Mexico
Institutional Revolutionary Party
Institutional Revolutionary Party was the government of where?
Mexico
Achieved independence from Great Britain in 1982
Canada
Date that Canada achieved independence from Great Britain
1982
liberal leader of Canada
Pierre Trudeau
Canada’s first female Prime Minister
Kim Campbell
Conservative Party leader and new Prime Minister of Canada
Stephen Harper
president after Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush
George H.W. Bush desired a ________
“new world order”
Desired a “new world order”
George H.W. Bush
Insisted on extending Most Favored Nation (MFN) Trading Status to China
George H.W. Bush