Part 3 Flashcards
Augusto Pinochet overthrew what government in what year?
Chile
1973
How many years did Pinochet lead a reign of terror?
15
How many citizens were murdered because of Pinochet?
85,000
In 1989, Pinochet was voted out of office but remained what?
military leader
What did Pinochet write? What year?
What did this do?
Amnesty Law of 1978
it exculpates any person who committed crimes between Sept. 11 (1973) - March 10 (1978)
Pinochet was arrested where? And by who?
What happened to him?
Arrested in the UK
By a Spanish judge
He died while under house arrest in Chile in 2006
Who was Domingo Sarmiento?
Liberal politician and president of Argentine Republic
Who was the author of Facundo? What is it?
Domingo Sarmiento
a critique of caudillo politics
What did Domingo Sarmiento do?
- increased international trade -launched internal reforms in education and transportation
- tried to imitate Europe and encourage Europeans to come to the country
What did Pope Alexander VI do?
made the Treaty of Tordesillas
What does FARC stand for?
Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia
What is FARC?
What did they do? When?
the most powerful insurgent group
convinced the government to demilitarize the area south of Bogota and leave them with power
1999
What did Muammar Qaddafi want?
- wanted Libya to be focus of a United Arab World
- banned all alcohol from Libya
- nationalized banks and banned foreign languages
- nationalized oil resources
- set embargoes against Israel
What did Muammar Qaddafi write? What is it?
“Green Book”
explains faults of democracy
Muammar Qaddafi supplied weapons to…
any rebel Muslim group
What did Muammar Qaddafi create? When?
“Great Man-Made River”
the 600 mile long water pipeline (1984)
Who was Huophouet Boigny?
What did he do?
First president of the Ivory Coast (very authoritarian)
wasted money on ostentation projects
What did Mathieu Kerekou do? When?
Practiced ruthless anti-white sentiment, mass killings, and riots
1972
Kerekou publicly denounced…
When?
denounced Marxism and was a new man
1990
Kerekou was elected again in ______ and did what?
1996
restored peace, stability, and economic growth
Who was Charles Taylor?
What happened to him?
elected Liberian president in 1997 and began reign of terror that ended only when he was forced into exile in 2003.
Paul Biya ran for president of ___________ and then what happened?
Cameroon
- in 6 months over 30 new political parties and dozens of independents
- salaries dropped over 70%
- won next election
What did Jean-Bedel Bokassa do?
- led military coup
- wanted every member of opposition wiped out
- spent $20 mil to crown himself “Emperor” of the new “Central African Empire”
Jean-Bedel Bokassa traveled to _______ for more aid and was impeached and replaced by…
Andre Kolingba
