Major Developments in Latin America Since 1955 Have Included

question 63

Multiple Choice

Major developments in Latin America since 1955 have included

• A) large increases in the incomes of peasants and industrial workers.
• B) sharp reductions in foreign debt in the 1970s, as governments worked to reduce outsiders' control of their economies.
• C) an end to the cultivation of coca and marijuana in the region by 1990.
• D) an increase in the number of democratic regimes in the 1980s and 1990s.
• E) the outbreak of serious interracial conflict, often sparking large urban riots and frightening outbreaks of savage "ethnic cleansing."