| Chile Chile
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| Economy of Cuba The economy of Cuba is a largely state-controlled, centrally planned economy overseen by the Cuban government, though there remains significant foreign investment and enterprise in Cuba. Most of the means of production are owned and run by the government and most of the labor force is employed by the state. Economy_of_Cuba
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| Dominican Republic Dominican_Republic
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| History of Guatemala The history of Guatemala can be traced back to the arrival of the first human settlers, presumed to have migrated from the north at least 12,000 years ago. For much of that time, the civilization that developed there flourished, with little to no contact with cultures from outside of Mesoamerica. History_of_Guatemala
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| Latin America Latin America Latin_America
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| North America North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the west by the North Pacific Ocean; South America lies to the southeast. North_America
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| Politics of Puerto Rico Puerto Rico, officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (), a commonwealth of the United States. Puerto Rico is an archipelago located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of the Virgin Islands, approximately 1,280 miles (2,000 kilometer) off the coast of Florida (the nearest of the mainland United States). Politics_of_Puerto_Rico
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| Americas Americas, or America, are the lands of the Western hemisphere or New World, comprising the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. America may be ambiguous in English, as it is more commonly used to refer to the United States of America. The Americas cover 8.3% of the Earth's total surface area (28.4% of its land area) and contain about 13.5% of the human population (about 900 million people). Americas
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| Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHISC or WHINSEC), formerly the School of the Americas (SOA; ) is a United States Department of Defense facility at Fort Benning near Columbus, Georgia in the United States.Between 1946 and 2001, the SOA trained more than 61,000 Latin American soldiers and policemen. Western_Hemisphere_Institute_for_Security_Cooperation
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| Manuel Noriega Manuel Antonio Noriega (born February 11 1934) is a former general and the military dictator of Panama from 1983 to 1989. He was never officially the president of Panama, but held the post of "chief executive officer" for a brief period in 1989. The 1989 invasion of Panama by the United States removed him from power; he was captured, detained as a prisoner of war, and flown to the U.S. Manuel_Noriega
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| Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (; born 27 October 1945), known commonly by the nickname Lula, is the thirty-fifth and current President of Brazil, and a founding member of the Workers' Party. Having run for President three times unsuccessfully since the 1989 election, Lula achieved victory in 2002, and was inauguarated as President on 1 January 2003. Luiz_Inácio_Lula_da_Silva
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| Jacobo Arbenz Guzmán Colonel Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán (September 14, 1913 January 27, 1971) was the centre-left President of Guatemala from 1951 to 1954, when he was ousted in a coup d'état organized by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, known as Operation PBSUCCESS, and was replaced by a military junta, headed by Colonel Carlos Castillo, plunging the country into chaos and long-lasting political turbulence. Jacobo_Arbenz_Guzmán
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| Néstor Kirchner Néstor Carlos Kirchner Ostoić (born February 25, 1950) was the President of Argentina from May 25, 2003 until December 10, 2007. A Justicialist, Kirchner was previously governor of the province of Santa Cruz.Kirchner was little-known internationally and even domestically before his election, which he won by default with only 22,24 percent of the vote in the first round when former President Carlos Menem (24,45%) withdraw from the race. Néstor_Kirchner
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| Anti-Americanism Dictionaries tend to define Anti-Americanism, often anti-American sentiment, as a widespread opposition or hostility to the people, government or policies of the United States. In practice, a broad range of attitudes and actions critical of or opposed to the United States have been labeled anti-Americanism. Thus, the nature and applicability of the term is often disputed. Anti-Americanism
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| Evo Morales Juan Evo Morales Ayma (born October 26, 1959 in Orinoca, Oruro), popularly known as Evo (), has been the President of Bolivia since 2006. He has been declared the country's first fully indigenous head of state in the 470 years since the Spanish Conquest.Morales was first elected President of Bolivia on December 18, 2005, with 53.7% of the popular vote (approximately 45% of the electorate) in an election that saw the participation of 84.5% of the national electorate. Evo_Morales
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| Andean Community of Nations The Andean Community (, CAN) is a trade bloc comprising the South American countries of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. The trade bloc was called the Andean Pact until 1996 and came into existence with the signing of the Cartagena Agreement in 1969. Its headquarters are located in Lima, Peru. Andean_Community_of_Nations
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| Alan García Alan Gabriel Ludwig García Pérez (born May 23, 1949 in Lima) is the current President of Peru, having won the 2006 elections on June 4, 2006 in a run-off against Union for Peru candidate Ollanta Humala. He is the leader of the APRA and the only party member ever to have served as President of Peru. Alan_García
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| Jorge Quiroga Jorge Fernando "Tuto" Quiroga Ramírez (born May 5, 1960) was President of Bolivia from August 7, 2001 to August 6, 2002. He is seen as politically conservative. He is a 1981 graduate of Texas A&M University, with a degree in industrial engineering, becoming the first Aggie head of state. He went on to be a self-declared "corporate yuppie" working for I.B.M. in Austin, Texas. Jorge_Quiroga
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| Sandinista National Liberation Front Talk:Sandinista_National_Liberation_Front
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| Yvon Neptune Yvon Neptune (born November 8, 1946 in Cavaillon, Haiti) was the Prime Minister of Haïti from 2002 until 2004. He was appointed by President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and took office on March 15, 2002. He had previously served as speaker of the Senate. On March 2, 2004, shortly after Aristide's resignation, a mob attempted to arrest Neptune on corruption charges, but it was not successful. Yvon_Neptune
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