A Concise Introduction to
Latin American
Politics and Development
A Concise Introduction to
Latin American
Politics and Development
SECOND EDITION
Howard J. Wiarda, University of Georgia
Harvey F. Kline, University of Alabama
Copyright 2007 by Westview Press
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
A concise introduction to Latin American politics and development / by Howard J. Wiarda and Harvey F. Kline.2nd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8133-4353-2 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-8133-4353-4 (pbk. : alk. paper)
eBook ISBN:9780786735983 1. Latin AmericaPolitics and government. I. Wiarda, Howard J., 1939 II. Kline, Harvey F.
JL960.W515 2006
320.98dc22
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Illustrations
Central and Middle America and the Caribbean
South America
Indices of Modernization in Latin America, 2004
Comparison of the Foundations of Latin American and North American Society
Social Attitudes in Various Latin American Countries
Attitudes Toward Politics in Various Latin American Countries
Support for Democracy in Latin America
Support for Democracy in Mexico and Central America
Support for Democracy in South America
Satisfaction with Democracy in Latin America
Satisfaction with Democracy in Mexico and Central America
Satisfaction with Democracy in South America
Acronyms
AD | Democratic Action (Accin Democrtica) |
AD | Democratic Alliance |
ADN | Democratic Action Party |
ANDI | National Association of [Large] Industrialists |
ANUC | National Association of Land Users |
AP | Popular Action |
APRA | American Popular Revolutionary Alliance (Alianza Popular Revolucionara Americana) |
APT | Asuncin for All (Asuncin Para Todos) |
ARENA | National Renovating Alliance (Brazil) |
ARENA | Nationalist Republican Alliance (El Salvador) |
AUC | United Self-Defense Groups of Colombia |
CACIF | Coordinating Committee of Agricultural, Commercial, Industrial, and Financial Associations |
CFP | Concentration of Popular Forces |
CIAN | Center for Anti-Narcotics Investigations |
CNC | National Confederation of Peasants |
CNOP | National Confederation of Popular Organizations |
CNR | National Chamber of Representatives (Cmara Nacional de Representantes) |
CNT | National Labor Command |
COB | Bolivian Workers Central (Central Obrera Boliviana) |
CODEH | Committee for the Defense of Human Rights in Honduras |
CONDEPA | Conscience of the Fatherland |
CSTC | Syndical Confederation of Workers of Colombia |
CTC | Confederation of Colombian Workers |
CTM | Confederation of Mexican Workers (Confederacin de Trabajadores Mexicanos) |
CUT | Unitary Labor Central |
DP | Popular Democracy |
ELN | Army of National Liberation |
EN | National Encounter Party (Encuentro Nacional) |
ESG | Superior War College |
EZLN | Zapatista National Liberation Army (Ejrcito Zapatista de Liberacin Nacional) |
FARC | Armed Forces of the Colombian Revolution |
FEDECAFE | National Federation of Coffee Growers |
FMLN | National Liberation Front of Farabundo Mart (Frente Farabundo Mart de Liberacin Nacional) |
FRAP | Popular Action Front |
FSLN | Sandinista Front for National Liberation (Frente Sandinista de Liberacin Nacional) |
FSTSE | Federation of State Workers Unions |
FZLN | Zapatista Front of National Liberation |
GDP | gross domestic product |
GNP | gross national product |
IADB | Inter-American Development Bank |
ID | Democratic Left (Izquierda Democrtica) |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
ISI | import substitution industrialization |
IU | United Left (Izquierda Unida) |
MAS | Death to Kidnappers |
MBL | Free Bolivia Movement |
MDB | Brazilian Democratic Movement (Movimento Democrtico Brasileiro) |
MERCOSUR | Southern Common Market (Mercado Commun de Sudamrica) |
MIR | Leftist Revolutionary Movement (Movimiento Izquierdista Revolucionario) |
MNR | National Revolutionary Movement (Movimiento Nacional Revolucionario) |
MRTKL | Tupaj Katari Revolutionary Movement of Liberation |
NAFTA | North American Free Trade Association |
NGO | nongovernmental organization |
OAS | Organization of American States |
PAN | National Action Party (Partido de Accin Nacional) |
PCN | National Conciliation Party PCP Peruvian Communist Party |
PCS | El Salvadoran Communist Party |
PDC | Christian Democratic Party (Partido Demcrata Cristiano) |
PDS | Democratic Social Party |
PDT | Democratic Workers Party |
PFJ | Federal Judicial Police |
PFL | Liberal Front Party PLH Honduran Liberal Party |
PLN | Party of National Liberation (Partido de Liberacin Nacional) |
PLRA | Authentic Liberal Radical Party (Partido Liberal Radical Autntico) |
PMDB | Brazilian Democratic Movement Party |
PNC | National Civilian Police |
PNH | Honduran National Party |