Latin America, 1945-present Form Ab Chapter 22

23. When did Latin America have the greatest population increase?

 Where did a military leader nullify election results?

Where did the military first stage a takeover?

"Beginning in 1986, Brazil's gross domestic product grew at an annual rate of 10 [percent]. .. . The consequences of this 'miracle' were the impoverishment of Brazilian people. Between 1960 and 1970 the 20 [percent] of the population with the highest income increased its share of the national income from 54.5 [percent] to 64.1 [percent], while the remaining 80 [percent] saw its share reduced from 45.5 [percent] to 36.8 [percent]. ... In the same period the 1 [percent] of the population that represented the richest group increased its share of the national income from 11.7 [percent] to 17 [percent]." —Latin American Civilization: History and Society, 1492 to the Present, Benjamin Keene, 1996 According to this passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

"It is not easy to live in a war zone. The least of it was my being kidnapped by contras earlier this year. The hard part is seeing people die and consoling families.... In those eight hours I was held, as I walked in a column of 60 or so men and a few women—all in uniform—I could hear shooting and I realized that people I knew were being killed. Earlier I had seen bodies being brought back to town some burned, some cut to pieces." —Latin American Civilization: History and Society, 1492 to the Present, Benjamin Keene, 27. Whom did the person speaking identify as her captors?