Modern Issues in Latin America

Question 1

Why are freedom of speech rights at risk in Mexico?

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Journalists who report on corruption are often targeted and threatened.

Question 2

Trafficking drugs means selling them illegally.

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Question 3

How did Colombian drug cartels respond after the US and Colombian governments began working together to shut down the importation of drugs into the US?

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They began a campaign of violence, murdering hundreds of government officials.

Question 4

Which of the following most likely describes the reason why the Mexican government has made little progress in eliminating the drug cartels in Mexico?

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widespread police corruption

Question 5

Which rainforest is the largest in the world?

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the Amazon

Question 6

Which country was the source of most of the illegal drugs, especially cocaine, that were imported into the US during the 1970s and 1980s?

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Colombia

Question 7

Beginning in the 2000s, the majority of illegal drugs arriving in the US came from __________.

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Mexico

Question 8

Which of the following groups is most responsible for deforestation caused by harvesting trees such as mahogany for their timber?

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illegal loggers who ignore limits and permits

Question 9

Deforestation in the Amazon peaked in _____. Since then, deforestation has been __________.

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2004 . . . decreasing

Question 10

In the 1990s, the US and Colombian governments successfully dismantled cartels operating in Colombia.

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