Question 1

What is the significance of Lula da Silva's 2002 presidential election and 2006 reelection both for Brazilian and regional Latin American economic and social development? What do they suggest about popular support for neoliberal models of development?

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Question 2

What conclusions does the Mexican experience with dependent capitalist development suggest concerning the neoliberal program's viability as a solution for the problems of Latin American backwardness and poverty?

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Question 3

A U.S. anthropologist calls diseases like typhoid, tuberculosis, leprosy, and bubonic plague that resurfaced in neoliberal Brazil diseases of "disorderly development." Explain.

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Question 4

Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori's political tactics illustrate a fairly common strategy of present-day conservative Latin American politicians who promise one thing to retain power but deliver another. Explain.

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Quiz 13: Transcending Neoliberalism: Electoral Engaños and Popular Resistance to the Dictatorship of Markets

What is the significance of Lula da Silva's 2002 presidential election and 2006 reelection both for Brazilian and regional Latin American economic and social development? What do they suggest about popular support for neoliberal models of development?

What conclusions does the Mexican experience with dependent capitalist development suggest concerning the neoliberal program's viability as a solution for the problems of Latin American backwardness and poverty?

A U.S. anthropologist calls diseases like typhoid, tuberculosis, leprosy, and bubonic plague that resurfaced in neoliberal Brazil diseases of "disorderly development." Explain.

Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori's political tactics illustrate a fairly common strategy of present-day conservative Latin American politicians who promise one thing to retain power but deliver another. Explain.