| Random Questions | US Imperialism | Neoliberalism | Colombia Context | Rio Context |
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What are two primary reasons of deforestation in Colombia?
Aerial fumigation (trees die) and displacement causing the need to re-locate and re-build
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Name 3 countries that were experienced US- Backed coups
Literally any country in LACAC
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Name one similarity between the IMF and the World Bank (something they both do/did)
Concern themselves with economic policy, headquarters in the US (Washington, DC), almost all nations of the world are members
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What is the name of the country that took Colombia to court over a transboundary harm dispute? AND in the settlement how many km was the 'buffer zone' that Colombia was not allowed to spray?
Ecuador & 10km
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What was one of the main causes that saw a resurgence of displacement and evictions in around 2009?
Mega events: world cup, Olympics, rock in rio
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What is the 'king pin strategy'
Taking out the top cartel members, but creates fissures
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True or false: the US military train the UPP and other Brazilian police?
True
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What was one of the big consequences of NAFTA (the North American Free Trade Agreement)
Flooding the market with goods, smaller farmers and businesses couldn't compete with the bigger ones, etc
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How many million Colombian's have been displaced in total from the civil war & drug war?
8 million
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How many slaves arrived through the port in Rio?
2 million
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What was the name of the councilor from Rio who was assassinated, leading a mass-movement against military police occupation?
Marielle Franco
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True or false, the CIA emerged with the mass global decolonization movement. AND why might this be?
True: continued control
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What was the Pink TIde? [CHOOSE YOUR OWN AMOUNT]
The late 90s/ earlly 2000s shift in left-leaning elected presidents (not a red-tide, but pink): Evo Morales (Bolivia), Lula (Brazil), Chavez (Venezuela)
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What are the two categories that cartels gave as options for judges/police/ other state actors to deter them from trying to stop their organizations? [DAILY DOUBLE]
Plato (silver) or Plomo (lead)
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Under Brazil's constitution, after how many years does one gain title to land after occupying it? For Public and for Private land (two separate times)
10 years for public, five years for private
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Name one difference between the approach(es) to the war on drugs in Colombia and in Rio
Aerial fumigation, urban- rural locations, urban focused, mass displacement (country wide) vs city
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What was the name of the US corporation in the Video we watched yesterday?
Chevron
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What happened to publicly owned, national corporations under neoliberal reforms, and why was this bad?
Privatization meant that it was under private control, and the profits were privatized instead of being re-distributed into the country
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What percentage of Colombia's arable land (land used for agriculture) was sprayed and thus contaminated from the aerial fumigation program?
one third (1/3)
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What is the name of the umbrella network that encompasses the many favela projects, and name one of the categories that it works around
Sustainable favela network:
climate justice socio-environmental education participatory policy-making local culture and memory food sovereignty collective health solidarity economy right to sanitation energy justice just transport and sustainable housing |
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What percent of the worlds biodiversity is in Colombia?
10%
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What is a way that the US has used other means to sneakily continue military occupation/actions outside of international law? [DAILY DOUBLE]
PSMCs (private security, subcontracting)
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True or false: the urban garden in Manguinos is the largest urban garden in Latin America?
True
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What was the 'recommended' amount (l/h) to spray for this roundup mix, and what was the amount that was actually sprayed
Recommended: 2.5 liters per hectare
Actual: 23.7 liters per hectare |
What is the name of the 'special forces' of favelas, and how would you describe their approach to policing?
UPP (Pacifying Police Units) & militarized/ combative/ trained for war/ etc
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