After Bolivia's military government resigned, the populist Victor Paz Estenssoro won election and
A) nationalized all foreign-owned companies.
B) was pressured by the army and IMF to impose a neoliberal austerity program.
C) declared a moratorium on foreign debt service until social programs were fully funded.
D) raised tariffs on all foreign imports.
Question 2
Amidst claims of electoral fraud, Mexico's Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador, a critic of neoliberalism,
A) lost the 2006 presidential election to Felipe Caldern by one-half of a percentage point.
B) launched an armed revolution to redistribute property and wealth.
C) defeated Vicente Fox and proclaimed the restoration of Mexican populism.
D) joined the Zapatista Army of National Liberation.
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