CAS 368 - Central American Revolutionary Movements » Sping 2022 » Quiz 3

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Question #1
What did the U.S Drug Enforcement office abruptly closed in Honduras?
A.   The office closed abruptly when they began documenting the Honduran police involvement in the drug trade. 
B.   The office closed abruptly when they began documenting the Honduran government involvement in the drug trade. 
C.   The office closed abruptly when they began documenting the Honduran military involvement in the drug trade. 
Question #2
What did CODEH report about social cleansing?
A.   Death squads carrying out social cleansing by targeting leftist opposition. 
B.   Death squads carrying out social cleansing by targeting delinquents. 
C.   Death squads carrying out social cleansing by targeting revolutionaries. 
Question #3
Explain el paquetazo.
A.   A series of neoliberal structural adjustment measures of the 1990's. Examples are land counterreform, currency devaluation, and maquiladoras.  
B.   A series of neoliberal structural adjustment measures of the 1990's. Examples are land counterreform, currency revaluation, and maquiladoras.  
C.   A series of neoliberal structural adjustment measures of the 1990's. Examples are land reform, currency devaluation, and maquiladoras.  
Question #4
Why did Honduran president suffered a coup d’etat in 2009?
A.   He posed a threat to the economic model supported by the U.S, Honduran military and business elites. 
B.   He posed a threat to the economic model supported by the Honduran government, U.S military and business elites. 
C.   He posed a threat to the economic model supported by the U.S, Honduran Catholic Church and business elites. 
Question #5
What did Hillary Clinton say about the coup of Manuel Zelaya?
A.   She would ensure the flow of U.S aid to Honduras if they declined to acknowledge the ousting of Zelaya by the military. 
B.   She would ensure the flow of U.S aid to Honduras if they acknowledged the ousting of Zelaya by the military. 
C.   She would stop the flow of U.S aid to Honduras if they declined to acknowledge the ousting of Zelaya by the military. 
Question #6
Explain the model cities project in Honduras?
A.   They are designated areas where local interest can build cities exempt from the Honduran legal system. 
B.   They are designated areas where private interest can build cities exempt from the U.S legal system. 
C.   They are designated areas where private interest can build cities exempt from the Honduran legal system. 
Question #7
What is drug war capitalism in Honduras?
A.   A U.S policy that instead of stopping the flow on drugs, it restricted transnational corporations access to resources if done so by dispossession or terror. 
B.   A U.S policy that instead of stopping the flow on drugs, it ensured transnational corporations access to resources through dispossession and terror. 
C.   A U.N policy that instead of stopping the flow on drugs, it ensured peasants access to resources and protection from dispossession and terror. 
Question #8
Between 2010-2014, what happened to campesinos in Bajo Aguan?
A.   At least 150 campesinos were killed either by massacre or target assassinations. 
B.   At least 160 campesinos were killed either by massacre or target assassinations. 
C.   At least 140 politicians were killed either by massacre or target assassinations. 
Question #9
What does COPINH fight for?
A.   The fight for land rights to stop projects that displace campesinos and indigenous communities and gentrify the land. 
B.   The fight for land rights to stop projects that displace campesinos and indigenous communities and poison the land. 
C.   The fight for land rights to stop projects that exploit campesinos and indigenous communities and poison the land. 
Question #10
What happened to Berta Caceres and HR 5474?
A.   Berta Caceres is a COPINH activist leader who was gunned down. HR 5474 proposed to cut military aid to Honduras and requiring the U.S to vote against international loans. However the bill did not pass.
B.   Berta Caceres is a COPINH activist leader who was gunned down. HR 5474 proposed to increase military aid to Honduras and requiring the U.S to vote in favor of international loans. However the bill did not pass.
C.   Berta Caceres is a COPINH activist leader who was gunned down. HR 5474 proposed to cut military aid to Honduras and requiring the U.S to vote against international loans. The bill passed.

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